Experts on Gloria Steinem, Hobby Lobby, US Black Women, Egypt Death Sentences & Obama Nuclear Summit
This week we feature experts who can discuss Gloria Steinem at 80, the Supreme Court hearing arguments for the Hobby Lobby contraception case, a new report on <i>The Status of Black Women in the U.S.</i>, 529 Muslim Brotherhood Egyptians sentenced to death, and President Obama's foreign trip and nuclear security summit.
Author, activist, and host of syndicated radio show and international podcast “Women’s Media Center Live with Robin Morgan"
Co-Founder, Women's Media Center
For interviews on Gloria Steinem at 80.
As Women's Media Center (WMC) co-founder Gloria Steinem turns 80, we SPOTLIGHT WMC co-founder and host of WMC Live with Robin MorganRobin Morgan to discuss Gloria Steinem's current work and her legacy. One of Gloria's closest friends and fellow activists, Robin Morgan was Editor-in-Chief of Ms. magazine, co-founded by Gloria Steinem, and has been a sister crusader in the feminism movement for decades. An award-winning author, feminist leader, political analyst, journalist, and editor, Robin Morgan has published more than 20 books, including six of poetry, four of fiction, and the now-classic anthologies Sisterhood Is Powerful, Sisterhood Is Global, and Sisterhood Is Forever.
For interviews on Hobby Lobby case, contraception.
The Supreme Court this week hears the Hobby Lobby case, which considers whether for-profit corporations must provide insurance coverage for contraception. We FEATURE National Women's Law Center co-founder and President Nancy Duff Campbell to discuss the case and its repercussions. A recognized expert on women's law and public policy issues, Campbell has participated in the development and implementation of key legislative initiatives and litigation protecting women's rights, and she has litigated in several successful Supreme Court cases in her fields of study.
National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc.
For interviews on The Status of Black Women in the US 2014.
With the launch of their report, The Status of Black Women in the US in 2014, we FEATURE Melanie Campbell, CEO and Executive Director of the National Coalition on Black Civic Participation, Inc. The report will focus on the status of black women in the US, 50 years after the war on poverty, Brown v. Board of Education & the Civil Rights Act of 1964, and will be the first in an annual series of reports that will utilize data from a wide range of government and private sources to provide a broad view of the lives of black women in America at this critical juncture.
Rutgers University; Jadaliyya.com; Badil Resource Center for Palestinian Refugee & Residency Rights
For interviews on 529 Egyptians sentenced to death.
After more than 500 Egyptians from the Muslim Brotherhood have been sentenced to death for the killing of a police officer, we FEATURE human rights attorney Noura Erakat. Noura is a frequent commentator on international human rights in the Middle East, as well as the Palestinian-Israel conflict and US Middle East foreign policy. She has published extensively on the laws of war and human rights law, and she has also appeared on Fox’s “The O’ Reilly Factor,” NBC’s “Politically Incorrect,” MSNBC’s “Up With Chris Hayes."
Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies, University of Notre Dame
For interviews on President Obama foreign trip, nuclear security summit.
As President Obama arrives in The Hague to discuss Russia and nuclear security, we FEATURE human security expert Lisa Schirch. Dr. Lisa Schirch is the Alliance for Peacebuilding’s Director of Human Security in Washington DC. Schirch has worked as a consultant for the United Nations Development Program to develop their peacebuilding and conflict response strategy, and at the World Bank, USAID, the US Foreign Service Institute and many US military academies where she teaches civil military relations. She is a frequent public speaker and has appeared on CNN, Fox News, and countless radio programs.