Pop & Politics with Farai Chideya
A Series of National Specials about the 2010 Midterm Elections - part of The NEXT New York Conversation
Farai Chideya
Overview
Guests will include:
- Melissa Harris-Perry (formerly Harris Lacewell), Princeton professor of Politics and African American studies
- Rosie Perez, actress
- John Ridley, film director, screenwriter, actor, NPR commentator
- Reihan Salam, conservative political commentator for The Daily Beast
- Todd Zwillich, Washington Correspondent for WNYC and PRI’s The Takeaway
Farai Chideya has combined media, technology and social justice during her 20-year career as an award-winning author and journalist. She was the host of NPR’s News and Notes, a daily national program about African-American and African Diaspora issues. She’s the author of three non-fiction books and a novel, Kiss the Sky, released last year.