Tavis Smiley

Lifelong birder, Emmy Award-winning host of National Geographic’s Extraordinary Birder, and New York Times bestselling author Christian Cooper reflects on a bird that may be the ultimate symbol of Black people’s triumph over the evils of slavery, just in time for Juneteenth.

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Attorney, political commentator, and social media influencer A.B. Burns-Tucker discusses trending political topics.

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David Sirota, founder and editor-in-chief of the investigative news outlet The Lever, is back to explain why the oligarchs aren't reading the room - and why MMA tycoon Dana White is targeting the Muhammad Ali Boxing Reform Act

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Amanda Hollowell, who became the Democratic nominee for Georgia's 1st Congressional District in Tuesday's runoff, explains how her work as the Chief of Campaigns for the civil rights organization Color of Change is helping inform her run for the U.S. House.

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Renowned advocate for social justice and recipient of the Joseph R. Biden Lifetime Achievement Award for anti-racism, Dr. Catherine Meeks discusses her new book, Bridging the Rivers of Difference: A Proclamation of Unity in Resistance, and why she’s calling for unity across divided communities.

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Dr. James Peterson, writer, educator, and host of Evening WURDS on WURD (900AM and 96.1FM) in Philadelphia, shares why he believes Black men need to have the new literacy of social death as we recognize Men’s Mental Health Awareness Month, and weighs in on other trending political topics.

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Professor of history at Smith College, author, and daughter of the iconic comedian Richard Pryor, Elizabeth Stordeur Pryor takes us inside her new memoir, Something We Said: Richard Pryor, a Notorious Word, and Me.

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Lifelong economics professor, critic of contemporary capitalism, and co-founder of Democracy at Work, Richard Wolff gives his analysis of the new Federal Reserve chair, Trump’s inflation, and much more.

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Phyllis Bennis, activist, author and program director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, shares her thoughts on the tentative Iranian deal and tells why there is no bigger Trump lie right now than him saying the war is good for us or the world. 



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Associate professor and founding director of the Race, Politics, and Policy Center at George Mason University, Michael K. Fauntroy shares his expectations for the historic D.C. primary and the district’s use of ranked-choice voting for the first time.

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