Lessons in Voting at Michael Eric Dyson Book Launch

What do you get when you combine Philly-centered get-out-the-vote operations, Penn’s Empathy Lab, an interview with Michael Eric Dyson and Marc Favreau — and a maverick t-shirt vendor? An awesome Citizen event, that’s what

By Lauren McCutcheon

Ala Stanford’s Advice For Kamala Harris

The Philly doctor became a household name for her efforts to give Black Philadelphians access to Covid testing and vaccines. Here, she talks about her new book on her fight for equity in medicine — and what she’d hope to see from a Harris presidency

By Courtney DuChene
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Eliza Griswold Book Launch

The New Yorker writer shared her personal journey to authoring Circle of Hope: A Reckoning with Love, Power, and Justice in an American Church — among many audience members who lived the story

By Lauren McCutcheon

Jennifer Weiner X Blue Stoop

The Philly writer wants more women to be authors. She’s partnered with a local arts nonprofit to make it happen.

By Courtney DuChene

“Love each other and raise our children.”

Reflecting on the power of James Baldwin’s timeless lessons in time for what would have been his 100th birthday.

By Dr. James Peterson
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The Long Ride Home — Black Cowboys in America

A former Inquirer photojournalist spent more than 30 years photographing Black cowboys across the country — including here in Philadelphia. Here, an excerpt from his new book

By Ron Tarver
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Circle of Hope Book Launch

New Yorker author Eliza Griswold followed a progressive local church through its last fraught days following the murder of George Floyd. Join us August 12 for a book release party and conversation about the lessons learned for America

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Gay Penguins and Book Bans

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with authors Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell, authors of And Tango Makes Three, to talk about the contemporary children's classic about non traditional families and the efforts to ban it

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on Erasing Immigrant Stories

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with Laurence Yep about the immigrant experience in America and how important those stories are to our history

By Ali Velshi