Israel has rejected Hamas' proposal for a permanent ceasefire in exchange for the release of more than 100 hostages, but counter offered a two-month ceasefire in exchange for the hostages. Officials in U.S., Qatar, and Egypt are continuing to push for an agreement. To discuss, we FEATURE Noura Erakat. Erakat is a human rights attorney and an associate professor at Rutgers University, New Brunswick Department of Africana Studies. Her research interests include humanitarian law, refugee law, national security law, and critical race theory. She has served as legal counsel for a Congressional Subcommittee in the House of Representatives, as a legal advocate for the Badil Center for Palestinian Refugee and Residency Rights, and as the national grassroots organizer and legal advocate at the U.S. Campaign to End the Israeli Occupation. Erakat is the co-editor of Aborted State? The UN Initiative and New Palestinian Junctures, an anthology related to the 2011 and 2012 Palestine bids for statehood at the UN. More recently, Erakat released a pedagogical project on the Gaza Strip and Palestine, which includes a short multimedia documentary, Gaza In Context, that rehabilitates Israel’s wars on Gaza within a settler-colonial framework. Media includes: Al Jazeera, Democracy Now, The Hill, Foreign Policy, Huffington Post, MSNBC, Fox News.

E. Jean Carroll's second defamation trial against Donald Trump is underway in a federal courtroom in Manhattan. Carroll, who alleges that Trump raped her in the mid-1990s, is seeking over $10 million in damages from Trump over statements he made when he was president in 2019. To discuss, we FEATURE Dina Doll, an attorney, television legal analyst and certified mediator. Doll has provided legal analysis of numerous high-profile cases including those involving: Prince Andrew, George Floyd, Kyle Rittenhouse, Britney Spears, the Texas abortion law, Smartmatic, Dominion and Harvey Weinstein. Doll is a frequent co-host of Indisputable with Dr. Rashad Richey on TYT, where she discusses the intersection of political and racial issues. She is also the co-founder of the firm Doll Amir & Eley LLP where she consults on numerous civil litigation matters, including high-stakes jury trials. Media includes: Bloomberg Law, Access Hollywood, Newsmax, KCRW All Things Considered, CNN.

Former New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is suing New York Attorney General Letitia James, asking that interviews from James's 2021 sexual harassment report be released. To discuss, we FEATURE Justine Andronici. Andronici has extensive experience in women's rights and victims rights. Her civil practice areas have included sexual assault, child sexual abuse, domestic violence, and civil rights civil law, including Title IX, Title IV, Section 1983 cases. She has has worked with thousands of survivors of sexual assault, sexual abuse, domestic violence and discrimination in the course of her career, helped to launch multiple community-based domestic violence and sexual assault legal services programs, and has planned and led major projects for non-profit organizations. Andronici now serves as a consultant and expert trainer for other legal system professionals, advocates and non-profit organizations. Media includes: The Philadelphia Inquirer, Bloomberg Law, Ms. Magazine, NPR.

According to new data released by the Department of Labor, more teens today are working or looking for part-time jobs, with teen employment reaching a 14-year high last year. To discuss, we FEATURE Valerie Wilson. Wilson is director of the Economic Policy Institute’s Program on Race, Ethnicity, and the Economy (PREE), a nationally recognized source for expert reports and policy analyses on the economic condition of America’s people of color. Prior to joining EPI, Wilson was an economist and vice president of research at the National Urban League Washington Bureau, where she was responsible for planning and directing the bureau’s research agenda. She has written extensively on various issues impacting economic inequality in the United States—including employment and training, income and wealth disparities, access to higher education, and social insurance. Media includes: EBONY Magazine, Happening Now Fox News, BET, NPR.

Today, on the 51st anniversary of Roe v Wade, President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris announced new steps into protecting abortion access, including Haris making on a tour of the country. Harris began her tour yesterday in Wisconsin. To discuss, we FEATURE Renee Bracey Sherman, an award-winning reproductive justice activist, abortion storyteller, and writer. She is the founder and executive director of We Testify, an organization dedicated to the leadership and representation of people who have abortions and share their stories at the intersection of race, class, and gender identity. Hailed as the ‘Beyoncé of Abortion Storytelling,' for over a decade, Bracey Sherman has been recognized as one of the most vital voices in elevating the conversation about abortion experiences, and using creative and innovative strategies to shift the conversation centering Black people, people of color, and other marginalized identities. She popularized the phrase “everyone loves someone who had an abortion,” coined ‘abortionsplaining,’ and created the #AskAboutAbortion campaign which led to presidential candidates being asked questions about their plans to increase abortion access. Media includes: The New York Times, The Guardian, The Financial Times, EBONY Magazine, The Nation.