Protests have spread after multiple states have passed bills with severe restrictions on abortion access. To discuss, we FEATURE Renee Bracey Sherman. Bracey Sherman is an award-winning reproductive justice activist and the author of Saying Abortion Aloud: Research and Recommendations for Public Abortion Storytellers and Organizations. She is an activist with extensive advocacy, messaging, and digital media experience consulting with organizations in the reproductive health, rights, and justice movements, including Forward Together and Strong Families, the Sea Change Program, Reproductive Health Technologies Project, and the Bay Area Doula Project. Media includes: BBC, The Guardian, EBONY, Salon, Fusion, TIME, The Atlantic.

U.S. Customs and Border Protection has used the $1.57 billion in federal funding to put up a border fence that is 1.7 miles long. To discuss, we FEATURE Doris Meissner. Meissner, former Commissioner of the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS), is a Senior Fellow at the Migration Policy Institute, where she directs MPI’s work on US immigration policy. She also contributes to MPI’s work on international immigration policymaking in an era of globalization and national security, the politics of immigration, administering immigration systems and government agencies, and migration management cooperation with other countries. Extensive media experience.

Theresa May has offered Members of Parliament a second referendum in the new Brexit vote. To discuss, we FEATURE Valerie Rouxel-Laxton. Rouxel-Laxton is a Nonresident Senior Fellow at the Atlantic Council's Global Business and Economics Program. She is also a Consultant on economics and development impact at the IFC (International Finance Corporation, the World Bank Group). Before taking on her role at the Atlantic Council, Rouxel-Laxton was Head of Economics and Finance for the EU delegation in the U.S. and prior to that she was Head of Sector, Countries of the G20, for the European Commission. She is an international economic affairs specialist, specialised in European integration and global economic trends. Extensive media experience. 

Calls for impeaching President Trump have increased among Democrats following former White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II's refusal to testify for the House Judiciary Committee despite receiving a subpoena. To discuss, we FEATURE Lisa Maatz. Maatz is the former Vice President of the American Association of University Women, where she worked to advance AAUW’s priority issues on Capitol Hill, in the White House, and in coalition with other organizations. Maatz also provides leadership to several coalitions working to advance opportunities for women and girls, including the National Coalition for Women and Girls in Education and the Paycheck Fairness Act Coalition. Recently featured in the book “Secrets of Powerful Women,” Maatz has developed a reputation for her strategic approach to legislation and advocacy. Media includes: The Washington Post, Associated Press, USA Today, Wall Street Journal, MSNBC. 

Following former White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn II's refusal to testify before the House Judiciary Committee, subpoenas have been sent to former top staffer Hope Hicks and McGahn's former chief of staff Annie Donaldson. To discuss, we FEATURE Christina M. Greer. Greer  is an Associate Professor of Political Science and American Studies at Fordham University (Lincoln Center Campus). Her primary research and teaching interests are presidential politics, racial and ethnic politics, American urban centers, and campaigns and elections. Her additional research interests also include transportation, mayors and public policy in urban centers. Media includes: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Newsday, Associated Press, MSNBC, NPR.

McDonald's workers have sued the company alleging that they were sexually harassed while on the job. To discuss, we FEATURE Sheerine Alemzadeh. Alemzadeh is an attorney and the co-founder and co-director of Healing to Action, a non-profit organization building a worker-led movement to end gender violence. A legal expert on workplace sexual violence, she has forged strategic partnerships across the nation to develop community-based, survivor-centered responses to gender-based violence against low-wage workers. In addition to litigating sexual harassment, sexual assault, and civil rights cases, Sheerine co-founded the Coalition Against Workplace Sexual Violence, a collaboration between rape crisis agencies, civil rights organizations, workers centers, and government agencies. Media includes: Huffington Post, Role Reboot, Chicago Reporter, Labor Notes.

A recent report found that less than 5% of incoming company CEOs were women, a decrease from 2017's 6%. To discuss, we FEATURE Susan F. Shultz. In 2002, Shultz founded The Board Institute, Inc., to improve boards of directors through a suite of web-based, independent, educational tools to help directors evaluate, educate and benchmark their boards, committees and individual directors. She is recognized as a leading expert in corporate governance and executive search. She authored the highly acclaimed The Board Book, Making Your Corporate Board a Strategic Force in your Company's Success (AMACOM). Media includes: The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, USA Today, Strategic Finance, The Economist.