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Van Jones

February 15, 2024

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.

Van Jones
Born
Anthony Kapel Jones

(1968-09-20) September 20, 1968 (age 55)
Jackson, Tennessee, U.S.
EducationUniversity of Tennessee at Martin (BS)
Yale University (JD)
Occupation(s)News commentator, author, lawyer
Political partyDemocratic
Spouse
Jana Carter
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(m. 2005; div. 2019)​
Children3
WebsiteOfficial website

Jones served as President Barack Obama's Special Advisor for Green Jobs in 2009[2] and a distinguished visiting fellow at Princeton University.[3] He founded or co-founded several non-profit organizations, including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights, Color of Change, and the Dream Corps. The Dream Corps is a social justice accelerator that operates three advocacy initiatives: Dream Corps Justice, Dream Corps Tech and Green for All.

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. He is the co-founder of Magic Labs Media LLC, a producer of the WEBBY Award-winning Messy Truth digital series and Emmy Award-winning The Messy Truth VR Experience with Van Jones.[4] He is a regular CNN political commentator.

Jones was formerly CEO of the REFORM Alliance, an initiative founded by Jay-Z and Meek Mill to transform the criminal justice system.[5] He was also a longtime colleague of, and advisor to, musician Prince.[6]

Early life edit

Anthony Kapel Jones and his twin sister Angela were born in Jackson, Tennessee, on September 20, 1968,[7] to high school teacher Loretta Jean (née Kirkendoll) and middle school principal Willie Anthony Jones.[7] His sister said that as a child, he was "the stereotypical geek—he just kind of lived up in his head a lot."[7] Jones has said as a child he was "bookish and bizarre."[7] His grandfather was a leader in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church,[8] and Jones sometimes accompanied him to religious conferences. He would sit all day listening to the adults "in these hot, sweaty black churches."[7]

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.[9] At UT Martin, Jones helped to launch and lead a number of independent, campus-based publications. They included the Fourteenth Circle (University of Tennessee), the Periscope (Vanderbilt University), the New Alliance Project (statewide in Tennessee), and the Third Eye (Nashville's African-American community).[10] Jones later credited UT Martin for preparing him for a larger life.[11]

Deciding against journalism, Jones moved to Connecticut to attend Yale Law School. In 1992, in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating and trial, he was among several law students selected by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, based in San Francisco, to serve as legal observers to the protests triggered by the verdict. King had been beaten by police officers in an incident caught on camera. Three of the officers were acquitted and the jury deadlocked on the verdict of the fourth officer. Jones and others were arrested during the protests, but the district attorney later dropped the charges against Jones.[12] The arrested protesters, including Jones, won a small legal settlement. Jones later said that "the incident deepened my disaffection with the system and accelerated my political radicalization".[13] Jones was deeply affected by the trial and verdict. In an October 2005 interview, Jones said he had been "a rowdy nationalist on April 28th"[12] before the King verdict was announced, but that by August 1992 he had become a communist.[12]

Jones's activism was also spurred by seeing the deep racial inequality in New Haven, Connecticut, particularly in prosecution of drug use. Jones has said, "I was seeing kids at Yale do drugs and talk about it openly, and have nothing happen to them or, if anything, get sent to rehab ... And then I was seeing kids three blocks away, in the housing projects, doing the same drugs, in smaller amounts, go to prison."[7] After graduating from law school with his Juris Doctor in 1993, Jones moved to San Francisco, and according to his own words, "trying to be a revolutionary".[12] He became affiliated with many left activists, and co-founded a socialist collective called Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement (STORM). It protested against police brutality, held study groups on the theories of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin, and aspired to a multi-racial socialist utopia.[12]

Career edit

Early career edit

Jones was affiliated with the Lawyers' Committee for Civil Rights, which had brought him to the city as a legal observer in 1992. In 1995, Jones initiated their project of Bay Area PoliceWatch, the region's only bar-certified hotline and lawyer-referral service for victims of police abuse. The hotline started receiving fifteen calls a day.[7]

Jones described the development of the project:

"We designed a computer database, the first of its kind in the country, that allows us to track problem officers, problem precincts, problem practices, so at the click of a mouse we can now identify trouble spots and troublemakers", said Jones. "This has given us a tremendous advantage in trying to understand the scope and scale of the problem. Now, obviously, just because somebody calls and says, 'Officer so-and-so did something to me,' doesn't mean it actually happened, but if you get two, four, six phone calls about the same officer, then you begin to see a pattern. It gives you a chance to try and take affirmative steps.[14]

Ella Baker Center for Human Rights edit

By 1996, Jones founded a new umbrella NGO, the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights. He operated out of "a closet-like office" within the space of Eva Paterson, executive director of the Lawyers' Committee, and used his personal computer.[12]

In 1996–1997, Jones and PoliceWatch led a campaign to gain the firing of officer Marc Andaya from the San Francisco Police Department. Andaya was accused of excessive force in the in-custody death in 1995 of Aaron Williams, an unarmed black man who fought on the street with several officers. There was community outrage about his death and pressure on the department to bring justice against Andaya, who witnesses saw kick Williams in the head. In the year after the incident, the press reported that Andaya had a record of incidents of misconduct in the 1980s. The San Francisco Chronicle reported in addition that Andaya was named in 10 complaints between 1983 and 1993, eight of them allegedly for misuse of physical force, when he was a policeman with the Oakland Police Department.[15] Investigation revealed more brutality complaints in Oakland and two lawsuits against him; the San Francisco Police Commission voted to fire Andaya in June 1997 for falsifying his application to the department.[16]

In 1999 and 2000, Jones led a campaign to defeat Proposition 21, which would increase "penalties for a variety of violent crimes and required more juvenile offenders to be tried as adults."[12] He worked to mobilize a student protest movement against the proposition; this effort made national headlines,[17][18] but it ultimately imploded. He began to work for more solidarity and building broader alliances across politics and class to achieve goals.[12]

The proposition was passed by voters, part of a nationwide wave of states' increasing punishments for crimes. This has led to increasingly high rates of incarceration in the United States, especially of minorities. In 2001, Jones and the Ella Baker Center launched the "Books Not Bars" campaign. From 2001 to 2003, he led an effort to block the construction of a proposed "Super-Jail for Youth" in Oakland's Alameda County. Books Not Bars later launched a statewide campaign to transform California's juvenile justice system.[19]

During the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election, Jones served as Arianna Huffington's statewide grassroots director.[20]

Color of Change edit

Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005, Jones and James Rucker co-founded a Web-based grassroots organization to address Black issues, called Color of Change. Color of Change's mission, as described on its website, is as follows: "ColorOfChange.org exists to strengthen Black America's political voice. Our goal is to empower our members—Black Americans and our allies—to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone."[21]

Foray into environmentalism edit

By 2005, Jones had begun promoting eco-capitalism and environmental justice.[22] In 2005 the Ella Baker Center expanded its vision beyond the immediate concerns of policing, declaring that "If we really wanted to help our communities escape the cycle of incarceration, we had to start focusing on job, wealth and health creation."[19] In 2005, Jones and the Ella Baker Center produced the "Social Equity Track" for the United Nations' World Environment Day celebration, held that year in San Francisco.[23]

The Green-Collar Jobs Campaign was Jones's first effort to combine his goals of improving racial and economic equality with mitigating environmental damage. He worked to establish the nation's first "Green Jobs Corps" in Oakland.[24] On October 20, 2008, the City of Oakland formally launched the Oakland Green Jobs Corps, a public-private partnership to "provide local Oakland residents with job training, support, and work experience so that they can independently pursue careers in the new energy economy."[25]

The Green Collar Economy edit

 
Jones meets with then-mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom at a book signing for The Green Collar Economy, October 14, 2008.

