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Van jones oakland. Jones a self identified communist was an anti police activist in oakland california before an extreme makeover landed him at the george soros funded center for american progress in washington. Jones comes from oakland california and lee represents oakland. He is the co founder of several non profit organizations a three time new york times bestselling author a cnn host and contributor and an emmy award winner. Van is a cnn political contributor the host of the van jones show and the redemption project.
A graduate of the university of tennessee and yale law school he was a special adviser to the obama white house and is the author of two new york times bestsellers. They worked together on the green jobs issue before jones went to work at the white house council on environmental. Van jones is a cnn political contributor and host of the recurring cnn primetime special the messy truth with van jones. At cut50 whose name refers to a goal of cutting prison sentences in 50 states west will be working alongside and under the tutelage of van jones a cnn pundit and former adviser to president.
The couple got married in 2005 but sadly after 13 years of being together their union ended in divorce in july 2019. We bring people together across racial social and partisan lines to create a future with freedom and dignity for all. He is a popular guest on tv programs like the daily show and real time with bill maher. Van jones renounced his rowdy black nationalism on the way toward becoming an influential leader of the new progressive politics.
A regular contributor on cnn jones is currently the host of the tv show the van jones show. Anthony kapel van jones born september 20 1968 is an american news commentator author and lawyer.