Tavis Smiley

Author, scholar, leading public intellectual, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, gives his insights about the struggle for civil rights and more.

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Award-winning talk show host and Founding Director of The Karson Institute for Race, Peace & Social Justice at Loyola University Maryland, Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead shares her thoughts on the evisceration of the Voting Rights Act and other trending political topics. 

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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, returns to discuss their support of the upcoming May Day Strong actions this weekend and share her thoughts about the Supreme Court’s decision on the Voting Rights Act.

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In celebration of International Jazz Day, triple Grammy- and Tony Award–winning jazz master Dee Dee Bridgewater talks about the enduring power of jazz music, her career, and more.

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Kishonna Gray, University of Michigan School of Information professor and author of Intersectional Tech: Black Users in Digital Gaming, joins Tavis in studio to talk about the links between video games, violence, and race, as we face more political violence and assassination attempts in America.

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Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) Chair Congresswoman Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY) shares how the CBC will respond to the gutting of the Voting Rights Act, as Black America braces for redistricting battles ahead of the midterms.

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Austin Sarat, attorney, writer, and professor, discusses the impact of the court’s decision on presidential records, voting rights, and other political topics.

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Creative director for The Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History, Kyle Sammy, talks about how The Wright is reaching for a new generation of history lovers with mockumentary-style viral videos and the challenges facing Black museums at this time.

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Politics and policy columnist for Bloomberg Opinion, Erika D. Smith, talks about how L.A. is trying to recover from last year’s wildfires and more.

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Butch Ware, Green Party candidate for California governor and UC Santa Barbara professor, joins Tavis in studio with an update about his fight to get on the ballots and how progressives can show up for the election of California’s next governor.

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