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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
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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
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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
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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

In late 2022, Philadelphia welcomed a bus of migrants Philly-style: with open arms. They are among thousands who come here every year. Here, ways to support them

By Roxanne Patel Shepelavy and Katherine Rapin

Save Soccer. Save Suffolk Park.

Philly’s most talented African soccer players play in Suffolk Park. City Hall touts their successes in the Unity Cup. So why can’t Philly give this park a little help?

By Kai Englisch
Business for Good

Brightly

The immigrant-owned cleaning service co-operative, opening in Philly next spring, offers workers a pathway to the American middle class

By Courtney DuChene
Ideas We Should Steal

Lawyers Stand Against Muslim Refugee Ban

Attorneys from major law firms and nonprofits alike banned together to help refugees planning to enter the United States in the wake of Trump's ban on Muslim travelers

By Jane Levy
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The Day We Fled Kabul

An Afghan refugee who worked for the U.S. government relates his family's harrowing experience fleeing the Taliban, making their way to the U.S.—and finding a welcoming home in Philadelphia

By Ahmad