President Trump has cancelled a meeting with the Taliban. The meeting was to discuss peace negotiations and to reach an agreement over reducing U.S. troops in Afghanistan. To discuss, we FEATURE May Jeong. Jeong has been reporting from Afghanistan since January 2013. Through 2015 and 2016, she conducted two major investigations, one on the bombing of the MSF hospital in Kunduz, and another on a drone strike that killed an entire family in Kunar. Since 2013, she has covered various aspects of America’s ongoing war in the country – the results of drone strikes, airstrikes, suicide attacks, as well as failures in border policy, empathy and development theory. Jeong hopes to write the definitive take on the war in Afghanistan through the experience of Helmand province, where the civil war between the US-backed Afghan government forces and the Taliban insurgents has been the deadliest. Media includes: The New York Times, Intercept, Guardian, London Review of Books, New York Times Magazine.

Hurricane Dorian has devastated the Bahamas, leaving dozens dead and hundreds of people missing, while thousands more are being evacuated from the island nation. To discuss, we FEATURE Pia Wanek. Wanek has directed Global Communities' Humanitarian Assistance response for a variety of crises, including Puerto Rico after the hurricanes, the West African Ebola epidemic, the 2014 war in Gaza, and the ongoing Syrian conflict. A seasoned humanitarian assistance professional, Wanek has more than 15 years of experience in the donor community and the NGO world. She worked for USAID’s Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster Assistance for six years, predominantly on East and Central Africa emergency response programs, and supported the civil-military portfolio at the State Department’s Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration and strategic planning and policy development at the Consular Affairs bureau at the State Department. Media includes: DevEx, The Cipher Brief, Vice News.

A new lawsuit has been filed against Lyft. In the lawsuit, 14 women have said that they were sexually assaulted by their drivers and that the ride sharing app has a "sexual predator crisis." To discuss, we FEATURE Sarah Granger. Granger has more than 25 years of experience working at the intersection of technology, media and government. She is an award-winning digital media innovator and bestselling author of The Digital Mystique: How the Culture of Connectivity Can Empower Your Life – Online and Off. Her work focuses on issues related to innovation, digital politics, cybersecurity, online privacy, technology accessibility, and open democracy. In 2011, Sarah founded the Center for Technology, Media & Society, dedicated to educating, informing and connecting stakeholders around converging topics like transparent e-government, high-tech workplace flexibility, and gender bias online. Media includes: CBS News, Good Morning America, NPR, The New York Times, Entrepreneur, Daily Kos, The Washington Post.

Opera singer Plácido Domingo is currently at the center of an investigation by the Opera union to look into sexual harassment allegations against him. To discuss, we FEATURE Maya Raghu. Raghu is a national expert on legal issues concerning the workplace effects of gender-based violence. She is Director of Workplace Equality and Senior Counsel at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C. She leads federal and state policy development and advocacy, litigation, public education, and stakeholder engagement focused on women's economic security and employment opportunity, including equal pay, pregnancy discrimination, and sexual harassment, with an emphasis on women of color in low wage jobs. Prior to joining NWLC, Maya was a senior attorney for six years at Futures Without Violence in Washington, D.C., where her work focused on the intersection of economic security, gender and human trafficking. Media includes: PBS Newshour, NPR, The New York Times.

On September 20, Amazon workers will be walking out to protest against the company's inaction against climate change. To discuss, we FEATURE Connie Razza. Razza is Vice President, Policy & Research, at Demos. Previously, she directed Center for Popular Democracy’s broad-ranging research efforts pertaining to immigrant and civil rights, economic and community justice, and good government. Previously Razza worked for Community Labor United (CLU), a coalition of base-building community organizations and labor unions in Boston. She has been a strategic research campaigner for more than a decade, working primarily on campaign design and implementation for labor union organizing drives. Media includes: The Guardian, The New York Times.

U.S. regulators have stated that Juul, the electronic cigarette company, has violated U.S. law through its marketing that claim their products are safer than regular cigarettes. To discuss, we FEATURE Helen Redmond. Redmond is an expert in substance use, legal and illegal. She is a founder of Nicotine Harm Reduction Consultants and provides training and consultation on mental health, nicotine use, electronic cigarettes and the politics of vaping. For over a decade, Redmond has worked as a licensed clinical social worker with drug users in medical and community mental health settings. Media includes: The Influence, Alternet, GRITtv with Laura Flanders.