Jones published his first book, The Green Collar Economy, in 2008. He describes his "viable plan for solving the two biggest issues facing the country today—the economy and the environment."[26] The book received favorable reviews from Al Gore, Nancy Pelosi, Tom Daschle, Carl Pope, and Arianna Huffington.[27]

In the book, Jones contended that invention and investment was needed to transition from a pollution-based "grey economy" and into a healthy new "green economy".[28] Jones wrote:

We are entering an era during which our very survival will demand invention and innovation on a scale never before seen in the history of human civilization. Only the business community has the requisite skills, experience, and capital to meet that need. On that score, neither government nor the nonprofit and voluntary sectors can compete, not even remotely. So in the end, our success and survival as a species are largely and directly tied to the new eco-entrepreneurs—and the success and survival of their enterprises. Since almost all of the needed eco-technologies are likely to come from the private sector, civic leaders and voters should do all that can be done to help green business leaders succeed. That means, in large part, electing leaders who will pass bills to aid them. We cannot realistically proceed without a strong alliance between the best of the business world—and everyone else.

Jones had a limited publicity budget and no national media platform. But a viral, web-based marketing strategy earned the book a #12 debut on the New York Times bestseller list. Jones and Green For All used "a combination of emails and phone calls to friends, bloggers, and a network of activists" to reach millions of people.[29] Due to the marketing campaign's grassroots nature, Jones said that achieving bestseller status was a victory for the entire green-collar jobs movement. In August 2008 Jones was featured on the grassroots radio program Sea Change Radio.[30]

Obama White House edit

Special Advisor for Green Jobs edit

In March 2009, Jones was appointed as Special Advisor for Green Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality.[2] Jones, while an ardent supporter of President Barack Obama, had not planned on working for his administration. Jones later said, "when they asked the question, I burst out laughing because at the time it seemed completely ludicrous that it would even be an option. I think what changed my mind was interacting with the administration during the transition process and during the whole process of getting the recovery package pulled together."[31]

Columnist Chadwick Matlin described Jones as serving as "switchboard operator for Obama's grand vision of the American economy; connecting the phone lines between all the federal agencies invested in a green economy."[32] Jones did not like the informal "czar" term sometimes applied to his job. He described his role as "the green-jobs handyman. I'm there to serve. I'm there to help as a leader in the field of green jobs, which is a new field. I'm happy to come and serve and be helpful, but there's no such thing as a green-jobs 'czar.'"[33]

Jones's appointment was criticized by conservative media such as WorldNetDaily and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck, who mentioned Jones on fourteen episodes of his show.[34][35] They criticized Jones for his radical political activities in the 1990s, including participation in STORM and his public support for Mumia Abu-Jamal, a prisoner convicted and sentenced to death, in a highly controversial trial, for murdering a police officer.[36][37]

In July 2009, Color of Change, which Jones had founded but left, launched a campaign urging advertisers on Beck's Fox News show to pull their ads, in protest of Beck's saying that President Obama had a "deep-seated hatred for white people or the white culture".[38] In September 2009, a video on YouTube was circulated of a February 2009 lecture by Jones at the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative. He used strong language to refer to Congressional Republican lawmakers, and himself, when conveying that Democrats need to step up the fight.[39] The incident made headlines and Jones apologized, saying his words "do not reflect the views of this administration, which has made every effort to work in a bipartisan fashion, and they do not reflect the experience I have had since I joined the administration."[40]

Resignation edit

Representative Mike Pence (R-Indiana), the chairman of the Republican Conference in the U.S. House of Representatives and future vice-president, and Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee, publicly criticized Jones for his remarks. Senator Kit Bond (R-Missouri) urged Congress to investigate Jones's "fitness" for the position.[41][42] Bob Beckel, a Fox News political analyst who was formerly an official in the Carter administration, was the first prominent Democrat to call for Jones's resignation.[43] Jones was also criticized for allegedly having signed a 2004 petition by 911Truth.org that suggested the Bush administration "may indeed have deliberately allowed 9/11 to happen".[41][44] Jones immediately said he did not agree with the statement and had not signed the petition.[41][44] While the issue was open, the allegations were grounds for more tumult: conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer said that, while other accusations against Jones were "trivial", this was "beyond partisanship".[45] Jones issued a statement that said, "In recent days some in the news media have reported on past statements I made before I joined the administration – some of which were made years ago. If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past, I apologize. As for the petition that was circulated today, I do not agree with this statement and it certainly does not reflect my views now or ever."[46] (Finally, on July 27, 2010, the group 911truth.org released a statement confirming that they had "researched the situation and were unable to produce electronic or written evidence that Van agreed to sign the Statement".)[47]

Jones resigned on September 5, 2009, saying he had been the subject of a "vicious smear campaign" by "opponents of reform [of health care and clean energy]" who were "using lies and distortions to distract and divide."[48] He felt he was becoming a distraction to the administration's achieving its goals.[48] During an interview on ABC's This Week, White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs thanked Jones "for his service to the country", while noting that the president did not endorse his past comments nor his support for Abu-Jamal.[37][49]

Some liberal commentators expressed continued support for Jones.[50] Arianna Huffington predicted Beck's efforts would backfire by freeing Jones to be more outspoken.[51] John McWhorter in The New Republic criticized Obama for having Jones resign.[52]

Career after Obama administration edit

 
Jones speaking at Power Shift 2011, an annual youth summit, in Washington, D.C., on April 15, 2011

Center for American Progress edit

In February 2010, Jones became a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress. He led their Green Opportunity Initiative "to develop a clearly articulated agenda for expanding investment, innovation, and opportunity through clean energy and environmental restoration".[53]

Princeton edit

Around the same time, Jones received appointments at Princeton University, as a distinguished visiting fellow in both the Center for African American Studies and in the Program in Science, Technology and Environmental Policy at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs.[3]

Jones continued to advocate for green jobs after leaving the Obama administration. On October 2, 2010, Jones spoke at the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington, D.C. He addressed linking the fight against poverty with the fight against pollution, saying that green jobs would bring "real solutions" instead of "hateful rhetoric".[54][55] On April 15, 2011, Jones was a keynote speaker[56] at Powershift 2011 in Washington, D.C., addressing more than 10,000 students on issues of climate justice and standing up for underrepresented communities. Powershift 2011 was the largest youth activism and organizing training in U.S. history.[citation needed] He previously served as a keynote speaker for Powershift 2009.[57]

Rebuild the Dream edit

In June 2011, Jones worked with MoveOn.org to launch the Rebuild the Dream campaign, which was intended to start a progressive American Dream movement to counter the Tea Party movement.[58] Following a kickoff on June 23, 2011,[59][60] Rebuild the Dream announced a "Contract for the American Dream", intended as a counter to the Tea Party-supported "Contract from America",[citation needed] and held house meetings in July.[61][62] It was intended "to give the progressive mass movement that rose up to elect Barack Obama a new banner to march under." The launch included performances by The Roots and a DJ set by artist Shepard Fairey. In August 2012 Prince announced a series of concerts in Chicago to support Rebuild the Dream.[63] Prince went on The View with Jones and Rosario Dawson to promote the concerts.[citation needed]Jones claimed 127,000 people had become involved in the movement by the end of July 2011.[64]

In April 2012 Jones published his second book, titled Rebuild the Dream. It debuted at number 16 on the New York Times Best-Seller list.[65]

Advocates for Opioid Recovery edit

Jones founded Advocates for Opioid Recovery together with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Rep. Patrick J. Kennedy.[66]

Jones has served on the boards of numerous environmental and nonprofit organizations, including Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC),[67] 1Sky, the National Apollo Alliance, Social Venture Network, Rainforest Action Network, Bioneers, Julia Butterfly Hill's "Circle of Life" organization and Free Press. He currently serves on the board of trustees at Demos.[68] He also served as a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress and a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences.

