After the U.S. shot down a Syrian jet on Sunday, Russia has announced that it will treat any U.S. plane as a target. To discuss this U.S.-Russia confrontation, we FEATURE Dr. Kimberly Marten. Dr. Marten is a professor (and former department chair) in the political science department at Barnard College, Columbia University. For the 2012/2013 academic year, she was also the Acting Director of the Harriman Institute at Columbia University, one of the world's leading academic institutions devoted to Russian, Eurasian, and East European Studies. She is a faculty member of Columbia's Saltzman Institute of War and Peace Studies, and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Media includes: New York Times, CNN, Fox, WNYC radio, WCCO radio (Minneapolis), Washington Public Radio, MSNBC, Prism, The Monkey Cage blog.

With the murder of 17-year-old Nabra Hussein in Fairfax County, Virginia, we FEATURE Amani Al-Khatatbeh. Amani is the founder and editor-in-chief of MuslimGirl.com, the #1 Muslim women’s blog in the United States. She’s also the author of “Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age.” She is a frequent speaker at conferences and events addressing issues pertaining to women, Islam, and the Arab world. Media includes: CNN, Al Jazeera, BBC, The New York Times, The Guardian, Teen Vogue.

With the acquittal verdict in the Philando Castile case against the Minnesota police officer that shot him and the Seattle police killing of Charleena Lyles (who had called them for help) this Sunday, we FEATURE Shanelle Matthews to discuss the ongoing issue of police killings. Shanelle currently serves as a the Director of Communications for the Black Lives Matter National Network. Black Lives Matter is an international network of more than 30 chapters working to rebuild the black liberation movement and affirm the lives of all black people. They focus on those marginalized within black liberation movements, imposing a call to action and response to state-sanctioned violence against black people, as well as the virulent anti-black racism that permeates society. Media includes: Al Jazeera, KPFA, RH Reality Check, Feministing, Racialicious, The Frisky.

With the special election in Georgia's 6th Congressional District this Tuesday, we FEATURE Senator Nan Grogan Orrock. Senator Orrock is the President of the Women Legislators’ Lobby, a national network of women state legislators launched by Women’s Action for New Directions in 1991. After ten terms in the Georgia State House of Representatives, serving as the first female House Majority Whip, she was elected in 2006 from Atlanta’s downtown neighborhoods to the State Senate. Media includes: TIME Magazine, Sally Jessy Raphael Show, WABE, ABC Atlanta, CBS Atlanta, MSNBC, CNN Radio, The Nation.

The U.S. Supreme Court has decided to take up a case that would determine whether deliberately drawing electoral maps to favor political parties should be acceptable under the Constitution. To discuss how this decision will effect elections in the future, we FEATURE Dr. Christina M. Greer. Dr. Greer is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Fordham University - Lincoln Center (Manhattan) campus. Her research and teaching focus on American politics, black ethnic politics, urban politics, quantitative methods, Congress, New York City and New York State politics, campaigns and elections, and public opinion. Media includes: New York Times, ABC Channel 7, NBC Nightly News, Fox 5 Good Day New York, WFUV.

With YouTube announcing it's plan to fight online terror, we FEATURE Soraya Chemaly. Soraya is a writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion and media. She is the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and organizer of the Safety and Free Speech Coalition, both of which are involved in curbing online abuse, media and tech diversity, and expanding women's freedom of expression. Media includes: The Huffington Post, Fem2.0, Alternet, The Feminist Wire, The Guardian.