Principal Advisor, Civilian Harm Mitigation & Response (CHMR)

To analyze the affects of President Obama's announcement that the USA will be sending more troops to Syria, we FEATURE Marla Keenan. Marla Keenan is managing director at Center for Civilians in Conflict (CIVIC) and is a subject matter expert in civil-military relations and civilian protection. Marla helps shape the Center’s programs in conflict zones and oversees operational aspects of the organization. Media includes: Rolling Stone, Radio Lab, Thompson Reuters, Buzzfeed, The Christian Science Monitor

Special Litigation and Policy Counsel at the NAACP Legal Defense Fund

A Federal judge has upheld North Carolina's voting laws, the strictest in the nation, for comments we FEATURE Brenda Wright. Brenda Wright is the Vice President of Legal Strategies at Demos. She has led many progressive legal and policy initiatives on voting rights, campaign finance reform, redistricting, election administration and other democracy and electoral reform issues and is a nationally known expert in these areas. She has written extensively on democracy and voting rights issues in both popular and scholarly publications. She appears frequently in print and broadcast media on these issues, and testifies regularly before Congress, federal agencies and state legislatures.

President & Chief Strategist

With six presidential primaries happening along the east coast today, we FEATURE Atima Omara. Atima Omara is an award winning leader in politics and the progressive movement. With over a decade of experience working in politics and progressive non-profits engaging youth, women, and people of color in the political process and related progressive causes, Atima writes and speaks about national politics, candidates, and policy and culture issues including the Millennial vote and activism, feminism, women in politics, reproductive rights & justice, domestic violence, and race & gender inequality. Media includes: CNN, CSPAN, PBS, Fox News DC (FOX 5), BBC America, Washington Post, Huffington Post, Ms. Magazine

Professor of English

Beyonce's visual album "Lemonade" has become an important pop culture phenomena, for analysis we FEATURE Koritha Mitchell. Koritha Mitchell is an associate professor of English at Ohio State University. Her research centers on African American literature, racial violence in United States history and contemporary culture, and black drama and performance. She examines how texts, both written and performed, help targeted communities to survive and thrive. Media includes: WBNS-10TV, PBS, ColorLines.com, Michael Eric Dyson radio show.