Episodes
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': We bring you the latest on the violent attack on Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s husband. Former President Obama hits the campaign trail for Democrats before the midterms. A Russian court rejected Brittney Griner’s appeal of her nine-year sentence for alleged cannabis possession. Plus, Tax Professor Dorothy Brown stops by to explain how corporate profiteering is driving record-high inflation. All this and more on this week's episode...
Published 10/29/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': Democratic National Committee chairman Jaime Harrison discusses his party's plan to address voters' top issues ahead of the midterms. The January 6th committee formally subpoenaed Donald Trump. Newly released bodycam footage shows the arrests of formerly incarcerated people in Florida charged with allegedly voting fraudulently in the 2020 election. Plus, a new documentary tells the story of Emmett Till's mother, Mamie...
Published 10/26/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': The January 6 committee closed out their final hearing by voting unanimously to subpoena Donald Trump. Representative Karen Bass discusses her campaign for Los Angeles Mayor and the L.A. City Council members who were caught on tape making racist remarks. Senator Raphael Warnock and Herschel Walker battled it out in Georgia in their first debate for U.S. Senate. Plus, Grammy-nominated poet and spoken word artist J. Ivy talks...
Published 10/15/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': Five members of the right-wing militia group Oath keepers went on trial this week for seditious conspiracy. Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin Mandela Barnes discusses his campaign for the U.S. Senate fresh off his debate against Senator Ron Johnson. New reporting reveals that the woman who accused Herschel Walker of paying for her abortion is allegedly the mother of one of his children. All this and more on this week’s...
Published 10/08/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': We bring you the latest on the recovery efforts in South Carolina and Florida after Hurricane Ian barreled through the Southeast. Paco Veléz, CEO of Feeding South Florida, speaks about his organization’s effort to provide meals and clean drinking water to those affected. And the Congressional Black Caucus kicked off its 51st annual legislative conference in Washington D.C. this week to prepare voters for the midterms. All...
Published 10/01/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': New York Attorney General Letitia James filed a sweeping lawsuit accusing Donald Trump, the Trump Organization, and three of his children of widespread fraud. Dr. Chris Pernell discusses what experts call an “out of control” rise in sexually transmitted diseases. "The Woman King” is the number one movie in America right now; historical advisor to the film Prof. Leonard Wantchekon breaks down the history of woman warriors in...
Published 09/24/22
With this year’s midterms more critical than ever, MSNBC correspondent Trymaine Lee is taking his podcast, Into America, to some of the country’s most prominent Historically Black Colleges and Universities in a special series “Into America: The Power of the Black Vote” to learn how the next generation of Black thinkers and doers are harnessing the power of Democracy to shape America’s future. Listen a preview of the second episode: “Knocking Out Student Loan Debt.” And head over to the Into...
Published 09/23/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': The DOJ has appealed a Florida judge’s decision that blocked access to hundreds of classified documents seized from Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. Senator Lindsey Graham introduced legislation for a federal ban on most abortions at 15 weeks of pregnancy, despite saying last month that abortion issues should be left to the states. Plus, Oscar-nominated actor Djimon Hounsou discusses his foundation’s three-part running and music...
Published 09/17/22
This week on ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross:’ President Joe Biden warns the nation about the potential collapse of democracy during a prime-time speech in Philadelphia. NASA’s Artemis I makes a second attempt to launch to the moon. Plus, Donald Trump’s legal woes continue after the DOJ releases more details about the documents they seized at Mar-a-lago. All this and more on this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross.’
Published 09/03/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': Dr. Jason Johnson fills in for Tiffany Cross and discusses the newly released affidavit at the center of the search of Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home. President Biden made good on his campaign promise to cancel $10,000-$20,000 in federal student loan debt for individual borrowers making less than $125,000 per year. Three officers have been suspended following a viral video that appeared to show them pinning down a suspect...
Published 08/27/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': Former Trump officials push back on Trump’s claim that he had a ‘standing order’ to declassify documents he took from the White House residence. The school year has just begun, but classrooms across America face a catastrophic teacher shortage. Seventeen years later, a new documentary tells the story of the children who survived Hurricane Katrina. Plus, Tiffany speaks with directors Coodie Simmons and Chike Ozah on their...
Published 08/20/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': The newly unsealed search warrant that led to the nine-hour search at Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence showed officials were seeking classified documents. Representative Jamaal Bowman discusses “The Rap Act,” a new bill he co-sponsored to protect artists’ creative expression from being used as criminal evidence. Plus, Tiffany talks about the state of Mississippi following the news that a grand jury declined to indict...
Published 08/13/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': The Senate is working a rare Saturday session to advance the "Inflation Reduction Act," which includes healthcare provisions, corporate tax reform, and substantial investments in climate change. Dr. Chris Pernell discusses the latest on monkeypox following President Biden's decision to declare it a public health emergency. And just over 100 years since the Tulsa Race Massacre, a judge ruled the three remaining survivors...
