Executive Director

Arkansas is fighting to legally execute eight inmates in the span of 11 days because one of the key sedatives used in the lethal injections is expiring and the availability of a replacement is uncertain. The decision has raised ethical questions. To discuss this further, we FEATURE Diann Rust-Tierney. Diann is an expert in the movement to eliminate the death penalty in the U.S. In 2004 she became the Executive Director of the National Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty (NCADP). Ms. Rust-Tierney manages and directs the program for the national organization and 100 affiliates seeking to change public policy on the death penalty. She serves as the national spokesperson for the organization and the movement to eliminate capital punishment. Media includes: ABC News, Good Morning America, The News Hour with Jim Lehrer, Crossfire, BET, CourtTV's Supreme Court Watch, Pacifica Radio, BBC News.

Director of the Stanford Center on Ethics / Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law

With Neil Gorsuch now officially being on the Supreme Court and starting his first week, we FEATURE Deborah Rhode. Deborah is the Director of the Stanford Center on Ethics at Stanford University School of Law, where she also serves as the Ernest W. McFarland Professor of Law. Professor Rhode is widely recognized as a legal expert on subjects including gender and the law, ethics and professional responsibility in the legal profession, as well as the role that these issues play in public policy. Professor Rhode has written and lectured extensively around the nation on these subjects. Media includes: National Law Journal, American Bar Association, Oxford University Press, Stanford University Press.

#Shepersisted

A Turkish referendum has passed that will give Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan more powers. To discuss what this would do to Turkish politics, we FEATURE Kristina Wilfore. Kristina has worked with political leaders and civil society organizations in over 20 countries throughout Eastern Europe, the Balkans, Middle East and Central Asia (such as Ukraine, Syria, Turkey, Georgia, Kosovo, Serbia, Albania, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia). She currently serves as the principal of Karakoyun Strategies, an international development firm based in Istanbul. She helps teach grassroots organizing, political party development, and how to run and win campaigns all across the region. Media includes: CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, Washington Post, New York Times.

Country Representative for Papua New Guinea

With Earth Day coming up this Saturday, April 22nd, and environmental issues coming to the forefront following EPA Chief Scott Pruitt's suggestion that the U.S. exit the Paris accord, we FEATURE Dr. Achala Abeysinghe. Dr. Abeysinghe is a Principal Researcher and Team Leader of Climate Law, Policy and Governance Programme at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London. Dr. Abeysinghe also works as the legal advisor to the Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group- a group of 48 countries, in the UN climate change negotiations. Her research interests are in legal issues in the UN climate change negotiations, issues related to equity & fairness, adaptation to climate change and finance for climate change adaptation. Media includes: IIED, The Conversation, Inside Climate News.