Tavis Smiley and Dr. Cornel West, recently released a new book called "The Rich and the Rest of Us: A Poverty Manifesto", which challenges our assumptions about poverty. I got a chance to listen in on a teleconference with Smiley earlier this month, and here are 10 things you need to know about the book.
Lauren Brown Jarvis | Posted 05.11.2012
Tavis Smiley believes America has the power to completely eradicate poverty amongst its citizens in a little as ten years. He questions how America could allow the dreams of its people to transform into a nightmare.
Posted 05.04.2012
Tavis Smiley called out the national media, including Fox News, for its slowness to cover the Trayvon Martin tragedy on Bill O'Reilly's Thursday show....
Ben Mangan | Posted 05.01.2012
The heart of Smiley and West's message is simple and profound: the United States is far more economically divided than most people want to acknowledge,and this chasm will destroy our nation.
Posted 04.26.2012
Sean Hannity welcomed Tavis Smiley and Cornel West onto his program by thanking them for all the times they criticize President Obama. "Welcome ba...
Posted 04.20.2012
Colbert came out swinging in his interview with Cornel West and Tavis Smiley, accusing the two of waging class warfare with their new book, The Rich a...
HuffingtonPost.com | Gene Demby | Posted 03.15.2012
"Two decades ago we were celebrating what was the Year Of The Woman in '92, and now we're dealing with a war on women in 2012," Tavis Smiley said on a...
Alvin McEwen | Posted 05.05.2012
A new report is highlighting the plight of a population who always seem to be ignored when African-American leaders begin debating issues pertaining to the community. The report gives a number of good solutions to this problem. I have a solution, too.
Vicki B. Escarra | Posted 03.13.2012
American families are struggling, and their needs must have a place in our legislation and our budget dialogues. But sadly, they are too many times, pushed aside.
Mike Ragogna | Posted 03.06.2012
The thing that I love most about Working In Tennessee is that it really comes across as a family album -- and Merle Haggard tells me that's exactly what he was going for.
Ryan Mack | Posted 01.30.2012
I want to personally thank Dr. West and Tavis Smiley for bringing their "Poverty Tour" to my hometown of Detroit, Mich. in the first week of August 20...
Frederick Butler | Posted 12.19.2011
Regardless of what Cain, West and Smiley say, blacks in America will continue to be in President Obama's corner. Not because we are brainwashed, but because he offers the best chance for the advancement of the community.
AP | LYNN ELBER | Posted 12.12.2011
LOS ANGELES — Tavis Smiley had to look no further than his own circle of family and friends to see the painful effects of the ragged U.S. econom...
The Huffington Post | Jack Mirkinson | Posted 12.12.2011
Bill O'Reilly welcomed radio host Tavis Smiley and Prof. Cornel West onto his Tuesday show. The resulting dust-up was nothing short of a cable news cl...
Tavis Smiley | Posted 11.26.2011
Earlier today in a conversation with Democratic Congresswoman Sheila Jackson Lee, I ask her assessment on President Obama's now controversial speech.
Tavis Smiley | Posted 11.19.2011
During my conversation today with Michael Moore, I asked the Oscar-winning filmmaker about the alarming new numbers out last week regarding poverty in America.
John Thompson | Posted 11.18.2011
As explained in "Too Important to Fail," the way we look at black boys is "America's litmus test." Smiley approaches the challenges facing black males with the good sense and good will of our nation's archetypical "Everyman." The result is a jewel of a documentary.
Glyn Vincent | Posted 11.09.2011
This weekend, the national media focus will be on the September 11 events at Ground Zero in New York City, as well as those commemorations being held ...
Posted 11.12.2011
Joe Scarborough and guest Tavis Smiley got into a heated argument about George W. Bush's post-9/11 leadership on Monday's "Morning Joe." The co-ho...
Tavis Smiley | Posted 11.12.2011
Behind every education statistic is a boy with hopes and dreams and abilities that may not show up in standardized testing.
Benjamin R. Barber | Posted 11.12.2011
In a world of weapons without borders and diseases without borders and warming without borders and terrorism without borders, we must seek to develop citizens without borders, democracy without borders, and justice without borders.
Tavis Smiley | Posted 11.07.2011
This evening, I spoke with former New York Times columnist Bob Herbert in advance of President Obama's address on jobs Thursday night.
Jill Lynne | Posted 10.16.2011
Have we forgotten how to dream?
Randy Miller | Posted 10.15.2011
Just because President Obama is a black man doesn't mean that all black folks have to agree with his every move, and it doesn't mean that black folks cannot question his policies, motives and reasons for doing the things that he does.
Clarence B. Jones | Posted 10.15.2011
We, or the White House, may not like the tone, content, or the intensity of his "singing," but Dr. Cornel West is an invaluable "canary." His warning advice and comments should not be ignored.
Voto Latino | Posted 05.24.2012