In light of Democratic opposition to Neil Gorsuch's nomination for Supreme Court Justice and the likelihood of a filibuster, we SPOTLIGHT Neena Chaudhry. Neena is Director of Education and Senior Counsel at the National Women's Law Center, where she has focused on gender equity in education and health/reproductive rights issues affecting women and girls. Since joining the Center in September 1997, initially as a Georgetown University Women’s Law and Public Policy Fellow, she has participated in litigation and advocacy to enhance the legal protections provided by Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. In addition, Ms. Chaudhry has worked to advance women’s health and reproductive rights through advocacy and public education. Media includes: extensive media experience.
President Trump has accused China of not doing enough to stop a nuclear threat from North Korea and has claimed that he will solve the issue with or without China's help. To discuss, we FEATURE Nina Hachigian. Nina is the former Ambassador of the United States Mission to ASEAN before which she was a Senior Fellow at American Progress. She is the co-author of The Next American Century: How the U.S. Can Thrive as Other Powers Rise (Simon & Schuster, 2008). Nina focuses on great power relationships, international institutions, the U.S.-China relationship, and U.S. foreign policy. Prior to American Progress, Hachigian was a senior political scientist at RAND Corporation and served as the director of the RAND Center for Asia Pacific Policy for four years. Media includes: Fox News, Bill Maher Show, CNN Int’l, Tavis Smiley, All Things Considered.
With President Trump's accusations that the Freedom Caucus is to blame for the failure of his healthcare plan, we FEATURE Leah Wright Riguer. Leah is an author, historian, speaker, and Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Leah is the author of The Loneliness of the Black Republican: Pragmatic Politics and the Pursuit of Power (2015), a book that offers a much-needed critical examination of the tense relationship that exists between African Americans and the GOP. Providing a thorough reading of black voting behavior and opinion over a 60-year period, Leah’s book also analyzes the ideas and actions of black activists, politicians, officials, and intellectuals that worked with and within the Republican Party. Media includes: CNN, MSNBC, CBS News, PBS, NPR, The New York Times, The Washington Post.
April 4th is Equal Pay Day and we FEATURE Latifa Lyles. Latifa was the Director of the Women's Bureau at the U.S. Department of Labor from 2014 until 2017, where she worked to advance and improve standards, practices and opportunities for women in the labor force. In this position, she led the agency's policy and research initiatives, including paid leave for working families and equal pay for women. Lyles also modernized the agency's outreach and communications operations. In collaboration with the White House Council on Women and Girls and Center for American Progress, she led the Department of Labor's efforts for the 2014 White House Summit on Working Families.
Liz Theran
