Tavis Smiley

Democratic Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul talks about why his state decided to join a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service and what he thinks the impact of the mail voting dilemma will be on other states nationwide.

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Scholar, distinguished professor, author, leading public intellectual, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, shares his thoughts about politics, social justice, history and more.

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Boston Globe associate editor and opinion columnist Renée Graham gives her analysis about trending political topics.

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LaDoris Cordell, retired Superior Court judge and author of Her Honor: My Life On The Bench…What Works, What’s Broken, and How to Change It, gives her analysis on trending political topics.

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Courtland Cox, civil rights organizer and chairman of the board for the SNCC Legacy Project, remembers the historic March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom, which took place 63 years ago this weekend, and reflects on the impact it still has today. 

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Father Michael Pfleger, senior pastor of The Faith Community of St. Sabina in Chicago, talks about the moment he saw Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 60 years ago that changed his life forever.

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Former South Carolina State Representative, civil rights attorney, and political analyst Bakari Sellers shares his insights about the “glimmer of hope” Democrats see in Republican Senator Darline Graham’s win and more.

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Nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate and writer of the Navarrette Nation Substack, Ruben Navarrette Jr. shares why he believes Democrats have no clear direction and why, win, lose, or draw, he has no regrets supporting the Iran war.

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Democratic Mayor Michael Butler of Orangeburg, South Carolina, shares his thoughts on the results from the special election for the late Senator Lindsey Graham’s seat, former U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg’s visit to his city and how Orangeburg is preparing for the upcoming elections this year and next year.

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Michael Hiltzik, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of Golden State: The Making of California History, talks about his latest commentary questioning whether LAX will be ready for the 2028 Olympics if it wasn't ready for the 2026 World Cup.

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