Tavis Smiley

Pediatrician and board member of Healthcare For Action, Dr. Mansi Kotwal discusses how elected physicians, including Governor-elect Dr. Amy Acton and Senator-elect Dr. Annie Andrews, can help advance a better healthcare system for all.

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Executive Director of BlackPAC, Adrianne Shropshire reports from Jackson, Mississippi, on the Mississippi Senate race and shares her thoughts on the future of Black political power in the South and beyond.

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Professor, philosopher, and legal analyst Tim Golden discusses the midterm elections and other trending political topics.    

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Brandon Tensley, Capital B News national politics reporter, breaks down how the rise in Black voter turnout tested the power of redistricting in the midterms. 

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White House Correspondent and radio show host Nii-Quartelai Quartey and radio host Jesse Jackson Jr. discuss the impact of the midterms on issues facing Black America.     

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Marianna Sotomayor, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and congressional correspondent for Puck News, talks about the power shifts on the Hill, as the most expensive midterm election in U.S. history unfolded. 

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Attorney and political content creator AB Burns Tucker checked in from Atlanta with her report about the historic win of Governor-Elect Keisha Lance Bottoms.

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U.S. Representative and Chairman of the January 6th House Select Committee to Investigate the January 6th Attack, Bennie Thompson, talks about what’s next to hold Trump accountable.

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Democrat Beau Bayh has won the Indiana secretary of state race, breaking Republicans' more than decade-long grip on statewide power.

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Former Ohio State Senator and Senior Fellow of The New School's Institute on Race, Power and Political Economy, progressive Nina Turner, shares her thoughts on how progressives fared in this year's midterms. 

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U.S. Representative of Alabama, Shomari Figures, checks in as he wins his re-election for Congress.

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Civil rights attorney and activist Connie Rice shares her analysis about the midterm results from the biggest races from California to the Carolinas. 

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U.S. Representative of Missouri Emmanuel Cleaver II talks about his re-election back to Congress.

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Democratic incumbent U.S. Representative Doris Matsui discusses her reelection campaign against her younger Democratic challenger, Mai Vang, as one of Northern California’s most anticipated House races comes to an end.

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Former Deputy Governor under Gov. JB Pritzker and Democratic candidate for Illinois Lieutenant Governor, Christian Mitchell makes his case for why Illinois will not bow to Trump’s bullying and divisive policies.

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L.A. City Councilwoman and mayoral candidate Nithya Raman makes a final appeal for her historic campaign and shares her vision for the future of the Democratic Party.

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Harris County Democratic Party Chair Traci A. Gibson (Houston) provides an on-the-ground snapshot of Black voter turnout and engagement in the state’s highly anticipated races.

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Former California Governor and elder statesman Gray Davis offers his analysis of the California governor’s race, the Supreme Court’s decision on noncitizen voters, and the midterms.

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Sacramento City Councilmember Mai Vang makes her final pitch as she challenges longtime incumbent Democrat Doris Matsui in a progressive-versus-establishment race for California’s redrawn 7th Congressional District.

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Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and congressional correspondent for Puck News, Marianna Sotomayor discusses the important races and storylines to watch as the “most expensive midterm election in U.S. history” unfolds.    

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Fifth-generation Wyomingite and 2026 Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Wyoming, James Byrd returns to share his final thoughts on his history-making campaign.

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Editor and publisher of The Nation magazine, Katrina vanden Heuvel shares her analysis on the future of the Democratic Party as progressive candidates rise, along with other trending political topics.

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L.A. County Sheriff Robert Luna gives an update of his re-election campaign and addresses public safety concerns for world-class events such as the Super Bowl and the Olympics, as he makes his final pitch for four more years. 

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University of Minnesota professor and former State Department official during the Obama administration, Eric Schwartz discusses the letter he initiated and that was signed by prominent Democrats, expressing Jewish support for Michigan U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.    

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Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass makes her final pitch to voters on housing, policing and more as she heads toward the finish line of her re-election campaign.

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Scholar, leading public intellectual and special contributor Dr. Cornel West joins Bishop William J. Barber II, founder and senior lecturer of Repairers of the Breach, for an in-depth conversation about democracy, Black voting rights, having “conspicuous courage” for this moment and more.

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Black farmer and candidate for U.S. Senate in Louisiana, Jamie Davis discusses the challenges facing Black farmers, tackling corruption and the affordability crisis as he makes a historic run for Congress.    

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Democratic Socialist and Afro-Latina candidate for U.S. Representative in New York’s 13th District, Darializa Avila Chevalier discusses her campaign and why she believes now is the time to bring more progressivism into Congress.    