CNN edit

Television shows edit

In June 2013, Jones was announced as a co-host of a re-boot of the CNN political debate show Crossfire, alongside Newt Gingrich, Stephanie Cutter and S.E. Cupp.[69] The new version of Crossfire made its debut on September 16, 2013,[70] but the show had been canceled by October 2014.[71]

In 2016, Jones launched The Messy Truth, a news feature documentary series and subsequent studio discussion series, The Messy Truth with Van Jones, which aired in 2017 on CNN.[72] In 2018, Jones launched The Van Jones Show on CNN, with Jay-Z as his first guest.[73]

In 2019 Jones launched The Redemption Project with Van Jones, a show focused on restorative justice and bringing "offenders face to face with the people most affected by their violent crimes."[74]

Commentary edit

Jones continued after the end of Crossfire as a regular CNN contributor. He has contributed to segments on a wide range of topics, including Obama administration policies,[75] Supreme Court decisions, protests in Ferguson, Missouri, after the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed young black man,[76] and the 2016 Republican presidential primary.[77] After the November 2016 election victory by Republican Donald Trump, Jones described the result as a "whitelash": his term for a racist backlash by white Americans who had opposed President Obama.[78]

On October 18, 2019, Hillary Clinton suggested Russians are "grooming" Tulsi Gabbard to be a third-party candidate who would help President Trump win reelection through the spoiler effect.[79] Jones defended Gabbard, stating that "I do not want someone of her stature to legitimate these attacks against anybody. If you’ve got real evidence, come forward with it. But if you’re just going to smear people casually on podcasts, you are playing right into the Russians' hands."[80][81]

On May 29, 2020, while on CNN's New Day, Jones commented "It's not the racist white person who is in the Ku Klux Klan that we have to worry about. It's the white liberal Hillary Clinton supporter walking her dog in Central Park who would tell you right now, you know, people like that – 'oh, I don't see race, race is no big deal to me, I see us all as the same, I give to charities. But the minute she sees a black man who she does not respect or who she has a slight thought against, she weaponized race like she had been trained by the Aryan Nation.", referring to the incident involving Christian Cooper being falsely accused of threatening the life of the unrelated Amy Cooper.[82][83] He went on to say "even the most liberal, well-intentioned white person has a virus in his or her brain that can be activated at an instant."[84]

In late spring 2020, after the police murder of George Floyd and subsequent worldwide Black Lives Matter rallies, protests and marches, Jones advised the Trump White House on police reform policy. In several subsequent media appearances, he praised the president's executive order on police reform.[85] A few weeks later, Jones was called out by The Daily Beast for not revealing his behind-the-scenes White House policy consulting work as he touted the policy in his other role as CNN political news pundit.[86]

The Dream Corps edit

 
Jones was a longtime friend and associate of American musician Prince. Jones often cites Prince as the reason he wears a purple tie during TV appearances.[87]

Jones is President of The Dream Corps,[88] a "social enterprise and incubator for powerful ideas and innovations designed to uplift and empower the most vulnerable in our society."[89] The Dream Corps owns and operates several advocacy projects, including Green for All, #cut50, and #YesWeCode.

#YesWeCode edit

In early 2015, Jones launched #YesWeCode, an initiative aiming to "teach 100,000 low-income kids to write code".[90] The musician Prince appeared at the Essence Festival to help support the launch.[91] Jones credits his longtime friend Prince with the idea to form #YesWeCode.[92] #YesWeCode has hosted several hackathons, including one in Detroit in partnership with MSNBC,[93] and Oakland. In an interview on CNN on April 21, 2016, hours after the musician Prince's death, Jones revealed that Prince had secretly contributed to the funding of #YesWeCode.[94] Jones also revealed that the musician had been a major philanthropist who preferred to give anonymously to a wide spectrum of charitable causes.[95] Prince used Jones and others as surrogates to distribute his gifts. As a Jehovah's Witness, Prince did not want to receive public credit for his charitable work.[96] Jones was among the 20 people who gathered for a private memorial service at Paisley Park after Prince's death.[97]

#cut50 edit

In 2015, Jones launched #cut50, an organization focused on bi-partisan solutions to criminal justice reform issues. In March 2015 #cut50 hosted a "bi-partisan summit" with Republican Newt Gingrich, former Speaker of the House, to promote bi-partisan solutions.[98] Their goals are to reduce prison populations, as the US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world, and to end mandatory minimum sentencing and mandatory lengthy sentences for certain crimes.

In November 2015, #cut50 gained the support of singer Alicia Keys.[99] In 2016, Keys made a video appeal to Congressman Paul Ryan asking him to "be her Valentine" and commit to giving legislation on criminal justice reform a vote.[100] Ryan made this commitment days later. #cut50 received additional celebrity support from "100 A-List celebrities"[101] including Amy Schumer, Steph Curry, Edward Norton, Jesse Williams, Chris Pine, Russell Simmons, Shonda Rhimes, Russell Brand, Jessica Chastain, and Piper Kerman.[102]

In May 2018, Jones and other members of #cut50 met with Jared Kushner and President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss a criminal justice reform bill.[103]

The First Step Act edit

Working with the Trump White House and Kim Kardashian, Jones and #cut50 were involved in helping to pass the First Step Act,[104] a criminal justice reform bill The New York Times called "the most substantial changes in a generation" to national crime and sentencing laws.[105]

REFORM Alliance edit

In 2019, Jones was announced as the CEO of REFORM Alliance, an initiative founded by Jay-Z, Meek Mill, New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft among others.[106] The initiative aims to reform the criminal justice system, and has received funding from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey.[107]

Magic Labs Media edit

Magic Labs Media is a media company founded and owned by Jones.[108] In 2016, it produced The Messy Truth miniseries, which won a Webby Award,[109] and in 2020 it produced The Messy Truth VR experience, which won an Emmy Award.[110] In 2021, the weekly podcast "Uncommon Ground with Van Jones" began.[111]

March for Israel edit

On November 14, 2023, Jones attended the March for Israel in Washington, D.C. He called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas.[112]

Criticism edit

Glenn Beck criticized Jones for his support of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a death row inmate convicted of killing a police officer.[113]

Jones was accused of having a conflict of interest for running a PR firm called Megaphone Strategies which openly lobbies electoral college electors not to cast their vote for Donald Trump.[114]

Liberals criticized Jones for working with Jared Kushner on police reform and criminal justice reform. Jones covered the matter on CNN and failed to disclose this to his viewers.[115][116]

Awards and honors edit

Jones's awards and honors include:

Selected publications edit

Books edit

  • Jones, Van; Conrad, Ariane (2008). The Green Collar Economy. New York: HarperOne. ISBN 978-0-06-165075-8.
  • Jones, Van (2012). Rebuild the Dream. New York: Nation Books. ISBN 978-1-56858-714-1.
  • Jones, Van (2017). Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together. Ballantine Books. ISBN 978-0399180026.

