Experts on Israel/Palestine, Date Rape, Child Labor, the Citibank Settlement, and Juvenile Justice
This week we feature experts on the continued conflict between Israel and Palestine, the scrutiny of sexual assault policies on campuses, Samsung's reaction to supplier's suspected child labor violations, Citigroup's settlement of $7 billion to US authorities, and REDEEM legislation on treatment of juvenile criminals.
Truman Research Institute for the Advancement of Peace
For interviews on the violence between Israel and Palestine.
As the Palestinian death toll reaches 175 and thousands flee Gaza, we feature Naomi Chazan the Dean of the School of Government and Society at the Academic College of Tel-Aviv-Yaffo and former member of the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee (concentrating on issues of the peace process and Israel’s foreign relations). She has authored and edited eight books on comparative politics and written numerous articles on Arab-Israeli relations and Israeli politics. Media includes: The Jerusalem Post, Israel Broadcasting Authority Radio and Israel Broadcasting Authority TV.
For interviews on date rape and sexual assault policies on campuses.
With college sexual assault policies being scrutinized, we feature Wagatwe Wanjuki, a survivor-turned-activist who has worked with a variety of social justice organizations, including ColorOfChange, Planned Parenthood Federation of America, and Students Active For Ending Rape (SAFER). She first got her start blogging and organizing for social change as a co-organizer of the movement at Tufts University for an improved sexual assault policy. She also writes on various social justice and feminist issues and is the founder of one of the most popular feminist blogs on Tumblr, Fuck Yeah, Feminists! Media includes: The Daily Show, Katie, ESSENCE, The Chronicle of Higher Education, and Ms. Magazine.
To discuss Samsung temporarily suspending its relationship with a supplier after finding evidence of suspected child labor violations, we feature Zama Coursen-Neff, the executive director of the children's rights division of Human Rights Watch, where she leads the organization’s work on children’s rights. Coursen-Neff’s expertise covers a range of issues affecting children, including access to education, police violence, refugee protection, the worst forms of child labor, and discrimination against women and girls. Media includes: CBS News (Katie Couric), BBC, CNN (US, International), NBC, NPR, The New York Times, and The Washington Post
Economist, Author, Geopolitical Financial Expert and Financial Historian
Prinsights Global
For interviews on the Citibank settlement.
With Citigroup and the Justice Department agreeing to a $7 billion deal following federal investigation into the mortgage securities, we feature Nomi Prins. Her work as an author has made her an acclaimed resource on American business and economy. Her most recent book, All the Presidents' Bankers, a groundbreaking narrative about the relationships of presidents to key bankers over the past century was released on April 8, 2014. She is also the author of Other People’s Money: The Corporate Mugging of America (The New Press, October 2004) which predicted the current financial crisis, and was chosen as a Best Book of 2004 by The Economist, Barron's and The Library Journal, and Jacked (Polipoint Press, Sept. 2006). Media includes: CNN, CNBC, MSNBC, ABC News, C-SPAN, Democracy Now, and Fox Business News.
With Senators Cory Broker and Rand Paul teaming up to address juvenile justice, we feature Deborah Richardson, the Executive Vice President of the National Center for Civil and Human Rights. Former Director of Program Development for Fulton County Juvenile Court and founding Executive Director of the Juvenile Justice Fund (now Youth Spark), Richardson has garnered immense expertise on the issue of the court system for juveniles. Media includes: Huffington Post, Women's Media Center, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Georgia Public TV, WSB TV