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Ali Velshi on Violence Between the State and its Citizenry

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member sits down with historian Jon Meacham for an analysis of activism and state violence in this moment in American history

By Ali Velshi
Citizen Must Reads

Your Weekly Guide to Surviving the News

“Board of Peace,” states’ rights, election polling, Greenland and more smart stories that explain what happened this week

By The Philadelphia Citizen Staff

​​What’s Rochelle Bilal Smoking?

Progressives cheered, but the Sheriff’s viral press conference about Trump and ICE was a spectacle Philly can ill afford on the national stage right now

By Larry Platt
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Ali Velshi and the King Family On Making The World One In Brotherhood

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member talks with Martin Luther King III and Arndrea Waters King about Dr. King's legacy, and the soul of America

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Wants You to Know Your Rights When it Comes to ICE

The MS NOW host and Citizen board member sits down with Minnesota State Representative Aisha Gomez about last week's deadly shooting and how citizens can respond to ICE in their communities

By Ali Velshi
The New Urban Order

The Four Best Things to Happen in Cities in 2025 …

… and one city that had a very very bad year

By Diana Lind
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Ali Velshi Explains The New Hole in The Fourth Amendment

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member covers how the Supreme Court gutted constitutional rights by green-lighting racial profiling

By Ali Velshi
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Ali Velshi Asks if Medicaid Recipients Can Just Replace Farm Workers

The MSNBC host and Citizen board member covers how Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins believes immigrant farm workers can be replaced by Medicaid recipients

By Ali Velshi

Working on the Edge

Immigrant-owned small businesses help power Philadelphia. But tariffs — and deportations — could devastate many of them

By Cristian Salazar
Guest Commentary

I Was an Undocumented Immigrant …

… and didn’t know it. A local tech innovator and former refugee had no place to call home for 30 years. Here’s how she suggests helping our immigrant neighbors.

By Yasmine Mustafa