See also edit

References edit

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jones, anthony, kapel, jones, born, september, 1968, american, political, analyst, media, personality, lawyer, author, civil, rights, advocate, three, time, york, times, bestselling, author, host, contributor, emmy, award, winner, bornanthony, kapel, jones, 19. 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 Van JonesBornAnthony Kapel Jones 1968 09 20 September 20 1968 age 55 Jackson Tennessee U S EducationUniversity of Tennessee at Martin BS Yale University JD Occupation s News commentator author lawyerPolitical partyDemocraticSpouseJana Carter m 2005 div 2019 wbr Children3WebsiteOfficial websiteJones served as President Barack Obama s Special Advisor for Green Jobs in 2009 2 and a distinguished visiting fellow at Princeton University 3 He founded or co founded several non profit organizations including the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Color of Change and the Dream Corps The Dream Corps is a social justice accelerator that operates three advocacy initiatives Dream Corps Justice Dream Corps Tech and Green for All 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 He is the co founder of Magic Labs Media LLC a producer of the WEBBY Award winning Messy Truth digital series and Emmy Award winning The Messy Truth VR Experience with Van Jones 4 He is a regular CNN political commentator Jones was formerly CEO of the REFORM Alliance an initiative founded by Jay Z and Meek Mill to transform the criminal justice system 5 He was also a longtime colleague of and advisor to musician Prince 6 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early career 2 1 1 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights 2 1 2 Color of Change 2 1 3 Foray into environmentalism 2 1 4 The Green Collar Economy 2 2 Obama White House 2 2 1 Special Advisor for Green Jobs 2 2 2 Resignation 2 3 Career after Obama administration 2 3 1 Center for American Progress 2 3 2 Princeton 2 3 3 Rebuild the Dream 2 3 4 Advocates for Opioid Recovery 2 4 CNN 2 4 1 Television shows 2 4 2 Commentary 2 5 The Dream Corps 2 5 1 YesWeCode 2 5 2 cut50 2 5 3 The First Step Act 2 6 REFORM Alliance 2 7 Magic Labs Media 2 8 March for Israel 2 9 Criticism 3 Awards and honors 4 Selected publications 4 1 Books 5 See also 6 References 7 External linksEarly life editAnthony Kapel Jones and his twin sister Angela were born in Jackson Tennessee on September 20 1968 7 to high school teacher Loretta Jean nee Kirkendoll and middle school principal Willie Anthony Jones 7 His sister said that as a child he was the stereotypical geek he just kind of lived up in his head a lot 7 Jones has said as a child he was bookish and bizarre 7 His grandfather was a leader in the Christian Methodist Episcopal Church 8 and Jones sometimes accompanied him to religious conferences He would sit all day listening to the adults in these hot sweaty black churches 7 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 9 At UT Martin Jones helped to launch and lead a number of independent campus based publications They included the Fourteenth Circle University of Tennessee the Periscope Vanderbilt University the New Alliance Project statewide in Tennessee and the Third Eye Nashville s African American community 10 Jones later credited UT Martin for preparing him for a larger life 11 Deciding against journalism Jones moved to Connecticut to attend Yale Law School In 1992 in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating and trial he was among several law students selected by the Lawyers Committee for Human Rights based in San Francisco to serve as legal observers to the protests triggered by the verdict King had been beaten by police officers in an incident caught on camera Three of the officers were acquitted and the jury deadlocked on the verdict of the fourth officer Jones and others were arrested during the protests but the district attorney later dropped the charges against Jones 12 The arrested protesters including Jones won a small legal settlement Jones later said that the incident deepened my disaffection with the system and accelerated my political radicalization 13 Jones was deeply affected by the trial and verdict In an October 2005 interview Jones said he had been a rowdy nationalist on April 28th 12 before the King verdict was announced but that by August 1992 he had become a communist 12 Jones s activism was also spurred by seeing the deep racial inequality in New Haven Connecticut particularly in prosecution of drug use Jones has said I was seeing kids at Yale do drugs and talk about it openly and have nothing happen to them or if anything get sent to rehab And then I was seeing kids three blocks away in the housing projects doing the same drugs in smaller amounts go to prison 7 After graduating from law school with his Juris Doctor in 1993 Jones moved to San Francisco and according to his own words trying to be a revolutionary 12 He became affiliated with many left activists and co founded a socialist collective called Standing Together to Organize a Revolutionary Movement STORM It protested against police brutality held study groups on the theories of Karl Marx and Vladimir Lenin and aspired to a multi racial socialist utopia 12 Career editEarly career edit Jones was affiliated with the Lawyers Committee for Civil Rights which had brought him to the city as a legal observer in 1992 In 1995 Jones initiated their project of Bay Area PoliceWatch the region s only bar certified hotline and lawyer referral service for victims of police abuse The hotline started receiving fifteen calls a day 7 Jones described the development of the project We designed a computer database the first of its kind in the country that allows us to track problem officers problem precincts problem practices so at the click of a mouse we can now identify trouble spots and troublemakers said Jones This has given us a tremendous advantage in trying to understand the scope and scale of the problem Now obviously just because somebody calls and says Officer so and so did something to me doesn t mean it actually happened but if you get two four six phone calls about the same officer then you begin to see a pattern It gives you a chance to try and take affirmative steps 14 Ella Baker Center for Human Rights edit By 1996 Jones founded a new umbrella NGO the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights He operated out of a closet like office within the space of Eva Paterson executive director of the Lawyers Committee and used his personal computer 12 In 1996 1997 Jones and PoliceWatch led a campaign to gain the firing of officer Marc Andaya from the San Francisco Police Department Andaya was accused of excessive force in the in custody death in 1995 of Aaron Williams an unarmed black man who fought on the street with several officers There was community outrage about his death and pressure on the department to bring justice against Andaya who witnesses saw kick Williams in the head In the year after the incident the press reported that Andaya had a record of incidents of misconduct in the 1980s The San Francisco Chronicle reported in addition that Andaya was named in 10 complaints between 1983 and 1993 eight of them allegedly for misuse of physical force when he was a policeman with the Oakland Police Department 15 Investigation revealed more brutality complaints in Oakland and two lawsuits against him the San Francisco Police Commission voted to fire Andaya in June 1997 for falsifying his application to the department 16 In 1999 and 2000 Jones led a campaign to defeat Proposition 21 which would increase penalties for a variety of violent crimes and required more juvenile offenders to be tried as adults 12 He worked to mobilize a student protest movement against the proposition this effort made national headlines 17 18 but it ultimately imploded He began to work for more solidarity and building broader alliances across politics and class to achieve goals 12 The proposition was passed by voters part of a nationwide wave of states increasing punishments for crimes This has led to increasingly high rates of incarceration in the United States especially of minorities In 2001 Jones and the Ella Baker Center launched the Books Not Bars campaign From 2001 to 2003 he led an effort to block the construction of a proposed Super Jail for Youth in Oakland s Alameda County Books Not Bars later launched a statewide campaign to transform California s juvenile justice system 19 During the 2003 California gubernatorial recall election Jones served as Arianna Huffington s statewide grassroots director 20 Color of Change edit Following Hurricane Katrina in 2005 Jones and James Rucker co founded a Web