Tavis Smiley

Scholar, leading public intellectual, author and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West shares his analysis about the Trump administration’s proposal for a $1B settlement with UCLA and more.

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Adolph Reed, Jr., Professor Emeritus at the University of Pennsylvania, and Kenneth W. Warren, University of Chicago English professor, share their new book which drops this month, “Black Studies, Cultural Politics, and the Evasion of Inequality: The Farce this Time.”

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Mark Cuban, billionaire owner of the Dallas Mavericks and Indiana University alum, gives his take on Elon Musk's America Party and his pitched battle with Big Pharma.

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August is National Wellness Month and the President of Action4Equity, Kellie Easton, talks about The Better Ancestors Framework and how we can shift from a healthcare system grounded in structural racism to one grounded in healing and justice for everyone. 

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Scholar, leading public intellectual, author and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, talks about new developments in Gaza, the racist roots of redistricting, and more.

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Physician scientist Dr. Robert Drummond joins Tavis to unpack the latest move by Trump HHS secretary RFK Jr. to cancel $500 Million dollars for vaccine research.

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Executive Vice President of the National Wildlife Federation and Founder/President of Revitalization Strategies, Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali, talks about the EPA’s decision to abandon science and the law as it guts regulation of climate pollution.

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Willa Robinson, retired owner of Willa’s Books, and Ryan Sorrell, founder of the Kansas City Defender, tell us how her iconic store will live on as a local newsroom and public archive.

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Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee chair and co-host of “The Weeknight” on MSNBC, is back to explain why the current threat to the Voting Rights Act is coming from inside his own party.

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Mondaire Jones, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner, reflects on today’s 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and shares why he co-authored the John Lewis Act when he served in Congress.

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