The Biden administration has unveiled a new student loan forgiveness plan with the hope that Americans will begin to benefit from the debt relief by the fall. To discuss, we FEATURE Betsy Mayotte. Mayotte is the President and Founder of The Institute of Student Loan Advisors (TISLA). She has been working in the student loan industry doing compliance and advocacy work for over 20 years and has helped thousands of borrowers with their student loans. Mayotte has served as a primary negotiator for several federal Title IV negotiated rulemaking sessions on topics such as the use of student loans at foreign schools, loan rehabilitation and borrower defense to repayment. Media includes: U.S. News and World Report, The Washington Post, The New York Times, Boston Globe, CNBC, NPR.
Donald Trump made a statement on Monday saying that he believed abortion rights should be left to the states. To discuss, we FEATURE Robin Marty. Marty is the Director of Operations for the West Alabama Women's Center and a freelance reporter and the author of the book Handbook for a Post-Roe America, a guide for what to do if and when Roe is overturned and states make abortion illegal. She is also the co-author of The End of Roe v. Wade (formerly "Crow After Roe"), an updated account of 12 different abortion laws meant to provoke challenges to Roe v. Wade, published in August of 2019. Robin specializes in abortion rights and access and the anti-abortion movement and figures. Media includes: DAME Magazine, Politico, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, NBC.
More that 400 aid trucks have entered Gaza, where millions of Palestinians are living in danger of starvation. Despite this, the UN has said that aid still falls short of what is required to feed everybody. To discuss, we FEATURE Pia Wanek, CEO of the DT Institute. Wanek is a leader in international development and humanitarian assistance specializing in building and leading effective teams to deliver quantifiable results in the most challenging situations. She has 20 years of experience in policy and strategy development, project management and program design in the international non-profit sector. Wanek joined DTI following nearly 10 years at Global Communities’ directing humanitarian responses and development activities in 24 countries. Under her leadership, the humanitarian portfolio grew to become a $60+ million operation, supporting communities affected by natural and man-made crises in Syria, Ukraine, Liberia, Gaza, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Kosovo, Honduras, Sri Lanka and Yemen. Media includes: Vice, DevEx, The Cipher Brief.
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said she has not ruled out imposing tariffs on China's green energy exports. To discuss, we FEATURE Ann Lee. Lee is an internationally recognized leading authority on China’s economic relations. Ann is the author of the book What the U.S. Can Learn from China, an award winning international bestseller, and the book Will China’s Economy Collapse? She is a former faculty member at Peking University, New York University, and Pace University where she taught macroeconomics and financial derivatives and was made an honorary professor at Sias University. Media includes: The New York Times, The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, Newsweek, Businessweek, Fortune, Forbes, CBS, CNN, CNBC.
Following a drone attack on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, Russia has blamed Ukraine for the "dangerous" attack. In turn, Ukraine has accused Russia of spreading "fake" information. To discuss, we FEATURE Katarzyna Kubiak. Kubiak is the politico-military officer at the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) mission to Moldova. She has over a decade of professional experience in academia, think tanks, NGOs and IGOs, advising European decision-makers and facilitating international security dialogue on conventional and nuclear arms control, risk reduction, nonproliferation, and new emerging technologies, mainly in the NATO-Russia context. Extensive media experience.
April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. To discuss, we FEATURE Carolyn West. West is professor of clinical psychology in the School of Interdisciplinary Arts & Sciences and affiliate professor in the Department of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies at the University of Washington. She is a nationally recognized Black feminist scholar who investigates gender-based violence in the lives of African American women, with a focus on domestic violence, sexual assault, and sexual harassment. West has authored more than 70 academic publications and is editor/contributor of "Violence in the Lives of Black Women: Battered, Black, and Blue (Routledge, 2002). She has taught courses on sex crimes and sexual violence, family violence, and the psychology of Black Women for more than 30 years. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Essence Magazine, BC.
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