based grassroots organization to address Black issues called Color of Change Color of Change s mission as described on its website is as follows ColorOfChange org exists to strengthen Black America s political voice Our goal is to empower our members Black Americans and our allies to make government more responsive to the concerns of Black Americans and to bring about positive political and social change for everyone 21 Foray into environmentalism edit By 2005 Jones had begun promoting eco capitalism and environmental justice 22 In 2005 the Ella Baker Center expanded its vision beyond the immediate concerns of policing declaring that If we really wanted to help our communities escape the cycle of incarceration we had to start focusing on job wealth and health creation 19 In 2005 Jones and the Ella Baker Center produced the Social Equity Track for the United Nations World Environment Day celebration held that year in San Francisco 23 The Green Collar Jobs Campaign was Jones s first effort to combine his goals of improving racial and economic equality with mitigating environmental damage He worked to establish the nation s first Green Jobs Corps in Oakland 24 On October 20 2008 the City of Oakland formally launched the Oakland Green Jobs Corps a public private partnership to provide local Oakland residents with job training support and work experience so that they can independently pursue careers in the new energy economy 25 The Green Collar Economy edit nbsp Jones meets with then mayor of San Francisco Gavin Newsom at a book signing for The Green Collar Economy October 14 2008 Jones published his first book The Green Collar Economy in 2008 He describes his viable plan for solving the two biggest issues facing the country today the economy and the environment 26 The book received favorable reviews from Al Gore Nancy Pelosi Tom Daschle Carl Pope and Arianna Huffington 27 In the book Jones contended that invention and investment was needed to transition from a pollution based grey economy and into a healthy new green economy 28 Jones wrote We are entering an era during which our very survival will demand invention and innovation on a scale never before seen in the history of human civilization Only the business community has the requisite skills experience and capital to meet that need On that score neither government nor the nonprofit and voluntary sectors can compete not even remotely So in the end our success and survival as a species are largely and directly tied to the new eco entrepreneurs and the success and survival of their enterprises Since almost all of the needed eco technologies are likely to come from the private sector civic leaders and voters should do all that can be done to help green business leaders succeed That means in large part electing leaders who will pass bills to aid them We cannot realistically proceed without a strong alliance between the best of the business world and everyone else Jones had a limited publicity budget and no national media platform But a viral web based marketing strategy earned the book a 12 debut on the New York Times bestseller list Jones and Green For All used a combination of emails and phone calls to friends bloggers and a network of activists to reach millions of people 29 Due to the marketing campaign s grassroots nature Jones said that achieving bestseller status was a victory for the entire green collar jobs movement In August 2008 Jones was featured on the grassroots radio program Sea Change Radio 30 Obama White House edit Special Advisor for Green Jobs edit In March 2009 Jones was appointed as Special Advisor for Green Jobs Enterprise and Innovation at the White House Council on Environmental Quality 2 Jones while an ardent supporter of President Barack Obama had not planned on working for his administration Jones later said when they asked the question I burst out laughing because at the time it seemed completely ludicrous that it would even be an option I think what changed my mind was interacting with the administration during the transition process and during the whole process of getting the recovery package pulled together 31 Columnist Chadwick Matlin described Jones as serving as switchboard operator for Obama s grand vision of the American economy connecting the phone lines between all the federal agencies invested in a green economy 32 Jones did not like the informal czar term sometimes applied to his job He described his role as the green jobs handyman I m there to serve I m there to help as a leader in the field of green jobs which is a new field I m happy to come and serve and be helpful but there s no such thing as a green jobs czar 33 Jones s appointment was criticized by conservative media such as WorldNetDaily and Fox News commentator Glenn Beck who mentioned Jones on fourteen episodes of his show 34 35 They criticized Jones for his radical political activities in the 1990s including participation in STORM and his public support for Mumia Abu Jamal a prisoner convicted and sentenced to death in a highly controversial trial for murdering a police officer 36 37 In July 2009 Color of Change which Jones had founded but left launched a campaign urging advertisers on Beck s Fox News show to pull their ads in protest of Beck s saying that President Obama had a deep seated hatred for white people or the white culture 38 In September 2009 a video on YouTube was circulated of a February 2009 lecture by Jones at the Berkeley Energy and Resources Collaborative He used strong language to refer to Congressional Republican lawmakers and himself when conveying that Democrats need to step up the fight 39 The incident made headlines and Jones apologized saying his words do not reflect the views of this administration which has made every effort to work in a bipartisan fashion and they do not reflect the experience I have had since I joined the administration 40 Resignation edit Representative Mike Pence R Indiana the chairman of the Republican Conference in the U S House of Representatives and future vice president and Senator John Cornyn R Texas Chairman of the National Republican Senatorial Committee publicly criticized Jones for his remarks Senator Kit Bond R Missouri urged Congress to investigate Jones s fitness for the position 41 42 Bob Beckel a Fox News political analyst who was formerly an official in the Carter administration was the first prominent Democrat to call for Jones s resignation 43 Jones was also criticized for allegedly having signed a 2004 petition by 911Truth org that suggested the Bush administration may indeed have deliberately allowed 9 11 to happen 41 44 Jones immediately said he did not agree with the statement and had not signed the petition 41 44 While the issue was open the allegations were grounds for more tumult conservative columnist Charles Krauthammer said that while other accusations against Jones were trivial this was beyond partisanship 45 Jones issued a statement that said In recent days some in the news media have reported on past statements I made before I joined the administration some of which were made years ago If I have offended anyone with statements I made in the past I apologize As for the petition that was circulated today I do not agree with this statement and it certainly does not reflect my views now or ever 46 Finally on July 27 2010 the group 911truth org released a statement confirming that they had researched the situation and were unable to produce electronic or written evidence that Van agreed to sign the Statement 47 Jones resigned on September 5 2009 saying he had been the subject of a vicious smear campaign by opponents of reform of health care and clean energy who were using lies and distortions to distract and divide 48 He felt he was becoming a distraction to the administration s achieving its goals 48 During an interview on ABC s This Week White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs thanked Jones for his service to the country while noting that the president did not endorse his past comments nor his support for Abu Jamal 37 49 Some liberal commentators expressed continued support for Jones 50 Arianna Huffington predicted Beck s efforts would backfire by freeing Jones to be more outspoken 51 John McWhorter in The New Republic criticized Obama for having Jones resign 52 Career after Obama administration edit nbsp Jones speaking at Power Shift 2011 an annual youth summit in Washington D C on April 15 2011Center for American Progress edit In February 2010 Jones became a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress He led their Green Opportunity Initiative to develop a clearly articulated agenda for expanding investment innovation and opportunity through clean energy and