Tavis Smiley

Democratic Tennessee State Representative and U.S. congressional candidate Justin J. Pearson discusses his campaign for Congress, his policy priorities, and climate justice as data centers continue expanding across Tennessee.

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Elizabeth Wilkins, president and CEO of the Roosevelt Institute, discusses the Institute's The Good Life report and the impact of President Trump's landmark legislation, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, one year after it was signed.

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John Nichols, executive editor of The Nation magazine, discusses what's next for Maine progressives following the end of the Platner campaign and weighs in on other trending political topics.

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Bernie Sanders’ 2016 chief campaign strategist Tad Devine discusses his new book, How the Democrats Screwed Bernie, and how the Democratic Party should respond to the growing momentum of Democratic Socialists.

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Lisa Graves, co-founder of the judicial advocacy organization Court Accountability and co-host of the Legal AF podcast, discusses the Supreme Court’s “transformative” term and what the country can learn from its most consequential decisions.

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Danielle Moodie, CEO and founder of DAM Media Strategies and host of The Danielle Moodie Show on YouTube, shares her thoughts on the controversial candidacy of Graham Platner and other trending political topics. 

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Afrofuturist, filmmaker, and award-winning author Ytasha Womack explores the next 250 years for Black communities worldwide through the lens of her book, Post Black: How a New Generation Is Redefining African American Identity.

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Senior Fellow in the Office of the President at the Brennan Center for Justice and journalist Jesse Wegman discusses his new book, The Lost Founder: James Wilson and the Forgotten Fight for a People’s Constitution.

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Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his perspectives on history, politics, social justice, and more.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and director of the Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, Leonard Pitts Jr. discusses why he believes America is “a hell of a thing to lose” and weighs in on today’s biggest political stories.

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