Van Jones Yale
Van is a cnn political contributor the host of the van jones show and the redemption project.
Van jones yale. Van jones began his career as a writer publisher during his years at yale the son of a middle school principal and a high school teacher van jones who was born alongside his twin sister angela on the 20th of september 1968 was a bookish kid and according to his sister he was also a stereotypical geek who lived a lot in his head. Then he decided to use his law degree and smarts. He is a popular guest on tv programs like the daily show and real time with bill maher. Anthony kapel van jones born september 20 1968 is an american news commentator author and lawyer.
He appears regularly across the network s programming and political coverage. He s a regular contributor to the network who has also served in the obama white house taught at princeton and worked at john podesta s center for american progress. Here s the biography of van jones. He is the co founder of several non profit organizations a three time new york times bestselling author a cnn host and contributor and an emmy award winner.
Non profit organizations founded by van jones the dream corps closes prison doors and opens doors of opportunity for all. Van jones if you ve ever watched cnn you almost certainly know who van jones is. He was a bookish black kid from tennessee who went to yale law and moved to san francisco and became a radical. In 1993 van earned a degree from yale law school.
Jones is a yale educated attorney and author of two new york times best selling books the green collar economy 2008 and rebuild the dream 2012 about his journey as an environmental and human. Former democratic national committee chairman howard dean said van jones resignation was a loss to the country this guy is a yale educated lawyer he is a best selling authority about his.