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5th annual Ideas We Should Steal Festival

Join us December 14 and 15 to share solutions for creating a more prosperous, equitable and thriving Philadelphia.

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Ali Velshi on How Trump Gaslit America

The MSNBC host and Citizen Board Member traces the origins of gaslighting — all the way up to Election Day

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi on Pre-Election Inflation Conflation

MSNBC host and Citizen Board Member Ali Velshi breaks down inflation numbers worldwide. The Right likes to hurl criticisms, but they have no actual solutions.

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi asks — Five Years into #MeToo, has Enough Changed?

MSNBC host looks back at the start and looks toward the future of the #MeToo movement

By Ali Velshi
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Constitutional Republic vs. Democracy

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains the movement behind the message ... and the threat it poses to American rights

By Ali Velshi

“Democracy Or Not Democracy”

What the highest-stakes Pennsylvania election since the last high stakes election (i.e. that one two years ago) is really about

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Project Save Democracy with Ali Velshi

At a Citizen event this week, the MSNBC anchor talked about Ukraine, democracy, empathy — and what we all need to do to save our democracy

By Lauren McCutcheon
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Ali Velshi on What was on the Ballot Last Week

Citizen Board Member and MSNBC host Ali Velshi explains what it means to have one political party actively fighting against democracy. Pennsylvania is held to the light.

By Ali Velshi
Ideas We Should Steal Festival 2020

Nick Hanauer & Ali Velshi

MSNBC’s Ali Velshi will join the venture capitalist who has made combating economic inequality his cause at our upcoming virtual Festival. Join us to hear Hanauer’s wisdom—then, act on it.

By Jessica Blatt Press

Ali Velshi, From The Frontlines

The MSNBC anchor and Citizen board member on covering the protests, getting shot by a so-called rubber bullet, and whether the First Amendment is in peril

By Larry Platt