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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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month 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…
1 year, 1 month ago
Mayor Eric Adams joins Tavis Smiley
New York City Mayor Eric Adams joins Tavis to talk about the midtown Manhattan shooting, his re-election campaign and Housing Week in NYC.
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Dr. Cornel West joins Tavis Smiley
Public intellectual, professor and author Dr. Cornel West shares his thoughts about the upcoming 60th anniversary of the Voting Rights Act and why we…
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Katrina vanden Heuvel joins Tavis Smiley
The Nation magazine's editorial director and publisher Katrina vanden Heuvel gives her analysis about the future of public broadcasting, Gaza and oth…
1 year, 1 month ago
Marc Morial joins Tavis Smiley
Marc Morial, former New Orleans mayor and now president of the National Urban League, tells us why Black America is in a State of Emergency with the …
1 year, 1 month ago
John E. Jacob joins Tavis Smiley
John E. Jacob, former president of the National Urban League and author of his new memoir, “I Will F.E.A.R. No Evil,” takes us back to 1980 when cand…
1 year, 1 month ago
Fmr. U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush joins Tavis Smiley
Former U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-IL) joins Tavis from the studios of WVON in Chicago to talk about the new memorials and walking tour honoring the Illi…
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