Topic: Immigrants and Refugees
Character Lab: How to Look Beyond Race
In this installment of our partnership with Character Lab, co-founded by Grit author and MacArthur "Genius" Angela Duckworth, a psychology scholar implores us to treat everyone we meet with respect for the complex richness of their heritage.
By Adaurennaya C. Onyewuenyi
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with George Takei
The MSNBC host speaks with the actor, activist and author about They Called Us Enemy, a graphic memoir about Japanese American internment
By Ali Velshi
Listen: Ali Velshi on Judge Shopping
MSNBC anchor and Citizen Board member explains the prevalence and dangers of allowing plaintiffs to choose their own federal judge
By Lauren McCutcheon
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julissa Arce
The MSNBC host speaks with the author about You Sound Like a White Girl: The Case for Rejecting Assimilation
By Ali Velshi
Listen: Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Julia Alvarez
The MSNBC host speaks with the author and poet about a YA novel about immigrant identity that's been banned since the 1990s
By Ali Velshi
Now is the Time to Protect DREAMers
A rare lame duck session of Congress provides opportunity to protect Americans who arrived to the U.S. as children
By Elaine Maimon
How to Help Refugees in Philadelphia
Philly welcomed a bus of migrants Philly-style this week: with open arms. They are among thousands who come here every year. Here, ways to support them
By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy and Katherine Rapin
Generation Change Philly: The Activist Chef
South Philly Barbacoa’s Cristina Martínez has earned the highest honors for chefs in America. But that’s just the start of her most important work
By Katherine Rapin