Topic: free speech
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
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
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
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
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
Michael Smerconish on His Commencement Cancellation
Protesters pressured Dickinson College to cancel the local Sirius and CNN talk show host’s commencement address to graduates. Here, he responds
By Michael Smerconish
Free Speech … or Pro-Terrorist?
Professors and local pols like progressive Councilmembers Gauthier, Brooks and O’Rourke say they want to support Penn students’ rights to peaceful protest. But does their support of Gaza encampments turn a moral blind eye?
By Larry Platt
Everyone Has Much to Learn about Israel and Gaza
During Passover week a longtime university president reflects on antisemitism and threats to free speech on campus
By Elaine Maimon