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Anthony Kapel "Van" Jones (born September 20, 1968) is an American political analyst, media personality, lawyer, author, and civil rights advocate. [1] He is a three-time New York Times bestselling author , a CNN host and contributor, and an Emmy Award winner.
Jessica Jackson and Matt Haney met Van Jones during a chance meeting and began talking with him about criminal justice reform. [4] Over breakfast they scribbled ideas on a napkin which later led to the formation of #cut50.
Van Jones’ The First Step documentary recently premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival, centering the political commentator as he leverages his reputation to help pass criminal justice reform.
The film follows Van Jones as he pushes for criminal justice reform. Louis L. Reed, Jessica Jackson, Virgie Walker, Pete White, Tylo James, Fabian Debora, Douglas Copenhaver, Martin West, Dee Pierce, William Thompson, Rhonda Edmunds, Jared Kushner, Bernie Sanders, Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Shelley Moore Capito, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Karen Bass, Bonnie Watson Coleman, Patrisse Cullors ...
“The First Step” follows Van Jones — social entrepreneur, justice and environmental activist, and one of CNN’s legion of political commentators — as he presses those in Washington, D.C ...
Former President Trump attacked CNN commentator Van Jones on Sunday as a “lowlife” who never thanked him for helping pass a bipartisan bill in 2018 that reformed parts of the criminal justice ...
Similarly, on issues of policy, Stand Together led a broad bipartisan coalition on criminal justice reform – which saw leaders like Van Jones and organizations like the ACLU coming together with Senate Republicans and The Heritage Foundation – to pass the First Step Act in 2018. Stand Together has cited this approach as a key to its ...
Political commentator Van Jones said Monday that the Supreme Court’s decision that core presidential powers are immune from criminal prosecution is “almost like a license to thug” for former ...