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Relationship expert and radio show host Zo Williams joins Tavis in-studio to continue the conversation about his new book, The Way of the Intercepting A**hole, and shares his thoughts on Aries Spears, Bruce Lee and the fight that inspired the book.    

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Former Republican U.S. representative turned Democratic nominee in Florida’s gubernatorial election, David Jolly discusses his campaign as he faces staunch President Trump ally and U.S. Representative Byron Donalds in the Sunshine State.

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Recently elected international president of AFSCME, the nation’s largest public-sector union representing 1.4 million members, Patrick Moran discusses how union members and working families are feeling about the political future of the country just days before the midterm elections.

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Oakland Mayor Barbara Lee highlights her accomplishments over her 18-month tenure and looks to continue writing a new story for Oakland as she seeks re-election to a full four-year term.

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Executive editor of The Nation magazine, John Nichols offers his analysis of the upcoming election and other trending political topics.

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Relationship expert and radio show host Zo Williams joins Tavis in-studio to continue the conversation this week about his new book, The Way of the Intercepting A**hole, and breaks down the controversial trend of AI girlfriends and boyfriends, building on Bruce Lee’s warning that boards don’t hit back.

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Dariann “Diamond” Hewson, blocker and pivot for the all-Black women’s roller derby team the Black Derby Collective, discusses how the young team brought a little “Black magic” to the global championships.    

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National Deputy Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), Edward Ahmed Mitchell shares his thoughts on racism and Islamophobia during this political season, as members of Congress and candidates face attacks on their faith.

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Former U.S. Ambassador to Israel during the Obama administration and distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council, Daniel Shapiro analyzes the global impact of this week’s Israeli election and next week’s U.S. midterms.

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Political scientist, author and Fordham University professor Christina Greer offers her analysis of the future of Black and progressive candidates at this midterm moment. 

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Mississippi state district attorney and Democratic U.S. Senate nominee Scott Colom discusses his path to unseating his Republican opponent as he looks to flip the Magnolia State.

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Option Intoxicated examines what happens when social media and direct messages turn other people into an endless, low-cost supply. The premise is simple and uncomfortable. The constant availability of new attention trains a person to stay activated by possibility instead of by any actual relationship. What feels like freedom is often the refusal to let any single conversation become final. The thesis is that too many options do not expand the capacity for real connection. They shrink it. Volume replaces depth. Novelty replaces consistency. 

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Relationship expert and radio show host Zo Williams joins Tavis in-studio to continue the conversation about his new book, The Way of the Intercepting A**hole, and asks: If your attachment style is survival software, who’s updating it now? 

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Entrepreneur, inspirational speaker and oil and gas expert from Odessa, Texas, Tiki Davis discusses his new book, The Tiki Factor: 4 Key Principles to Turn Your Losses Into Wins, chronicling his rise from a neglectful childhood to becoming a successful entrepreneur. 

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CEO of Etienne & Saint, former Communications Director for Vice President Kamala Harris and Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and former Special Assistant to President Obama, Ashley Etienne shares her thoughts on the midterm elections and how Black voters can use their power.

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Michigan Democratic Senate candidate and former Wayne County and Detroit Health Director Dr. Abdul El-Sayed discusses Islamophobia, appealing to Black voters in Michigan and more.

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South Carolina state representative and Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jermaine Johnson shares his take on President Trump being on the ballot, the surge in Black voters and the final sprint of his historic campaign.

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Relationship expert and radio show host Zo Williams joins Tavis in-studio for a special week of conversations about his new book, The Way of the Intercepting A**hole, and breaks down why he believes need is the original sin of modern relationships.

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NAACP Award-nominated playwright, book writer and lyricist Angelica Cheri and award-winning composer Ross Baum discuss their new musical, Wanted, the story of outlaw sisters who pass for white to settle the score, based on Cheri’s family lore.

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Ethnobotanist and ecopsychologist Molly Helfend explains why iboga root, found in the Central African nation of Gabon, is now coveted by U.S. drug companies for treating addiction and PTSD.

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Scholar, distinguished professor, author, leading public intellectual and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his thoughts on Black America’s dreams, demands and vision for democracy and more.

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California Attorney General Rob Bonta gives an update on the Department of Justice’s mail-in ballot lawsuit against the state, the Paramount deal that has Hollywood talking, and his re-election campaign.

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UC Santa Barbara political science professor, author and founder of Black Insights Research Christopher Sebastian Parker discusses trending political topics.

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CEO and Executive Director of the National Black Justice Coalition, sociologist and chief editor of The Black Papers: A Policy Agenda for Black Liberation in the 21st Century, David Johns discusses the necessity of having a Black counterpoint to Project 2025.

