Ali Velshi breaks down why

On this episode of Velshi Banned Book Club, Ali Velshi invites authors Joanna Ho and Caroline Kusin Pritchard onto the show to discuss their children's book and why they were suddenly banned from a California stop on their book tour.

With so much chaos in the world around, some Philadelphians find comfort in the darker side of the holiday season

At a time when Washington, D.C. is in hot debate over the Affordable Care Act, Maryland is using an ACA provision to fund safe, legal abortions for Medicaid recipients — without costing taxpayers. On this episode of Ideas We Should Steal, we look at whether Pennsylvania should follow suit.

Is Donald Trump trying to gaslight the country about affordability in this country? Ali Velshi breaks it down.

Anti-vaccine activists, including the country's top health official, offered renowned CHOP immunologist and RFK target $1 million to debate them on vaccine safety

As mayor of Baltimore and then governor of Maryland, Martin O'Malley used transparency and statistics to drive his city and state forward into the Information Age. And then he — literally — wrote the book on the subject.

His conclusion after more than a decade in public office? "We live in a time of enormous opportunity," O'Malley said on the latest episode of How To Really Run A City. "It's the dawning of the Third Industrial Revolution. People want to believe that tomorrow can be better than today."

O'Malley, a former Social Security Administration Commissioner and Irish clan chieftain, knows the stakes of the current political moment. Yes, you have to lead with joy. But to get people back from the brink of political despair, you've got to get shit done at the local level, because if we can't deliver the goods of a republic – the services that make a republic worth having — then we can't blame people for not following us.

"Over the last 20 years," O'Malley said, "trust in the federal government has fallen to an all-time low. But trust in local government – in city government – has held steady."

Join us for a no-nonsense episode with a no-nonsense leader who knows how to get shit done at multiple governing levels.

As cities go, so goes the nation!

The City law requiring elected officials to quit before running for another office makes elections less competitive. Council's new proposal won't fix it — at least not without a change.