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Willa Robinson and Ryan Sorrell join Tavis Smiley
Willa Robinson, retired owner of Willa’s Books, and Ryan Sorrell, founder of the Kansas City Defender, tell us how her iconic store will live on as a…
7 months ago
Michael Steele joins Tavis Smiley
Michael Steele, former Republican National Committee chair and co-host of “The Weeknight” on MSNBC, is back to explain why the current threat to the …
7 months ago
Mondaire Jones joins Tavis Smiley
Mondaire Jones, U.S. Civil Rights Commissioner, reflects on today’s 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and shares why he co-authored the John …
7 months ago
Marcus Anthony Hunter & Rodericka Applewhaite join Tavis Smiley
Professor of African American Studies at UCLA and writer Marcus Anthony Hunter gives his analysis about the future of the Voting Rights Act at 60. Ro…
7 months ago
Marique Moss joins Tavis Smiley
Marique Moss, Afro-Indigenous educator, cultural strategist, and small business owner, takes us inside her delicious debut book, “Sweetgrass and Soul…
7 months, 1 week ago
Basil Watson joins Tavis Smiley
Basil Watson reveals the inspiration behind his sculpture of escaped slave and South Carolina lawmaker Robert Smalls, which will become the first sta…
7 months, 1 week ago
Michael Fauntroy joins Tavis Smiley
Associate Professor and Founding Director of The Race, Politics, and Policy Center at George Mason University, Dr Michael K. Fauntroy talks about Tru…
7 months, 1 week ago
Victoria Chege joins Tavis Smiley
Victoria Chege, one of the thousands of federal employees who were laid off via email last February, tells us why her TikTok protest videos are gaini…
7 months, 1 week ago
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) joins Tavis Smiley
U.S. Rep. Hank Johnson (D-GA) unveils his “bicameral, bicoastal” resolution to recognize August 11, 2025, as “Hip Hop Celebration Day” and responds t…
7 months, 1 week ago
Lindsey Stewart joins Tavis Smiley
Lindsey Stewart, Black feminist philosopher and an associate professor of philosophy at the University of Memphis, talks about her new book, "The Con…
7 months, 1 week ago