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Velshi Weighs in on U.S. Strikes in Iran

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member is joined by Rep. Chrissy Houlahan of PA to discuss the U.S. strikes in Iran, how the president sidestepped Congress, and what should happen next

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Explains The Surveillance Tools Ice is Using

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member talks with technology journalist Jacob Ward about how ICE is tracking us and the threat that represents to our free speech and due process

By Ali Velshi

Are You There, Constitution Center? It’s Me, a Citizen

Jeffrey Rosen is out. Now, the NCC must decide if it will remain a genteel place of scholarship or become the antidote to the threat to democracy

By Larry Platt
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Ali Velshi on Violence Between the State and its Citizenry

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member sits down with historian Jon Meacham for an analysis of activism and state violence in this moment in American history

By Ali Velshi

The Time for Freedom Is Now

This MLK Day requires more than service. It is about resistance.

By Dr. James Peterson

Breaking Bread For Citizenship

The Welcoming Center’s 2026 dinner series will bring immigrants and native-born Philadelphians together to explore the themes of neighborliness and good citizenship while bonding over the most human of activities: eating

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy

New Voters For America’s Future

A Conestoga High student launched New Voters to register her peers in 2017. Now her nonprofit is challenging young people to claim ownership over America’s next 250 years.

By Christina Griffith
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Ali Velshi On Why “Every Single Order From The President Is Lawful”… Is Wrong

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member warns that Trump's threats against Congresspeople who rightly and legally called for the military to ignore unlawful orders are a dangerous authoritarian call for violence

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Reflects on the Importance of Civic Engagement

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member shares the lesson his father taught him: that a functioning democracy is the payoff for civic engagement

By Ali Velshi
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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