During my exclusive broadcast conversation with Sen. Elizabeth Warren tonight on PBS, she states, "We can't be a country that invests in big banks and won't invest in our students who want an education. Let's not call it postmortem just yet; let's call it we're still in the middle of the fight."
Tavis Smiley is a STAR. Congratulations on 2,000 shows; here's wishing you 1,000 more! Hey, before you know it, you'll be in this game as long as me. Get ready to hold on to your suspenders!
In a sneak preview of our conversation, I ask my guests if this story could end up as another glorified Hollywood film about another black child being saved by white people. You're going to want to watch their fascinating answer.
The same way Irish heritage defines Irish Americans or Italians their experience, we as Latinos, Hispanics, Chicanos or whatever we choose to call ourselves, share a cultural heritage that unites us culturally in a meaningful way.
Thanks to PBS and Tavis Smiley, a substantive gathering of Latino leadership that expounds on a broad range of issues and topics is coming to the English-speaking American public. Finally!
Rick Ross has the right to be an idiot and express himself as such in his music. Conversely, we also have the right to not allow it in our homes, or in our lives.
When is the last time you saw a stage full of Latino thought-leaders, opinion-makers and influencers who were being asked by the mainstream media about their views on something other than immigration reform?
The link that Smiley draws between education, or lack thereof, and poverty is undeniable. The underlying question that Smiley's work raises: How can school reform be addressed in any meaningful way without addressing poverty?
Schools have literally become gateways to prison, instead of gateways to learning. When we wrapped filming, I kept thinking to myself, "There has to be a better way." Thankfully, there is.
Arianna appeared on the Tavis Smiley show on PBS to discuss women in the workplace. She praised Sheryl Sandberg's book "Lean In", but said it was equa...
Tonight, I will sit down with comedian George Wallace, who is celebrating his tenth year at The Flamingo Hotel -- the longest run in Las Vegas history for any African American performer!
While we don't always agree, I continue to respect his work as well as the work of Mr. Tavis Smiley. Does the fact that I do not agree with him mean that I must now demonize his efforts?
The author and host of the Tavis Smiley show discusses filmmaker Quentin Tarantinoās treatment of black culture in the new Western Django Unchained ...
I don't even have a language to describe the chants, the dancing, the full-faced smiles, the love, the joy, the sheer ecstasy in that hallway as we walked toward Nelson and Winnie Mandela.
We can start with gun control legislation. President Obama is in his second term and now is in a position to take action. Public opinion is on his side. Let's put pressure on our legislators to make sure this happens.
The Newtown, Conn., elementary school massacre has vaulted gun violence to the forefront of political discussion, but it still remains unclear whether...
Now is the time to encourage the president to put poor people first. He can do that by delivering a major policy speech on eradicating poverty in America, and then convene this conference and push poverty to the top of his second term agenda.
Why it is that the poor don't matter? We all know why: because the poor aren't "likely voters" and the poor aren't big campaign donors. It's really that simple. And that's sickening.
More than one-fourth of African Americans are living in poverty today. As devastating as that figure is, particularly for the 42 million Americans who...