Today we're joined by Tana Ganeva to discuss the case of Alice Johnson, the nonviolent drug offender Kim Kardashian got Donald Trump to pardon. Tana Ganeva is a reporter covering criminal justice, drugs, politics and gun violence. Her work has been featured in the the Washington Post, Intercept, Glamour, Rolling Stone, and Gothamist. She's also a Senior editor at the Raw Story and can be reached at [email protected]

Discussed in this episode:

* Tana’s story on Alice Johnson's pardon: https://theintercept.com/2018/06/06/alice-johnson-im-looking-forward-to-holding-and-rocking-my-twin-grandchildren/

* Tana’s previous stories on Alice Johnson: https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/meet-62-year-old-woman-kim-kardashian-wants-save-dying-prison-nonviolent-drug-offense/ and https://www.rawstory.com/2018/05/continue-fight-desperate-prisoner-prays-pity-trump-kim-kardashian-lobbies-white-house-prison-reform/

* Tana's NRA story: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/american-gun-culture-solutions-w519710

* Alice Johnson in her own words: https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/03/opinions/clemency-for-alice-johnson-kim-kardashian-to-trump-opinion/index.html

* Van Jones interviewing Kim Kardashian about the pardon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiUTCLL4_ng

* Van Jones a few weeks ago already announced he is working with the White House on Prison Reform himself: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4J6nXrhCheA

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