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Van Jones: 'Rebuild the Dream'

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Van Jones is well-known in the Bay Area for founding several locally based social justice and environmental groups. He rose to national fame through his work on green jobs, which took him all the way to Washington. Now he has written a book about his time in the Obama administration.

Van Jones joins us to discuss “Rebuild the Dream,” a memoir and a call to action around his latest passions: student debt and foreclosures.

Guests:

Van Jones, co-founder of Rebuild the Dream, former adviser on green jobs to the Obama administration and founder of the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights

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