Published 08/06/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross': The countdown to the November midterm elections begins, and a recent Gallup poll shows that at least half of Americans are more enthusiastic about voting in 2022 than in previous years. The Dep’t. of Justice acknowledges a wide-ranging investigation into the Jan. 6th insurrection. And after centuries of genocide and oppression, descendants of the 1890 Wounded Knee massacre are being denied access to their stolen belongings....
Published 07/30/22
On this week's episode of 'The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross,' guest host Charles Blow fills in for Tiffany. Steve Bannon, a former top advisor to Donald Trump, was found guilty of two counts of contempt of Congress following an explosive January 6 hearing that zeroed in on Trump's hours of inaction during the insurrection. Congresswoman Sara Jacobs of California discusses a new bill protecting contraception access that was just passed by the House of Representatives. Plus, The World...
Published 07/23/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross’: The January 6th Committee issued a subpoena to the U.S. Secret Service for missing texts amid accusations that the agency erased text messages from January 5th and 6th. Tiffany examines the state of our republic following a recent poll showing that a majority of Republicans and Democrats think that American democracy will cease to exist. Plus, Malcolm Nance is back from Ukraine and discusses the deadly toll of the war, as...
Published 07/16/22
MSNBC’s Joy Reid and Tiffany Cross host a dinner party at Minton’s in Harlem with Black female trailblazers who are shaping America’s culture, including: Ryan Michelle Bathe, Actress and Producer, Star of NBC's "The Endgame” Tarana Burke, Activist, Author, and Founder of the Me Too Movement Nikole Hannah-Jones, New York Times Pulitzer Prize Winning Journalist and Creator of the 1619 Project Captain Timika Lindsay, Partner, “Diversity Crew” and Retired U.S. Navy Captain Rep. Ayanna Pressley,...
Published 07/11/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross’: Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis issues new subpoenas in the investigation into potential election interference by former President Trump in Georgia’s 2020 election. Newly released body cam footage shows the moment police fatally shot unarmed 25-year-old Jayland Walker with *60* bullets. And WNBA star Brittney Griner pled guilty this week to drug charges in Russia. Plus, Tiffany speaks with a new generation of...
Published 07/09/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross’: Congresswoman Val Demings drops by to discuss new reports of alleged witness tampering in the January 6th investigation. Airlines are in chaos after thousands of flights are canceled for the holiday weekend. And activists and lawyers are on high alert for what a post-Roe v. Wade era could mean for the criminalization of women. Plus, Tiffany discusses the impact of Black music as the Essence Festival gets underway. All this...
Published 07/02/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross’: The Supreme court overturned Roe V. Wade, undoing decades of legal precedent. New York’s Attorney General Letitia James drops by to give her reaction to the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down her state’s law that limited licenses to carry firearms. Meanwhile, President Biden signed the most sweeping gun legislation in almost 30 years into law. Plus, Tiffany recaps the last bombshell to come out of the January 6...
Published 06/25/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross:’ the January 6 Committee held their third public hearing. Capitol officer Harry Dunn joins Tiffany Cross to discuss what he witnessed on the day of the insurrection. Georgia Republican Senatorial Candidate Herschel Walker confirms that he has three other kids that he hadn’t publicly acknowledged until now. Plus, some abortion clinics across the country have already stopped providing abortion services ahead of the SCOTUS...
Published 06/18/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross:’ The January 6 committee held its first public hearing on Thursday and released new footage and testimonies that revealed key new details about the insurrection. The Los Angeles mayoral run-off election will have Rep. Karen Bass and billionaire Rick Caruso go head-to-head in November. Plus, the DOJ launches an investigation into the Louisiana State Police after allegations of excessive force and racial profiling. All this and...
Published 06/11/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross:’ former Trump advisor Peter Navarro is indicted on contempt of congress charges for refusing to cooperate with the January 6 committee. Victims, survivors and parents from the Buffalo and Uvalde mass shootings prepare to testify before the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday. Plus, it’s been 103 years since the United States Senate approved the 19th amendment. All this and more on this week’s episode of ‘The Cross...
Published 06/04/22
On this week’s episode of ‘The Cross Connection with Tiffany Cross:’ As the nation mourns the nineteen children and two teachers murdered in the Uvalde, Texas mass shooting this week, the NRA decided to proceed with their convention in Texas. And on the two-year anniversary of George Floyd’s death, President Biden is urging Congress to pass more comprehensive police reform legislation. Plus, Cherelle Griner speaks out for the first time since her wife Brittney’s detention in Russia. All this...
Published 05/28/22