environmental restoration 53 Princeton edit Around the same time Jones received appointments at Princeton University as a distinguished visiting fellow in both the Center for African American Studies and in the Program in Science Technology and Environmental Policy at the Princeton School of Public and International Affairs 3 Jones continued to advocate for green jobs after leaving the Obama administration On October 2 2010 Jones spoke at the One Nation Working Together rally in Washington D C He addressed linking the fight against poverty with the fight against pollution saying that green jobs would bring real solutions instead of hateful rhetoric 54 55 On April 15 2011 Jones was a keynote speaker 56 at Powershift 2011 in Washington D C addressing more than 10 000 students on issues of climate justice and standing up for underrepresented communities Powershift 2011 was the largest youth activism and organizing training in U S history citation needed He previously served as a keynote speaker for Powershift 2009 57 Rebuild the Dream edit In June 2011 Jones worked with MoveOn org to launch the Rebuild the Dream campaign which was intended to start a progressive American Dream movement to counter the Tea Party movement 58 Following a kickoff on June 23 2011 59 60 Rebuild the Dream announced a Contract for the American Dream intended as a counter to the Tea Party supported Contract from America citation needed and held house meetings in July 61 62 It was intended to give the progressive mass movement that rose up to elect Barack Obama a new banner to march under The launch included performances by The Roots and a DJ set by artist Shepard Fairey In August 2012 Prince announced a series of concerts in Chicago to support Rebuild the Dream 63 Prince went on The View with Jones and Rosario Dawson to promote the concerts citation needed Jones claimed 127 000 people had become involved in the movement by the end of July 2011 64 In April 2012 Jones published his second book titled Rebuild the Dream It debuted at number 16 on the New York Times Best Seller list 65 Advocates for Opioid Recovery edit Jones founded Advocates for Opioid Recovery together with former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and former Rep Patrick J Kennedy 66 Jones has served on the boards of numerous environmental and nonprofit organizations including Natural Resources Defense Council NRDC 67 1Sky the National Apollo Alliance Social Venture Network Rainforest Action Network Bioneers Julia Butterfly Hill s Circle of Life organization and Free Press He currently serves on the board of trustees at Demos 68 He also served as a Senior Fellow with the Center for American Progress and a Fellow at the Institute of Noetic Sciences CNN edit Television shows edit In June 2013 Jones was announced as a co host of a re boot of the CNN political debate show Crossfire alongside Newt Gingrich Stephanie Cutter and S E Cupp 69 The new version of Crossfire made its debut on September 16 2013 70 but the show had been canceled by October 2014 71 In 2016 Jones launched The Messy Truth a news feature documentary series and subsequent studio discussion series The Messy Truth with Van Jones which aired in 2017 on CNN 72 In 2018 Jones launched The Van Jones Show on CNN with Jay Z as his first guest 73 In 2019 Jones launched The Redemption Project with Van Jones a show focused on restorative justice and bringing offenders face to face with the people most affected by their violent crimes 74 Commentary edit Jones continued after the end of Crossfire as a regular CNN contributor He has contributed to segments on a wide range of topics including Obama administration policies 75 Supreme Court decisions protests in Ferguson Missouri after the fatal shooting by police of an unarmed young black man 76 and the 2016 Republican presidential primary 77 After the November 2016 election victory by Republican Donald Trump Jones described the result as a whitelash his term for a racist backlash by white Americans who had opposed President Obama 78 On October 18 2019 Hillary Clinton suggested Russians are grooming Tulsi Gabbard to be a third party candidate who would help President Trump win reelection through the spoiler effect 79 Jones defended Gabbard stating that I do not want someone of her stature to legitimate these attacks against anybody If you ve got real evidence come forward with it But if you re just going to smear people casually on podcasts you are playing right into the Russians hands 80 81 On May 29 2020 while on CNN s New Day Jones commented It s not the racist white person who is in the Ku Klux Klan that we have to worry about It s the white liberal Hillary Clinton supporter walking her dog in Central Park who would tell you right now you know people like that oh I don t see race race is no big deal to me I see us all as the same I give to charities But the minute she sees a black man who she does not respect or who she has a slight thought against she weaponized race like she had been trained by the Aryan Nation referring to the incident involving Christian Cooper being falsely accused of threatening the life of the unrelated Amy Cooper 82 83 He went on to say even the most liberal well intentioned white person has a virus in his or her brain that can be activated at an instant 84 In late spring 2020 after the police murder of George Floyd and subsequent worldwide Black Lives Matter rallies protests and marches Jones advised the Trump White House on police reform policy In several subsequent media appearances he praised the president s executive order on police reform 85 A few weeks later Jones was called out by The Daily Beast for not revealing his behind the scenes White House policy consulting work as he touted the policy in his other role as CNN political news pundit 86 The Dream Corps edit nbsp Jones was a longtime friend and associate of American musician Prince Jones often cites Prince as the reason he wears a purple tie during TV appearances 87 Jones is President of The Dream Corps 88 a social enterprise and incubator for powerful ideas and innovations designed to uplift and empower the most vulnerable in our society 89 The Dream Corps owns and operates several advocacy projects including Green for All cut50 and YesWeCode YesWeCode edit In early 2015 Jones launched YesWeCode an initiative aiming to teach 100 000 low income kids to write code 90 The musician Prince appeared at the Essence Festival to help support the launch 91 Jones credits his longtime friend Prince with the idea to form YesWeCode 92 YesWeCode has hosted several hackathons including one in Detroit in partnership with MSNBC 93 and Oakland In an interview on CNN on April 21 2016 hours after the musician Prince s death Jones revealed that Prince had secretly contributed to the funding of YesWeCode 94 Jones also revealed that the musician had been a major philanthropist who preferred to give anonymously to a wide spectrum of charitable causes 95 Prince used Jones and others as surrogates to distribute his gifts As a Jehovah s Witness Prince did not want to receive public credit for his charitable work 96 Jones was among the 20 people who gathered for a private memorial service at Paisley Park after Prince s death 97 cut50 edit In 2015 Jones launched cut50 an organization focused on bi partisan solutions to criminal justice reform issues In March 2015 cut50 hosted a bi partisan summit with Republican Newt Gingrich former Speaker of the House to promote bi partisan solutions 98 Their goals are to reduce prison populations as the US has the highest rate of incarceration in the world and to end mandatory minimum sentencing and mandatory lengthy sentences for certain crimes In November 2015 cut50 gained the support of singer Alicia Keys 99 In 2016 Keys made a video appeal to Congressman Paul Ryan asking him to be her Valentine and commit to giving legislation on criminal justice reform a vote 100 Ryan made this commitment days later cut50 received additional celebrity support from 100 A List celebrities 101 including Amy Schumer Steph Curry Edward Norton Jesse Williams Chris Pine Russell Simmons Shonda Rhimes Russell Brand Jessica Chastain and Piper Kerman 102 In May 2018 Jones and other members of cut50 met with Jared Kushner and President Donald Trump at the White House to discuss a criminal justice reform bill 103 The First Step Act edit Working with the Trump White House and Kim Kardashian Jones and cut50 were involved in helping to pass the First Step Act 104 a criminal justice reform bill The New York Times called the most substantial changes in a generation to national crime and sentencing laws 105 REFORM Alliance edit In 2019 Jones was announced as the CEO of REFORM Alliance an initiative