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TV and radio broadcaster. He hosts the TV show, Tavis Smiley, on PBS and two radio shows, The Tavis Smiley Show and The Smiley & West Show, which he hosts with Dr. Cornel West. Together they have written the new book, The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto.
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"War is the Enemy of the Poor": Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on Poverty, MLK , Election 2012
In part two of our interview with Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West, they discuss growing up in working-class households. "I saw so much poverty growing up," says Smiley, who lived with 13 family members in a three-bedroom trailer and learned that even when he was not optimistic, he could be hopeful. "Hope needs...April 24, 2012 | Story -
Part 2: Tavis Smiley & Cornel West on Growing Up Poor, Occupy Wall Street and Trayvon Martin Case
In part two of our interview, Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West discuss growing up in working-class households and compare the amount of money spent on war and the 2012 presidential campaign to funding for programs that assist the one in two Americans who are now poor. They also discuss the Trayvon Martin case and Ted Nugent’s...April 19, 2012 | Blog Post -
Tavis Smiley & Cornel West on "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto"
The latest census data shows nearly one in two Americans, or 150 million people, have fallen into poverty — or could be classified as low income. We’re joined by Dr. Cornel West and Tavis Smiley, who continue their efforts to spark a national dialog on the poverty crisis with the new book, "The Rich and the Rest...April 19, 2012 | Story -
"A Declaration of War on the Poor": Cornel West and Tavis Smiley on the Debt Ceiling Agreement
The veteran broadcaster Tavis Smiley and the author and Princeton University Professor Cornel West are in the midst of a 15-city, cross-country trek they have dubbed "The Poverty Tour: A Call to Conscience." The tour comes on the heels of last week’s deficit agreement, which has been widely criticized for excluding...August 09, 2011 | Story -
Tavis Smiley on Obama’s Arizona Memorial Speech, Martin Luther King and Hate in America
We get reaction to President Obama’s memorial speech in Tucson from journalist Tavis Smiley. "I thought the speech the President gave was a wonderful speech, and I thought it properly contextualized what it is that we are up against as a nation," Smiley says. "I wish the President had gotten around to giving...January 13, 2011 | Story -
As Obama Visits Afghanistan, Tavis Smiley on Rev. Martin Luther King and His Opposition to the Vietnam War
As the President renews his commitment to expand the American military presence in Afghanistan, we turn to a man he is sometimes compared to: Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. A new special on PBS from TV host and author Tavis Smiley delves into this comparison and looks at a speech that has a particular resonance today with the ongoing...March 29, 2010 | Story -
Tavis Smiley on the State of the Black Union, Economic Inequality and the Obama Administration’s Boycott of the World Conference Against Racism
On the last weekend of Black History Month, more than 6,000 people gathered in Los Angeles for the tenth annual State of the Black Union convention. We speak with founder and organizer Tavis Smiley. Smiley is host of Tavis Smiley on PBS and The Tavis Smiley Show from PRI. His latest book is Accountable: Making America as Good as its Promise. [includes rush transcript]March 02, 2009 | Story
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Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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