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Scholar, distinguished professor, author, leading public intellectual and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his thoughts on geopolitics and more.

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Law professor, public health professional and social media influencer Elizabeth Booker Houston shares the backstory behind her viral testimony opposing a data center in her hometown of Memphis, along with other trending political topics.

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CEO and Interim President of the Muhammad Ali Center and Muhammad Ali’s wife, Lonnie Ali, joins Tavis in-studio to discuss executive producing the new series The Greatest, debuting on Prime Video next month, the Center’s upcoming Humanitarian Award honorees and more. 

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Award-winning actor, producer and activist Michael Ealy joins Tavis in-studio to discuss his new role as Malcolm X in Prime Video’s highly anticipated limited series The Greatest, an eight-episode drama tracing the formative years of a young Cassius Clay.

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Nationally renowned professor of African American Studies and English at Clark Atlanta University, historian and author Dr. Daniel Black, shares why he believes affirming Blackness is on the ballot.

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Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, returns to discuss Chicago’s first fully elected school board race and why voting in this year’s midterm election is important for a better life.

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Phyllis Bennis, activist, author and program director of the New Internationalism Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, shares her thoughts on former President Obama’s remarks about Israel and the role the U.S. is playing in the “continuing Gaza genocide” in the region.

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Former President Biden’s deputy press secretary and crisis communications specialist, Andrew Bates, gives his analysis of trending political stories.

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Shundra Harris, the Chair-Elect of the Board of Directors for the American Society of Interior Designers and owner of Shundra Harris Interiors, shares her story about her rise as a design industry leader and how she plans to diversify the space. 

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Sports Marketing Executive  Howard "H" White at Nike, Inc., author and patient advocate Howard “H” White shares his journey of living with ATTR cardiac amyloidosis, an often-overlooked cause of heart failure, as he raises awareness for Black men’s heart health ahead of World Amyloidosis Day on October 26.

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Former President of the Navajo Nation and Democratic congressional candidate for Arizona, Jonathan Nez discusses his historic campaign to flip the state’s second congressional district.

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Former IRS attorney, professor and faculty editor of the Pittsburgh Tax Review, Philip Hackney discusses how revoking tax-exempt status for private colleges with DEI policies is cruel and weaponizes civil rights law against itself.

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Professor, founding chair of the Department of African American Studies at UCLA and author of Radical Reparations: Healing the Soul of a Nation, Marcus Anthony Hunter offers his analysis of trending political topics.

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Republican Gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton responds to his Democratic rival, Xavier Becerra, dismissing him about his immigrant story, while giving a quick update about his campaign, 2 weeks before the election. 

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Distinguished professor of history at the University of Texas at Dallas and award-winning author Kevin Waite joins Tavis in-studio to discuss his new book, The Boundless Biddy Mason: An Odyssey from Slavery to Freedom Across the American West, and how the “founding mother” of Black Los Angeles is finally getting her due.

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NAACP General Counsel Kristen Clarke discusses the organization’s lawsuit to block the Department of Justice from deploying federal prosecutors to polling sites across the country as part of its election monitor program.

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Scholar, distinguished professor, author, leading public intellectual and special contributor Dr. Cornel West shares his thoughts on politics, social justice, history and more.

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New York lieutenant governor Democratic candidate and former New York City Council Speaker Adrienne Adams discusses being part of the first women-led ticket in the 2026 election and why she believes New York is ready for a different model of leadership.

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Associate Professor and Founding Director of The Race, Politics, and Policy Center at George Mason University, Michael K. Fauntroy offers his analysis of trending political topics.

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Award-winning actor, director, producer and author Eriq La Salle talks about his career and his latest gripping crime thriller, Laws of Solomon, the fourth installment in his acclaimed Martyr Maker series.

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California Democratic gubernatorial candidate and former U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Xavier Becerra joins Tavis in-studio for a special conversation about his campaign, representation and meeting the moment for California.

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Harry Waters Jr., known for playing Marvin Berry, celebrates the 100th birthday of his fictional cousin Chuck and previews Back to the Future Day next week.

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Famed director Taylor Hackford celebrates Chuck Berry’s 100th birthday and reflects on the making of his 1987 documentary, Hail! Hail! Rock ’n’ Roll.

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Shermichael Singleton, conservative CNN contributor and co-founder of the We The Free TV streaming network, shares his thoughts on President Trump’s alleged weaponization of government agencies against Black appointed and elected officials, along with other trending topics.

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CEO and Chairman of the Real Hip-Hop Network, Atonn Muhammad, discusses the comeback of broadcast media and digital platforms and why the culture needs them now more than ever. 

