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Ali Velshi Explains the Poverty Line is a Lie

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member explains how Donald Trump tried to use his address to the nation to gaslight the country into thinking that the economy is doing better than it actually is

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Talks Trump’s Attack on Legal Immigration

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member reports that naturalization ceremonies across the country are being canceled at the last minute.

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Ali Velshi on Incompetence and Showmanship in Trump 2.0

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member reviews Trump Administration failures as a consequence of picking inexperienced loyalists instead of qualified professionals

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Ali Velshi on Federal Judges as Truth Keepers

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member says appointed jurists aren't just bulwarks against Trump's overreach: They're documenters of it

By Ali Velshi

War on Antisemitism — or Distraction from Bigotry?

A longtime university president calls out the hypocrisy of Trump’s campaign to protect Jewish students

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi Says Dissent is Patriotic

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member reminds Americans that there is nothing more American than protest. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise

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Ali Velshi, “How Small Acts of Courage…Become Unstoppable.”

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member draws on the history of South Africa's protests against apartheid to show how the courage of ordinary citizens defeats oppression

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Ali Velshi on the Insurrection Act

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member takes on the Trump administration's signals that it may invoke the Insurrection Act of 1807.

By Ali Velshi

The Perils of Patronage

Penn this week refused preferential treatment from Trump that could jeopardize science funding. A longtime university president urges push-back on favoritism wherever it happens

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi on John McCain’s Lessons for the Government Shutdown

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member recounts how the late U.S. Senator from Arizona stood for regular order in 2017, and how his example applies to our government shutdown today

By Ali Velshi