Van Jones
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| Born | Anthony Kapel Jones September 20, 1968 Jackson, Tennessee |
| Nationality | US |
| Ethnicity | Afro-American |
| Alma mater | University of Tennessee at Martin,Yale University |
| Spouse | Jana Carter |
| Party | Democratic Party (United States) |
American news and political commentator, author, and lawyer who was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2002 and 2005. | |
Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones is an American news and political commentator, author, and lawyer. He was selected a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum in 2002 and 2005.
Early life
Jones graduated from Jackson Central-Merry High School, a public high school in his hometown, in 1986. He earned his Bachelor of Science in communication and political science from the University of Tennessee at Martin (UT Martin). During this period, Jones also worked as an intern at The Jackson Sun (Tennessee), the Shreveport Times (Louisiana), and the Associated Press (Nashville bureau). He adopted the nickname "Van" when he was 17 and working at The Jackson Sun.[1]
Career
Jones was President Barack Obama's Special Advisor for Green Jobs in 2009[2] and founded or co-founded several non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and the Dream Corps.
Jones has hosted or co-hosted CNN shows including Crossfire, The Messy Truth, The Van Jones Show and The Redemption Project with Van Jones. He is the author of The Green Collar Economy, Rebuild the Dream, and Beyond the Messy Truth; all three books rank as New York Times bestsellers. [3] He is a regular CNN political commentator.
In April 2020 he said that the decision by some states to ease stay-at-home restrictions and open businesses is effectively "a death sentence for communities of color".[4]
In 2021 he hosted a podcast with Sean Penn, discussing Covid "vaccine mandates and the potential role of mandatory service in society".[5]
Made a 2026 propaganda clip with Noa Tishby, to delegitimize accurate reporting about the Israeli genocide in Gaza by conflating it with AI-generated videos.[6]
References
- ↑ https://player.megaphone.fm/FL8446703782%7Ctitle=How Van Jones Keeps His Cool in the Cable News Circus
- ↑ https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/blog/2009/03/10/van-jones-ceq
- ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm4982783/
- ↑ https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/21/politics/coronavirus-georgia-reopening-van-jones/index.html
- ↑ https://podcasts.apple.com/si/podcast/should-vaccines-be-mandated-with-sean-penn/id1589218971?i=1000551962747
- ↑ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DcMEB3Juyx3/