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GOP strategist and former communications director for Speaker Kevin McCarthy, Mark Bednar, shares his thoughts on whether President Trump and Republicans can stay in power amid the possibility of a blue wave and low poll numbers.

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October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month, and Dr. Funmi Olopade, Director of Clinical Cancer Genetics and Global Health at the University of Chicago Medicine, updates us on the growing number of global breast cancer cases and why Black men need to focus on prevention, too.

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Joe Cruz, chair of the Philosophy Department and the Program on Cognitive Science at Williams College, sets the record straight on why he believes writing isn’t as important as we think.

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Leonard Pitts Jr., Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and Director of The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, gives his analysis about President Trump's latest attacks on Black women in power such and other trending political topics. 

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Illinois Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton gives an update on her campaign for U.S. Senate as she seeks to fill the seat being vacated by retiring U.S. Senator Dick Durbin.

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Emmy Award-winning modern historian and Chicago cultural worker Shermann Dilla Thomas reflects on the work and legacy of civil rights leader Al Raby, one of the key organizers of Dr. King’s Chicago Summer campaign, as the city honors his legacy this weekend.    

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Florida U.S. Senate Democratic nominee Angie Nixon gives an update on her historic, high-profile and high-stakes campaign.

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Former President Clinton speechwriter and co-founder and CEO of Citizen University, Eric Liu, discusses his new book, Live Like a Citizen: 8 Ways to Change Your Mindset and Our Country, and shares deep practices for rekindling our belief in democracy.

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Lebanese American journalist for The Nation magazine, Luca Goldmansour, shares why Democrats have a Bill Maher problem and more.

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U.S. Representative and co-chair of the Congressional Voting Rights Caucus, Nikema Williams, joins Tavis in-studio to discuss her efforts to protect the vote and her re-election campaign to continue representing Georgia’s 5th Congressional District.

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Civil rights pioneer Sheyann Webb-Christburg, whom Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. famously dubbed the movement’s “Smallest Freedom Fighter,” reflects on her experiences as the youngest participant in the Bloody Sunday march in Selma, Alabama, and shares her thoughts on this year’s election. 

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Professor and former Vice Chair of the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, Gay J. McDougall, discusses the significance of her colleague Navi Pillay winning the Nobel Peace Prize, the 25th anniversary of the adoption of the UN anti-racism framework, the Durban Declaration and Programme of Action, and more.

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Politico White House reporter Alex Gangitano reveals that Republicans are determined to hold onto control of the Senate, even if it means giving money to flawed and extremist candidates like Ken Paxton in Texas.

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Dr. Cornel West, Dietrich Bonhoeffer Chair at Union Theological Seminary, returns to discuss the implications of the U.S. imposing sanctions on the International Criminal Court and more.

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Ryan Grim, co-founder of Drop Site News and host of the podcast Deconstructed, shares his analysis of the Department of War livestreaming a public execution and other trending political topics.

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Founder and Artistic Director of EVIDENCE: A Dance Company, Ronald K. Brown joins Tavis in-studio to talk about his distinguished 40-year dance career and his new show, Ronald K. Brown / EVIDENCE, performing its distinctive blend of contemporary and African diasporic traditions at The Wallis in Los Angeles this weekend. 

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Healthcare executive, entrepreneur and 2026 Democratic nominee for Indiana State Treasurer, Coumba Kebe, talks about her historic campaign as she advocates for affordable healthcare, protecting public schools and building thriving communities in Indiana.

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Ashleigh Fields, former breaking news reporter at The Hill and now a journalist with the Washington Informer, shares her thoughts on how the White House is preparing for the midterms, along with reflections from her recent travels to Rwanda and Qatar.

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California Republican gubernatorial candidate Steve Hilton gives an update on his campaign, his response to President Trump’s comments about Los Angeles and San Diego, and his new sexually provocative campaign ad targeting his Democratic rival.

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Nationally syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate and writer of the Navarrette Nation at Substack, Ruben Navarrette shares his analysis about Trump's comments about L.A. & San Diego, the state's gubernatorial race and other trending political topics.

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U.S. Senate Democratic nominee for Tennessee and environmental advocate Marquita Bradshaw talks about her rematch with incumbent Republican Bill Hagerty and her historic campaign to become the first Black U.S. Senator from the Volunteer State. 

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Civil rights activist, humanitarian and interfaith advocate Rabbi Steven B. Jacobs reflects on the double standard between October 7th and 9/11 commemorations and why we did not see anti-American protests on 9/11 even though we are seeing “anti-Israel” protests this week.

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