Topic: Religion
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club Banning The Poet X
The MSNBC host and Citizen board member speaks with National Young Person’s Poet Laureate Elizabeth Acevedo about young women learning the art of self-expression against the grain of faith and family
By Ali Velshi
Sister Mary Scullion and Joan Dawson McConnon
Join us on January 30 to honor the Project HOME pioneers with a Lifetime Achievement Award
By Natalie Pompilio
Visionary Women
Whatever your faith, or lack thereof, Interfaith Philadelphia’s program for women can change your worldview — and your confidence to change the world
By Jessica Blatt Press
Level Up to Healing
Week after week, Pastor Aaron Campbell’s five-year-old after-school program offers more than 300 young people the security, skills and confidence to live — and thrive — through the city’s violence
By Dr. James Peterson
Of Voting and Atonement
A Philadelphia rabbi’s Yom Kippur message: Your ballot could be the one that preserves the fundamental ideals of America
By Seymour Rosenbloom
Leon H. Sullivan Month
This October, Philadelphia celebrates what would have been the 100th birthday of the Nicetown-Tioga pastor and champion of global civil rights and Black entrepreneurship
By Karen J. Hamilton
Towards a New Kind of Tolerance
A local business owner is tired of reminding colleagues to respect her Jewish holidays. Take note: They start next week.
By Corie Moskow
Ali Velshi on the British Empire’s brutal legacy
You may love the pomp and circumstance surrounding Queen Elizabeth II's passing, but you cannot love the monarchy's legacy the world over.
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club on The Satanic Verses with Homi K. Bhabha
Salman Rushdie's friend and colleague Homi K. Bhabha steps in to speak with MSNBC host Ali Velshi about the true meaning of the controversial book
By Ali Velshi
Ali Velshi Banned Book Club with Margaret Atwood
The prolific, iconic author of "A Handmaid's Tale" speaks with the MSNBC anchor about the increasing threat of American autocracy
By Ali Velshi