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Ali Velshi On PragerU, The Disturbing Replacement For PBS

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member, Oklahoma's John Waldron and reporter Antonia Hylton discuss the "insidious" plans unaccredited media company has to replace public broadcasting in U.S. classrooms

By Ali Velshi

Partisanship Has No Place in College Loans

President Trump is rescinding loan forgiveness for people who he thinks flout his politics — including possibly Philly public school teachers. A longtime university president cries foul

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi on Removing Slavery From The Smithsonian

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with professors Eddie Glaude and Imani Perry to discuss Trump's attacks on the Smithsonian's slavery exhibits — and history itself

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Asks Who is paying the Trump tariffs?

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member explains the latest wholesale inflation numbers and what they mean for American consumers with economist Justin Wolfers

By Ali Velshi
Ideas We Should Steal

Uniting Higher Ed To Protect Science, Education — and Democracy

A longtime university president calls on Pennsylvania colleges to follow the lead of UCLA and the Big Ten by joining together to fight attacks on higher ed

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi Explains which Items Trump’s Tariffs Make More Expensive

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member talks with Investopedia’s Caleb Silver about how the average American is being impacted by Trump's tariffs and rising prices

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Explains Why Conspiracists Are Turning On Trump

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member dissects the MAGA monster Trump created and how it's turned on him in the wake of the Epstein Files debacle

By Ali Velshi

Is Trump Targeting Welders Now?

A provision of the President’s One Big Ugly Act threatens to disrupt shipbuilding at Philly’s Navy Yard. A longtime university president bemoans yet another attack on post-high school education

By Elaine Maimon
How To Really Run A City

One City’s Answer to Tribalism

Denver, Colorado Mayor Mike Johnston talks about coming together in divided times with former Philly Mayor Michael Nutter and former Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed

By J.P. Romney

Shapiro’s Choice

Trump’s so-called Big Beautiful Bill contains a free money, opt-in school choice program for governors. Will ours redefine the politics of education for Democrats by taking advantage of it?

By Larry Platt