Tavis Smiley

Soul musician, singer, and actor Martin Luther McCoy joins Tavis in studio to discuss his latest album, Welcome Back Love, following a 14-year hiatus, and why he believes in music’s ability to heal, challenge, and reconnect.

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As we commemorate 25 years since the attacks on 9/11, Penn State International Relations professor Errol Henderson reflects on those chickens coming home to roost and why Malcolm X's frame still tells the tale of America's misadventures around the world.

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Progressive activist, syndicated columnist, and bestselling author Jim Hightower talks about the moral poverty of the rich and powerful and other economic justice issues affecting the American people under the current administration.

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President of ASALH (Association for the Study of African American Life and History), award-winning talk show host, and racial justice scholar Dr. Kaye Wise Whitehead gives her analysis of the CBC convention and other trending political topics.

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Two-time NAACP Image Award nominee, DEI educator, and social media political influencer George Lee Jr., aka “The Conscious Lee,” shares his thoughts on Black political independence, the state of diversity in law, AI, and more.

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Mayor of Oakland, California, and former U.S. congresswoman Barbara Lee talks about her historic speech opposing military action in response to 9/11 and her re-election in the era of Trump.

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We mark the 63rd anniversary of the bombing in Birmingham at the 16th Street Baptist Church, on this day in 1963, with the very best of my conversations with Doug Jones, Alabama's Democratic nominee for Governor, and Sarah Collins Rudolph, the only survivor of the horrible tragedy.

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Co-founder and co-editor of The American Prospect Robert Kuttner returns to discuss the legacy of 9/11 and other trending political topics.

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Two-time NAACP Image Award nominee, DEI educator, and social media political influencer George Lee Jr., aka “The Conscious Lee,” shares his thoughts on Black political independence, the state of diversity in law, AI, and more. 

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Mayor of Oakland, California, and former U.S. congresswoman Barbara Lee talks about her historic speech opposing military action in response to 9/11 and her re-election in the era of Trump.

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