Fun Things to Do in Philly this Week and Weekend

This week in Philly. see the legendary John Waters, Cash Money Millionaires, get intense at Monster Jam, and eat up at Manayunk StrEAT Fest, Panda Fest, and the NoLibs Farmers Market kickoff.

By Christina Griffith

Hail to the Champions of University Values

The presidents of Temple and Princeton are setting an example for what leaders must do in today’s political climate, according to a longtime university president

By Elaine Maimon

John Fry’s Call to Arms

While others cower, the new Temple prez doubled down last week on Enlightenment values — and just may be modeling a new course for would-be leaders in the age of autocracy

By Larry Platt
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Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Reads You Must Take Part in Revolution

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member sits down with journalist Melissa Chan and activist artist Badiucao to talk about their new graphic novel, authoritarianism, and activism

By Ali Velshi

Students, Direct Your Ire Where It Belongs

A longtime university president points to the real threat that needs protesting

By Elaine Maimon
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Ali Velshi On The Red Scare and MAGA

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member draws a comparison between the consequences of an infamous movement in the 1950s and today's threat to our freedoms

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Asks Can Meta Ever Be Trusted?

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with two third-party fact-checkers formerly working with Meta about the real threats facing social media in this new era.

By Ali Velshi
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Velshi Guest Host Charles Coleman Jr. and Nikole Hannah-Jones on the Free Press

Guest host Charles Coleman Jr. sits down with 1619 Project author Nikole Hannah-Jones to discuss the threat the new administration represents to a free press — and the public

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi on Threats to The Separation of Church and State

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member explains the threat far-right Christian nationalist groups represent to the separation of church and state

By Ali Velshi

A Concerned Citizen Responds on Campus Protests

Citizen Co-founder Larry Platt’s column last week on the Penn protests sparked a lot of reaction. Here, one reader’s email in response, and their subsequent civil back and forth

By A Concerned Citizen and Larry Platt