{"type":"link","asset_type":"article","version":"1.0","cache_age":3600,"provider_name":"CANVAS Arts","provider_url":"https:\/\/artscanvas.org","title":"Roxane Gay, Anna Deavere Smith and Tay Anderson on the protests' hope and despair","publication_date":"June 01, 2020","summary":"For analysis of the deeper systemic issues that are underlying the country's civic unrest, Judy Woodruff talks to Roxane Gay, a noted essayist and author whose work frequently addresses issues of race, identity and privilege; Anna Deavere Smith, award-winning playwright and actor; and Tay Anderson, a Denver school board member and activist who has been leading protests in that city.","author_name":"By Judy Woodruff, Anne Azzi Davenport, Courtney Norris","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/cdn.artscanvas.org\/static\/2020\/06\/5867dd8930caa9ebd8dc05b5c1b406f4-outrage_3_taysmithanderson-1024x683.jpg","thumbnail_height":683,"thumbnail_width":1024}