founded by Jay Z Meek Mill New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft among others 106 The initiative aims to reform the criminal justice system and has received funding from Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey 107 Magic Labs Media edit Magic Labs Media is a media company founded and owned by Jones 108 In 2016 it produced The Messy Truth miniseries which won a Webby Award 109 and in 2020 it produced The Messy Truth VR experience which won an Emmy Award 110 In 2021 the weekly podcast Uncommon Ground with Van Jones began 111 March for Israel edit On November 14 2023 Jones attended the March for Israel in Washington D C He called for a ceasefire in the war between Israel and Hamas 112 Criticism edit This article s criticism or controversy section may compromise the article s neutrality Please help rewrite or integrate negative information to other sections through discussion on the talk page November 2023 Glenn Beck criticized Jones for his support of Mumia Abu Jamal a death row inmate convicted of killing a police officer 113 Jones was accused of having a conflict of interest for running a PR firm called Megaphone Strategies which openly lobbies electoral college electors not to cast their vote for Donald Trump 114 Liberals criticized Jones for working with Jared Kushner on police reform and criminal justice reform Jones covered the matter on CNN and failed to disclose this to his viewers 115 116 Awards and honors editJones s awards and honors include 1996 Brick Award Now renamed as Dosomething Awards 117 2000 Ashoka Fellow 2008 Time magazine Environmental Hero 118 2008 Puffin Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship 119 2009 Hubert H Humphrey Civil Rights Award 120 2009 Individual Thought Leadership Energy amp Environment Awards Aspen Institute 121 2010 NAACP President s Award 122 2010 Commonwealth Club of California Inforum s 21st Century Visionary Award 2010 Global Exchange Human Rights Award Honoree 123 2013 Ebony Magazine s Power 100 The Innovators 124 2015 Environmental Media Association s Green Biz Global Innovator Award 125 2015 Rainbow Push Coalition s 2015 Vanguard Award 126 2017 Webby Awards Special Achievement award for his use of the Internet and social media during the 2016 election 127 2019 Lumiere Award from the Advanced Imaging Society for Magic Labs The Messy Truth VR Experience a virtual reality documentary 128 2020 Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Interactive Program 110 2021 Recipient of inaugural Courage and Civility Award from Jeff Bezos at press conference following Blue Origin s first human flight includes US 100 million to distribute to non profit organizations of Jones choice 129 Selected publications editBooks edit Jones Van Conrad Ariane 2008 The Green Collar Economy New York HarperOne ISBN 978 0 06 165075 8 Jones Van 2012 Rebuild the Dream New York Nation Books ISBN 978 1 56858 714 1 Jones Van 2017 Beyond the Messy Truth How We Came Apart How We Come Together Ballantine Books ISBN 978 0399180026 See also edit nbsp Biography portal nbsp California portal nbsp San Francisco Bay Area portal nbsp Environment portal nbsp Politics portalAl Gore Efficient energy use Green collar worker Green economy List of people from Tennessee List of U S executive branch czars List of Yale Law School alumni Renewable energy commercialization Renewable energy in the United States Social justice War Times Reports from the OppositionReferences edit Bernstein Jacob November 18 2016 How Van Jones Became a Star of the 2016 Campaign The New York Times Retrieved January 28 2018 a b Lee Jesse March 10 2009 Van Jones to CEQ whitehouse gov via National Archives a b Duffy Erin February 24 2010 Princeton U welcomes former Obama adviser The Times Trenton NJ Archived from the original on May 14 2016 Van Jones IMDB Jay Z and Meek Mill s Reform Alliance Makes Key Hires EXCLUSIVE Variety October 8 2020 Karp Hannah February 12 2017 Lawyers Battle for Control of Late Pop Star Prince s Estate Wall Street Journal a b c d e f g Kolbert Elizabeth January 12 2009 Greening the Ghetto The New Yorker Retrieved August 25 2009 Vesely Flad Ethan January 2002 Addiction to Punishment Challenging America s Incarceration Industry The Witness Archived from the original on November 30 2010 W Kamau Bell amp Hari Kondabolu August 3 2016 How Van Jones Keeps His Cool in the Cable News Circus Politically Reactive First Look Media Retrieved August 3 2016 Van Jones About Institute of Noetic Sciences Mitchell Rita May 25 2009 Van Jones and the Promise of a Green Future Tennessee Alumnus Retrieved September 5 2009 a b c d e f g h Strickland Eliza November 2 2005 The New Face of Environmentalism East Bay Express Retrieved September 1 2009 Jones Van May 13 2007 15 Years Ago Rodney King Uprising Left LA in Flames And Me in Jail The Huffington Post Retrieved September 11 2009 Kennedy Kerry 2004 Van Jones In Richardson Nan ed Speak Truth to Power Human Rights Defenders Who are Changing Our World 2nd ed New York Umbrage Editions pp 69 70 ISBN 1 884167 33 0 Susan Sward Bill Wallace Troubled Past Of S F Cop Accused In Beating Records reveal more brutality complaints San Francisco Chronicle October 5 1996 accessed February 20 2017 Susan Sward Chronicle Staff Writer S F Panel Fires Officer In Aaron Williams Case San Francisco Chronicle SF Gate June 28 1997 accessed February 20 2017 Templeton Robin February 23 2000 California Youth Take Initiative The Nation Retrieved October 8 2010 Hsiao Andrew July 18 2000 Color Blind Retrieved September 2 2009 a b Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Ella Baker Center A Brief History Retrieved August 17 2009 Coile Zachary September 30 2003 Huffington considering leaving governor s race San Francisco Chronicle p A1 What Is ColorOfChange org Color of Change Retrieved September 1 2009 Jones Van July August 2007 The New Environmentalists Time Retrieved August 31 2009 Van Jones esq Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Retrieved August 28 2009 Green collar jobs can relieve poverty and transform cities says activist Van Jones who will speak April 25 at UCSC UC Santa Cruz web archive org September 1 2014 Retrieved January 2 2024 Oakland Green Jobs Corps Ella Baker Center for Human Rights Retrieved August 28 2009 About the Book The Green Collar Economy HarperCollins Books Van Jones vanjones net Jones Van 2008 The Green Collar Economy New York HarperOne ISBN 978 0 06 165075 8 Sabloff Nicholas October 20 2008 How Environmental Activist Van Jones Book The Green Collar Economy Reached the NYT Best Sellers List The Huffington Post Retrieved September 1 2009 Green Collar Jobs Build the Clean Energy Economy Sea Change Radio August 20 2008 Retrieved January 26 2016 Pibel Doug March 10 2009 Van Jones Why I m Going to Washington Yes Magazine Retrieved September 1 2009 Matlin Chadwick April 20 2009 Van Jones The Face of Green Jobs The Big Money Burnham Michael March 10 2009 Obama s green jobs handyman ready to serve The New York Times Greenwire Retrieved September 1 2009 Weigel David September 4 2009 Far Right Site Gains Influence in Obama Era AfterBirther defends Jones goes after WND Beck Free Republic Broder John M September 6 2009 White House Official Resigns After G O P Criticism The New York Times Retrieved March 1 2010 Barbash Fred Siegel Harry September 7 2009 Van Jones resigns amid controversy The Politico Retrieved December 15 2009 a b Wilson Scott Eilperin Juliet September 7 2009 In Adviser s Resignation Vetting Bites Obama Again The Washington Post pp A02 Retrieved September 7 2009 Kennedy Helen August 18 2009 President Obama insult by Glenn Beck has advertisers boycotting show New York Daily News Linkins Jason October 18 2009 Fox News Shocked Van Jones Called Republicans Assholes In February VIDEO The Huffington Post Retrieved March 24 2017 White House Green Jobs Adviser Apologizes for Calling Republicans Assholes Fox News September 2 2009 a b c Franke Ruta Garance September 5 2009 White House Says Little About Embattled Jones The Washington Post Retrieved September 5 2009 Franke Ruta Garance September 4 2009 Leading Republican Demands That White House Fire Green Collar Adviser The Washington Post Retrieved September 4 2009 Republican Congressman Calls on Jones to Resign Fox News September 4 2009 Retrieved September 4 2009 a b Garofoli Joe September 5 2009 Obama adviser on green jobs under attack San Francisco Chronicle pp A1 Retrieved September 6 2009 Krauthammer Charles September 11 2009 Linking Bush to 9 11 Is Why Van Jones Had to Go The Washington Post Retrieved February 25 2016 Poizner camp Whitman Jones in love Andy Barr Politico September 4 2009 Dinan Stephen July 27 2010 2004 Truth Statement from 911truth org a b Franke Ruta Garance