Tavis Smiley

Bitter Kalli, writer, land worker, and founder of the Star Apple Farm and Nursery, shares their new text “Mounted: On Horses, Blackness, and Liberation.”

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The Director of Public Policy for the think-tank Leaders of A Beautiful Struggle, Dayvon Love, talks about his newest op-ed "The Democratic Party is not enough against White Nationalism," and how federalizing police will impact Black youth in Baltimore.

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Terence Blanchard, world-renowned composer and musician, and the one and only Aaron Neville are back to reflect on their native New Orleans 20 years since Hurricane Katrina.

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Virginia Kase Solomón, president of Common Cause, is back with her insider’s view of the national redistricting battle and why her organization is reluctantly going along with Gov. Gavin Newsom’s strategy.

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Abiodun Oyewole, founding member of The Last Poets, along with longtime member Umar Bin Hassan, recall their anniversary performance at the 2023 ImageNation festival (in the same park where the Last Poets began in May 1968) and reflect on their profound impact on hip hop.

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Gregory Gates, executive producer of ImageNation OUTDOORS Film & Music Festival, and Nicole London, the Emmy Award-winning and GRAMMY-nominated director of the documentary “The Disappearance of Miss Scott,” preview this weekend’s free outdoor screening of the film in Harlem’s Marcus Garvey Park.

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Ian K. Smith, former co-host of “The Doctors” and author of the bestselling book “Shred: The Revolutionary Diet,” shares the latest project from his successful side hustle as a novelist - “Beyond Midnight,” featuring private investigator Ashe Cayne.

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Ken Makin, cultural commentator for the Christian Science Monitor, connects the current attacks on the Smithsonian with a recent conversation he had with his seven-year-old son about slavery and freedom.

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Mitch Landrieu, former New Orleans mayor and senior advisor to President Joe Biden, reflects on 20 years since Hurricane Katrina and the future of the Democratic Party.



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Gbenga Ajilore, chief economist for the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities and former senior advisor in the Biden-Harris administration, lays out the challenges and “green shoots” in the U.S. economy, especially when it comes to jobs.

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