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Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Take "The Poverty Tour 2.0" To Battleground States

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WASHINGTON, PRNewswire — As U.S. poverty climbs to a level unseen in nearly half a century, Smiley and West reassert that America’s poor cannot be ignored during this election season While the nation awaits the imminent release of the latest numbers on poverty from the U.S. Census Bureau, broadcaster Tavis Smiley and Princeton University Professor Emeritus Cornel West, hosts of the nationally syndicated public radio program Smiley & West from Public Radio International (PRI), are once again bringing national attention to economic injustice by announcing “The Poverty Tour 2.0.” “The Poverty Tour 2.0” will be on the road September 12-15, … Continue reading Tavis Smiley and Cornel West Take "The Poverty Tour 2.0" To Battleground States

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>Tom Joyner Interviews President Obama

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>Click Here to listen to the interview. Obama said one in five African Americans does not have health care; that like many African Americans, “It’s not that Michelle and I don’t have relatives” hurting and unemployed because of the economy, and he urged that young people, particularly, be vaccinated for the H1N1 virus.When Joyner noted that some of Obama’s cable-news critics (Bill O’Reilly and other Fox News commentators) were eating and drinking at the White House holiday party, Obama said he and Michelle Obama “try to kill ’em with kindness. These guys fundamentally are entertainers.” Urging civility, he said, “Everybody’s … Continue reading >Tom Joyner Interviews President Obama

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>April Ryan Interviews President Barack Obama

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>April Ryan White House correspondent for American Urban Radio Networks interviews President Obama on a number of topics including the Health Care Reform Bill. The full post and audio are posted on the Huffington Post website. Here is one of April Ryan’s questions: “Speaking of the African American community, this seems to be a shift in black leadership, as it relates to supporting you. You have the CBC that’s upset with you about targeting on the jobs front — African Americans, 15.6 percent unemployment rate, expected to go to 20 percent; mainstream America 10 percent. Then you have black actors … Continue reading >April Ryan Interviews President Barack Obama