Tavis Smiley

New York Times bestselling co-authors Victoria Christopher Murray and Marie Benedict open the pages to their latest text “A Pair Of Aces: A Novel,” about two trailblazing women on opposite sides of the law working to bring down notorious gangster Lucky Luciano.

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Surgeon, veteran, and now frontrunner for New Jersey’s 12th congressional district race, Dr. Adam Hamawy (D-NJ) talks about his historic run to replace Black Congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman and how he went from being a “political nobody” to being endorsed by progressive leaders.

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Professor of Global and International Studies at UC Irvine, Dr. Tiffany Willoughby-Herard, and her attorney, Justice Project Director at the Advancement Project Thomas Harvey, discuss her work and her case of political prosecution in the era of Trump. 

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Democratic Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang makes a final pitch for her congressional campaign to unseat longtime Representative Doris Matsui for the U.S. House of Representatives, and discusses the battle for new generational leadership in the Golden State. 

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Christopher Sebastian Parker, UC Santa Barbara political science professor, author, and founder of Black Insights Research, discusses California politics and how Black male voters are not showing up at the polls.

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Senator Raphael Warnock (D-GA) talks about what’s next for voting rights and his concerns about the latest wave of attacks against Black political leadership.

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Regional Emmy Award-winning director, live performance storyteller, and writer Phill Branch gives his insights on identity, masculinity, and the quiet, radical act of existing on your own terms with his new book “The Double Dutch Fuss: A Memoir.”

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Public Intellectual, scholar and special contributor Dr. Cornel West talks about hate violence prevention, in light of the Anti-Defamation League's antisemitism database and the groundbreaking report from Jews For Racial and Economic Justice. 

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Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols reflects on the 105th Day of Remembrance of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre and gives an update on his A Road To Repair plan he introduced one year ago.

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Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor Dr. Cornel West offers his analysis about the 105th anniversary of the Tulsa Massacre, Black political power, and more. 

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