Cornel West Audio & Video

A conversation with Tavis Smiley host of Tavis Talks and Cornel West.

Tavis Smiley and Cornel West, co-hosts of the "Smiley and West" radio program, talked about their recently launched "Poverty Tour," which will take them to 16 poor communities across the U.S.

Dr. Cornel West has been described as one of America's most vital and eloquent public intellectuals.

Is Haiti just another fleeting humanitarian campaign? Or is it possible to respond to suffering and injustice in a way that is meaningful and sustainable?

Democracy Matters is Cornel West's bold and powerful critique of the troubling deterioration of democracy in America in this threatening post-9/11 age of terrorist rage and imperial overreach.

A discussion with Henry Louis Gates, chairman of the Department of African American studies at Harvard University, and Cornel West, professor of African American studies at Harvard, about their book "The Future of the Race", which examines the W.E.B. Du Bois essay, "The Talented Ten".

Professor West talked about his career and his entire body of work and responded to audience telephone calls, faxes and electronic mail. Professor West has written or edited more than twenty books.

Radio host Christopher Lydon hosts a discussion on faith with Princeton professor Cornel West, Harvard Divinity professor Harvey Cox, and novelist Mary Gordon.

A master teacher and preeminent analyst of America's racial dilemma bridges the gulf between...

Irreducible human dignity. How to keep power from corrupting. Cornel: Greed is bad. Robby: The left is on the wrong side of history on abortion.