Tavis Smiley

William Lawrence, progressive congressional candidate for Michigan’s 7th District, discusses his platform, responds to the Congressional Black Caucus’s condemnation of his campaign, and explains how he plans to address the construction of data centers in his state.

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Washington University professor and pastor Ryan Burge, creator of the Graphs About Religion Substack and author of The Vanishing Church: How the Hollowing Out of Moderate Congregations Is Hurting Democracy, Faith, and Us, examines the impact of President Trump on potential Gen Z churchgoers and more.

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Civil rights attorney and social impact entrepreneur George Fatheree III and Yaba Baker, award-winning writer and the fourth great-grandson of David Drake, historically known as Dave the Potter, discuss their restitution campaign to retrieve Drake’s nearly 250 identifiable pieces from museums and private collections.

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Christina Greer, political scientist, author, and professor at Fordham University, shares her analysis of trending political topics.

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Dr. Erroll G. Southers, USC professor, homeland security expert, and President Barack Obama’s nominee to lead the Transportation Security Administration, discusses his new memoir, Inside the Castle Walls: An American Journey Through Espionage, Counterterrorism and Government, revealing the deeply personal story of racism and discrimination behind those roles. 

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Dr. Charisse Burden-Stelly, associate professor of African American Studies at Wayne State University and author of Black Scare / Red Scare: Theorizing Capitalist Racism in the United States, discusses the latest State Department report, Cuba: The Capital of 21st Century Communism, and the state of democracy.

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Jen Bendery, senior politics reporter covering Congress and the White House for HuffPost, talks about trending political stories.

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Director and writer Victor Gabriel and foster care reform advocate Jarrett Harper talk about their new L.A. Times Short Doc "I Got My Brother," which explores the foster care to prison pipeline through the eyes of formerly incarcerated Jarrett and his brother Baylon. 

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

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breaking news reporter at The Hill, is back with the latest stories from Washington and an update on the un-enrollment scandal at her alma mater, Howard University. 

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