Topic: democracy
Why I Won’t Celebrate MLK on January 20
A Kensington community leader refuses to share the Civil Rights icon’s celebration with an inauguration that validates the January 6, 2021 insurrection
By Dr. Bill McKinneyAli Velshi Explains Why We Have Birthright Citizenship
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member explains the history of the 14th Amendment and why it's important today
By Ali VelshiChoose Democracy
The 2024 election was the beginning, not the end, of saving our democracy. Here's what else you can do
By Roxanne Patel ShepelavyAli Velshi Inside Project 2025 and … Hurricane Helene?
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on the plan to gut FEMA and undermine our nation's ability to prepare for and recover from natural disasters
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Inside Project 2025 and Our Schools
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on the Project 2025 plan to dismantle the Department of Education and subsidize wealthy private schools instead of public school
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Inside Project 2025 & Extremist Groups
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on Project 2025's redirection of our national security away from extremist groups and against diversity and equity
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Inside Project 2025 … Inside Your Bedroom
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member on Project 2025's insidious reach into our lives, our families, and our bedrooms.
By Ali VelshiAli Velshi Inside Project 2025 and Schedule F
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member outlines how Schedule F dismantles the civil service system and hands the president unprecedented power
By Ali VelshiWhat Kamala Harris can Learn from FDR’s 1936 Philly Speech
A former communications director to the late Sen. Harris Wofford on how voters’ key economic concerns ultimately come back to democracy
By David M. StoneAli Velshi Inside Project 2025’s Plan for the Department of Justice
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks to The Nation's Elie Mystal about how another Trump administration might damage one of America's most important institutions
By Ali Velshi