Tavis Smiley

ReShonda Tate, bestselling author and award-winning journalist, talks about her latest book, “With Love from Harlem: A Novel of Hazel Scott” about the groundbreaking jazz and classical music artist.

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Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, gives her take on the ICE debate at the White House and the populist issue that has Rep. Ro Khanna and Steve Bannon on the same side.

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Beronda L. Montgomery, a scientist and current Radcliffe Fellow at Harvard University, discusses her new book, “When Trees Testify: Science, Wisdom, History, and America’s Black Botanical Legacy.”

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Ainissa Ramirez, materials scientist, science communicator and author of the forthcoming book "North, South, East and Gladys West: How A Mathematician Shaped GPS," is back to honor the legacy of the groundbreaking Black mathematician who helped create GPS and passed away this month. 

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Scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, Dr. Cornel West, gives his analysis about U.S. domestic, foreign policies and more.

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Shermichael Singleton, conservative CNN contributor and co-founder of We The Free TV streaming network, discusses about trending political topics. 

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Howard Bryant, author and ESPN journalist, discusses his new book, “Kings and Pawns: Jackie Robinson and Paul Robeson in America.”

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Attorneys, political commentators and social media influencers, A.B. Burns-Tucker a.k.a. iamlegallyhype and Elizabeth Booker Houston, share their insights on the Supreme Court case involving Federal Reserve Gov. Lisa Cook and other trending political topics.

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Brandon Terry, Harvard University sociology professor and co-director of the Institute on Policing, Incarceration, and Public Safety, takes us inside his latest text, “Shattered Dreams, Infinite Hope: A Tragic Vision of the Civil Rights Movement.”

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Donnell A. McLachlan, best known as “donnellwrites” on TikTok, discusses his 45-minute tokumentary “The Great American Game” and explains why his unapologetically Black videos are drawing millions of views.

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