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.

In Beyond the Messy Truth, he offers a blueprint for transforming our collective anxiety into meaningful change. Rebuild the Dream, a New York Times bestseller, puts forward a powerful game plan to restore hope, fix our democracy, and renew the American Dream.

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His second book, Rebuild the Dream, also a New York Times bestseller, put forward a powerful game plan to restore hope, fix our democracy, and renew the American Dream. In the New York Times Best Seller, Rebuild the Dream, Van reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider.

Jones is an environmental advocate, civil rights activist, attorney and author. He founded the Ella Baker Center for Human Rights in 1996, a California NGO working for alternatives to violence.

Van Jones has 20 books on Goodreads with 11264 ratings. Van Jones’s most popular book is Beyond the Messy Truth: How We Came Apart, How We Come Together.

Van Jones is a CNN political contributor and host of the recurring CNN primetime special The Messy Truth with Van Jones. A graduate of the University of Tennessee and Yale Law School, he was a special adviser to the Obama White House and …

Currently host of “The Messy Truth,” Jones will get his own show in the new year when “The Van Jones Show” airs on CNN in January. Below are Van Jones’s favorite books, available to purchase individually or as a set.

Apr 18, 2017 · In Rebuild the Dream, green economy pioneer Van Jones reflects on his journey from grassroots outsider to White House insider. For the first time, he shares intimate details of his time in government -- and reveals why he chose to resign his post as a special advisor to the Obama White House.