The U.S. and Iran are discussing plans for a ceasefire in exchange for the reopening the Strait of Hormuz. To discuss, we FEATURE Patricia DeGennaro. DeGennaro is a strategic geopolitical analyst and political military consultant. Her most recent positions include being foreign affairs analyst for the Joint Chief of the National Guard Bureau, a subject matter expert for the Balkans Next research initiative at Joint Special Operations University (JSOU) and a senior strategic communications consultant for the United States Special Operations Command, the Central Command and the Indo-Pacific Command. Since the events on 11 September 2001, she has been a subject matter expert on the Middle East for the U.S. Central Command and the U.S. Army’s Training and Doctrine. Much of her work focuses on geopolitical analysis, strategic communications, countering terrorism and violent extremism, and transitioning nations from war. Media includes: The New York Times, Newsweek, Huffington Post, CNN, MSNBC.

Following Wednesday's hearing, the Supreme Court seems unlikely to side with Donald Trump's executive order that would deny birthright citizenship to children who were born in the U.S. to parents that are not citizens. To discuss, we FEATURE Janus Adams. Adams is an Emmy Award-winning journalist, historian, entrepreneur, keynote speaker, and author. She is the host of public radio’s “The Janus Adams Show” and podcast. The author of eleven nonfiction works, her book, Glory Days: 365 Inspired Moments in African American History, was licensed by McDonald’s; reaching more than 3 million readers. A pioneer of issue-oriented African-American and women’s programming she has hosted and produced talk shows for public broadcasting and cable news. Her news writing for TV’s Black News earned her a special Emmy. Adams, whose father was brought to this country as a three-year old and whose four grandparents are immigrants, has personal experience with birthright citizenship. Media includes: The New York Times, Newsday, USA Today, The Washington Post, ABC, BET, CBS, CNN.

The Supreme Court has overturned a Colorado law that bans conversion therapy. To discuss, we FEATURE Rev. Marie Alford-Harkey. Alford-Harkey, who serves as the resident chaplain at the Baptist Health Boca Raton Regional Hospital, is the former president and CEO of the Religious Institute, a national multifaith nonprofit dedicated to advocating for sexual health, education, and justice in faith communities and society. She is the lead author of the Religious Institute publication Making the Invisible Visible: Bisexuality in Faith Communities. Alford-Harkey leads workshops, writes, preaches, and teaches to promote a progressive vision of faith and sexuality on such issues as access to abortion and family planning, LGBTQ rights, comprehensive sexuality education, and prevention of sexual abuse, misconduct and harassment. Extensive media experience.

Ahead of midterm elections, Donald Trump has signed an executive order to limit mail-in voting. To discuss, we FEATURE Jeralyn Cave. Cave is the assistant director of communications at the Racial Justice Center at SEIU. Previously, she was senior communications associate with Advancement Project's Power & Democracy Campaign. In that role she provides strategic communications support to grassroots organizations to remove barriers to voting. As a political organizer, Cave has worked on numerous issue and candidate campaigns, leading direct voter contact programs and successfully electing candidates at the state, local, and federal level. Extensive media experience.

Ahead of midterm elections, the Republican Party is likely to make the "Make America Healthy Again" movement a major component of their platform. To discuss, we FEATURE Stephanie Morain. Morain is a core faculty member at the Berman Institute of Bioethics, and an assistant professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the Bloomberg School of Public Health. She conducts both empirical and normative research into issues at the intersection of ethics, law, and health policy. Dr. Morain’s work examines political and ethical issues concerning the scope of government authority in public health and the role of stakeholder opinion in shaping decision-making in public health policy. Specific research interests include the ethics and politics of disease control and injury prevention; public health law; and ethical and policy challenges presented by the transition to learning health care systems. Media includes: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Wall Street Journal, ABC, NPR.

ICE agents could remain in U.S. airports even after TSA agents have received their paychecks. To discuss, we FEATURE Lorella Praeli, co-president of Community Change & Community Change Action. Praeli is passionate about building collective power to win transformative policy change at all levels of government, so that people can thrive. Until she joined CC/A in 2019, she was a deputy national political director at the ACLU, where she fought to defend and expand the rights of immigrants and refugees. Praeli is an expert on path to citizenship, inclusion in economic policies, immigrant voters, DACA, TPS, immigration enforcement, immigrant rights movement. Media includes: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Univision, Newsweek, Salon, MSNBC, CNN.

A federal judge has put Texas to trial on whether there should be a timeline for the state to install air conditioning across its entire prison system. Rising temperatures have led to the deaths of over a dozen inmates. To discuss, we FEATURE MiAngel Cody. As a lawyer, Cody is nationally recognized for her dedicated defense of men and women sentenced to life in federal prison. She has defended hundreds of people in federal court and won freedom for 40 prisoners sentenced to life in prison for drugs. As a writer and producer, Cody curates stories that expose the trauma and survivorship of those trapped in America’s criminal courts. Cody has seen incarcerated fathers and mothers kiss children goodbye. She’s watched judges lament that mandatory sentencing laws left them hamstrung with no discretion. She’s seen people leave prison with no ID card, no home, no medicine, no methadone, no health insurance, no bus card, no education & no job prospects. She has stood with many people as they were sent into cages. And she’s received desperate calls when those same people returned from prison with nothing. Ultimately, she’s witnessed a system dehumanize humans and, in doing so, become dehumanized itself. Media includes: Huffinton Post, Salon, The Hill, The New York Times, MSNBC, CNN.

Tax Day is in two weeks. To discuss, we FEATURE Lauren Bealore. Bealore is the policy strategist for Main Street Alliance, where she leads the national work of advancing Main Street Alliance’s policy development at the state and federal level to support championing economic opportunity and advancement for small business owners. Bealore has provided policy expertise and helped to bridge the gap between government affairs and advocacy for some of the strongest voices within the political landscape on key issue areas including voting rights, environmental justice, paid leave, tax reform, and zoning reform. Media includes: Forbes, Politico, News One, NowThis, Newsweek, CNBC.

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Week. To discuss, we FEATURE Nancy Chi Cantalupo. Cantalupo is assistant professor of law at the Wayne State University Law School. Prior to becoming a professor, she practiced with the firm of Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP, and served as assistant dean for clinical programs at Georgetown Law, as an associate vice president for equity, inclusion & violence prevention at a higher education professional association, and as a research fellow with the Victim Rights Law Center. Cantalupo is a nationally-recognized scholar and expert on Title IX, sexual harassment, and gender-based violence in education. Her scholarship draws from her over 25 years of anti-campus sexual harassment and gender-based violence work as a researcher, campus administrator, victims’ advocate, attorney, and policymaker and focuses on the use of law to combat discriminatory violence. Media includes: The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, Time.