Topic: Books

Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on how LGBTQ+ Books Literally Save Lives
The MSNBC host talks with PFLAG CEO Brian Bond on the role LGBTQ+ books play in the community and the harm book bans are doing
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Revisits a Palestinian Jewish Love Story
The MSNBC host talks with All the Rivers author Dorit Rubinyan about love across boundaries and the aspiration to coexist
By Ali Velshi
The Ultimate Citizen Reading List
Catch up on the books written by this year’s Ideas We Should Steal Festival speakers — along with some of our all-time favorite tomes for anyone who lives in, or simply loves, cities
By Jessica Blatt Press
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on … Florida
The MSNBC host speaks with bestselling authors Michael Connelly and David Baldacci about why they're standing up against book banning in Florida
By Ali Velshi
Are Cities the Answers to What Ails Us?
Drexel’s Metro Finance director recommends three books that make the case for the kind of real, in-person communion that makes cities thrive and humans … human
By Bruce Katz
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Texas Libraries
The MSNBC host invites Texas Library Association Executive Director Shirley Robinson to talk about the latest Texas house bill on book banning
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Jonathan Safran Foer
The MSNBC host joins the author to discuss the thought-provoking themes of great literature overlooked by those banning books over uncomfortable passages
By Ali Velshi
Why Are We Not Standing Up For Books?
A Montco state senator has proposed a ban on all book bans in Pennsylvania. This should be something everyone agrees on
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Anne Frank
The MSNBC host welcomes Israeli illustrator David Polonsky to discuss the universal experience of love, puberty, and the world's most famous child author
By Ali Velshi
Free Speech Matters. Still.
This Constitution Day, a long-time university president invites Philadelphians to explore the Bill of Rights, starting with the oft-battered, but still standing First Amendment
By Elaine Maimon