# Leonard Pitts Jr. joins Tavis Smiley

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Podcast: [Tavis Smiley](https://stenobird.com/podcast/tavis-smiley-5000046)
Published: 2026-05-15T07:16:47+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2360

## Resource

Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and director of The Center for Urban Journalism at Morgan State University, Leonard Pitts Jr. talks about the fourth anniversary of the Buffalo mass shooting, white people’s blindness, and other trending political topics. Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/tavis-smiley--6286410/support .

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