Wilson Scott September 6 2009 White House Adviser Van Jones Resigns Amid Controversy Over Past Activism The Washington Post Retrieved September 6 2009 Smith Ben Henderson Nia Malika September 6 2009 Glenn Beck up left down and Van Jones defiant The Politico Retrieved September 7 2009 Garofoli Joe September 7 2009 Progressives decry resignation of Van Jones San Francisco Chronicle p A1 Retrieved September 7 2009 Huffington Arianna September 7 2009 Thank You Glenn Beck The Huffington Post Retrieved December 15 2009 Mcwhorter John September 7 2009 Dumping Van Jones Why Give In To Republicans Tantrums The New Republic Retrieved September 15 2009 Van Jones Rejoins CAP to Lead Green Opportunity Initiative Center for American Progress February 24 2010 Archived from the original on February 28 2010 Retrieved March 1 2010 Orol Ronald D October 2 2010 Van Jones former Obama adviser headlines D C rally MarketWatch Elliott Philip October 2 2010 DC rally shows support for struggling Democrats Washington Times Associated Press Powershift 2011 Southeastern Louisiana University Retrieved May 31 2020 It s Easy Being Green Environmentally Active Youth Head to D C Center for American Progress April 6 2011 Retrieved May 31 2020 Can Van Jones Take on the Tea Party March 30 2012 Dickinson Tim June 23 2011 Van Jones on Rebuilding the American Dream Rolling Stone Archived from the original on June 25 2011 Retrieved August 1 2011 Berman Ari June 23 2011 Van Jones Previews the American Dream Movement The Nation Retrieved August 1 2011 Bedard Paul June 29 2011 Washington Whispers Van Jones Joins Pushes American Dream for MoveOn org U S News amp World Report Retrieved August 1 2011 Foreman Lauren July 16 2011 Jacksonians join national initiative to Rebuild the Dream The Jackson Sun Retrieved August 1 2011 permanent dead link Sudo Chuck Prince Announces Welcome 2 Chicago Residency At United Center Chicagoist Archived from the original on July 29 2016 Retrieved December 28 2015 Former Obama Adviser Brews A Different Tea Party NPR July 31 2011 Retrieved August 1 2011 Best Sellers Combined Hardcover amp Paperback Nonfiction Sunday April 22nd 2012 The New York Times April 22 2012 As he chairs Trump s opioid commission Christie champions his home state drug companies USA Today October 19 2017 NRDC Press Release Forward on Climate Rally More Than 35 000 strong March on Washington for Climate Action www nrdc org February 17 2013 Retrieved February 26 2016 Board of Trustees Demos Retrieved February 1 2012 Rorke Robert June 27 2013 Newt Gingrich helms CNN s Crossfire reboot New York Post Retrieved December 28 2015 Crossfire Will Return in September New York Daily News August 7 2013 p W1 CNN s Crossfire Canceled Again www mediaite com Retrieved December 28 2015 The Messy Truth Hosted by Van Jones to Return to CNN on Jan 11 and Jan 25 cnnpressroom blogs cnn com Retrieved February 13 2018 Steinberg Brian January 19 2018 Jay Z to Guest on CNN s Launch of The Van Jones Show Variety Retrieved February 13 2018 Ali Lorraine May 10 2019 Van Jones is making crime personal with CNN s The Redemption Project LA Times Van Jones Keystone XL would be the Obama Pipeline Grist March 2 2013 Retrieved December 28 2015 CNN s Jones Lemon Rip into Each Other over Ferguson Protests www mediaite com Retrieved December 28 2015 Van Jones Democrats should worry about GOP rainbow coalition The Washington Times Retrieved December 28 2015 Blake John November 19 2016 This is what whitelash looks like CNN Retrieved November 25 2016 Morgan Scott October 19 2019 Hillary Clinton suggests Russia is grooming Tulsi Gabbard for third party run NBC News Tulsi Gabbard calls Hillary Clinton the queen of warmongers in her latest clash with top Democrats Vox News October 19 2019 Beto O Rourke Dismisses Hillary Clinton s Accusations Says Tulsi Gabbard Is Not Being Groomed By Anyone The Inquisitr October 19 2019 Concha Joe May 29 2020 Van Jones A white liberal Hillary Clinton supporter can pose a greater threat to black Americans than the KKK The Hill Retrieved May 31 2020 Flood Brian May 29 2020 CNN s Van Jones says white liberal Hillary Clinton supporter more worrisome than KKK Fox News Retrieved May 31 2020 Van Jones It s not the white racists we have to worry about CNN Video CNN May 29 2020 Retrieved May 31 2020 Van Jones Praises Trump s Policing Executive Order Mediaite June 16 2020 Retrieved June 29 2020 Grove Lloyd June 29 2020 CNN s Van Jones Secretly Helped Craft the Weak Trump Police Reform He Praised on TV The Daily Beast Retrieved June 29 2020 Grow Kory February 15 2019 How Prince s Social Activist Networks Are Keeping His Vision Alive Rolling Stone Retrieved November 10 2023 DONNA BRAZILE Koch brothers join bipartisan reform efforts Stillwater News Press August 19 2015 Retrieved January 24 2016 Our Mission amp Work Dream Corps Retrieved January 24 2016 Guynn Jessica January 19 2015 Program teaches low income kids to code USA Today Retrieved December 28 2015 Van Jones Giving Black Geniuses Tools to Win with YesWeCode Essence com Retrieved February 26 2016 Prince Archives Hollywood Journal Hollywood Journal Retrieved February 26 2016 The winners and next gen innovators of the YesWeCode hackathon MSNBC March 12 2015 Retrieved February 26 2016 Rosenmann Jessie April 22 2016 How Prince Transformed People s Lives Beyond His Music AlterNet Aquillano Kate Prince dead at age 57 friend Van Jones emotional reaction CNN Headline News Retrieved March 24 2016 Friend Prince was always there for you CNN Retrieved March 24 2016 Inside Prince s Private Memorial It Was a Beautiful Ceremony to Say a Loving Goodbye Entertainment Tonight April 23 2016 Retrieved April 24 2016 Altman Alex March 26 2015 Will Congress Reform the Criminal Justice System Time Retrieved December 28 2015 Young Natasha November 20 2015 Alicia Keys Takes On Mass Incarceration Refinery29 Retrieved December 28 2015 Byrnes Jesse February 4 2016 Alicia Keys asks Paul Ryan to be her Valentine The Hill Retrieved February 25 2016 100 A List Celebs Join Movement to Reduce Prison Population and Reform Mandatory Minimums Drug Policy Alliance Retrieved February 26 2016 Artists for JusticeReformNOW JusticeReformNOW Archived from the original on March 5 2016 Retrieved February 26 2016 Liptak Kevin May 19 2018 Unlikely allies confer on prison reform at White House May 19 2018 Retrieved April 12 2019 Caldwell Leigh Anne December 20 2018 How Trump unexpectedly became the star of criminal justice reform NBC News Fandos Nicholas December 19 2018 Senate Passes Bipartisan Criminal Justice Bill New York Times Aswad Jem October 8 2020 Jay Z and Meek Mill s Reform Alliance Makes Key Hires 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Weak Trump Police Reform He Praised on TV The Daily Beast Retrieved October 9 2021 BRICK Winner may replace Tavis Smiley Archived from the original on September 13 2012 Elliot Michael September 24 2008 Van Jones Heroes of the Environment 2008 Time Archived from the original on September 29 2008 Retrieved August 31 2009 Puffin Nation Prize for Creative Citizenship Archived July 10 2010 at the Wayback Machine official website Van Jones 2009 Hubert H Humphrey Civil Rights Award Honoree Civilrights org Archived from the original on September 7 2009 Retrieved September 5 2009 Aspen Institute Announces Winners of Second Annual Aspen Institute Energy and Environment Awards Aspen Institute March 18 2009 Retrieved October 8 2010 Jealous Benjamin Todd February 24 2010 Van Jones Will Receive This Year s NAACP President s Award Here s Why NAACP Archived from the original on December 22 2016 Retrieved December 7 2016 Human Rights Awards Global Exchange 2010 Archived from the original on June 27 2015 POWER 100 2013 The Innovators EBONY August 2 2016 Retrieved May 14 2019 Environmental Media Association Announces Winners and Opens EMA Memberships to Public for First Time in 26 Years TheHollywoodTimes October 25 2015 Archived from the original on February 3 2016 Retrieved January 27 2016 Rainbow PUSH Economic Summit Tech Wrap Up Black Enterprise January 15 2015 Retrieved January 27 2016 Van Jones The Webby Awards Retrieved May 14 2019 Roettgers Janko January 31 2019 Van Jones Talks About His Lumiere Award Winning Winston Duke Starring VR Experience The Messy Truth EXCLUSIVE Variety Retrieved May 14 2019 Griffin Andrew July 20 2021 Jeff Bezos to give away 200 million to two celebrities after trip to space The Independent Archived from the original on July 20 2021 Retrieved July 20 2021 External links edit nbsp Wikiquote has quotations related to Van Jones nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Van Jones Official website nbsp Van Jones at TED nbsp Appearances on C SPAN Van 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