Tavis Smiley

Deji Laray, creator and executive producer of the ALLBLK TV series "G.R.I.T.S. (Girls Raised In The South)," along with star and co-executive producer Thomas Q. Jones, is back with an inside look at their latest program.

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Basketball writer Paul Knepper talks about his new text, "Moses Malone: The Life of a Basketball Prophet," telling the story of the three-time MVP “anti-superstar” who was shy around the media and humble on the court.

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Tara Pringle Jefferson, author of the new book "Bloom How You Must: A Black Woman’s Guide to Self-Care and Generational Healing," shares how Civil Rights leaders Coretta Scott King, Betty Shabazz, Myrlie Evers-Williams, and Rosa Parks used self-care to take a break from the stress of the movement.

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Award-winning organizer, philanthropic consultant, and co-founder of Black Voters Matter, LaTosha Brown, talks about her economic pressure campaign "We Ain't Buying It" and why she's calling for the boycott of Trump enablers. 

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Michael Goodyear, associate professor at New York Law School, looks at how this week’s Supreme Court case, Cox v. Sony, could change how we all access the internet and cut off those who need it the most.

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Historian, professor and UC Santa Barbara's Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Jeffrey Stewart, celebrates the 100th anniversary of “The New Negro: An Interpretation”, his new edition of that seminal anthology and his 2019 Pulitzer Prize-winning text about “The New Negro” editor Alain Locke.

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Shawn VanDiver, founder and President of #AfghanEvac, explains why the U.S. needs to keep its promise to our Afghan allies - and not scapegoat them for the November 26 attack.

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Dr. Cornel West, scholar, leading public intellectual, author, and special contributor, shares his thoughts on Pam Bondi accusing progressives for fueling hatred toward the National Guard, the lessons of the Montgomery Bus Boycott 70 years later and more.

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Nationally syndicated columnist for The Creators Syndicate, Ruben Navarette, discusses Trump's intensified anti-immigration stance in response to the National Guard shooting and the "deeper implosion" within the Republican party after the resignation of Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene.

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Economist, professor and founder of the nonprofit Economic Education, Dr. Julianne Malveaux, talks about how Trump's student loan reforms target Black professionalism and other trending political topics.

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