On The Record #41: April talks about the political climate with CNN news anchor Don Lemon

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Don Lemon attends a screening of "Beirut" at the Robin Williams Center on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
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Don Lemon attends a screening of "Beirut" at the Robin Williams Center on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)
Don Lemon attends a screening of “Beirut” at the Robin Williams Center on Tuesday, April 10, 2018, in New York. (Photo by Charles Sykes/Invision/AP)

This week’s guest is CNN News anchor Don Lemon. April discusses today’s political climate, telling the truth as a journalist, and the power to make change by getting out to vote.

 

April Ryan has a unique vantage point as the only Black female reporter covering urban issues from the White House, a position she has held with AURN since the Clinton era. Her position as a White House Correspondent has afforded her heightened insight into the racial sensitivities, issues, and attendant political struggles of our nation. April has written three books; The Presidency in Black & White: My Close-Up View of Three Presidents and Race in America, At Mama's Knee: Mothers and Race in Black and White, and Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Twitter: @aprildryan

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