The Judiciary Committee will have its first impeachment hearing on Wednesday. To discuss, we FEATURE Claire Wofford. Wofford is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the College of Charleston in Charleston, South Carolina. Her teaching and research interests are in the field of American politics, with a particular emphasis on the U.S. legal system and political power. She offers courses on American Government, the Judiciary, Constitutional Law, Civil Liberties, and Gender and the Law at the undergraduate level. Extensive media experience.
Former FBI lawyer Lisa Page has broken her silence about President Trump's attacks on her. This is right before the Department of Justice Inspector General's Russia report will be released. To discuss, we FEATURE Danielle Brian. Since 1993, Brian has been the Executive Director of the Project On Government Oversight (POGO). Under Brian's direction, POGO filed and won a lawsuit against then-Attorney General John Ashcroft for retroactively classifying FBI documents; exposed wasteful spending, which led to the cancellation of some of the government’s largest contracts; and successfully pushed for reforms that bolstered both the independence and accountability of the federal Inspectors General system. Media includes: Washington Post, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, USA TODAY, ABC, NBC, CBS, Fox News.
Participants from over 200 countries are gathering in Madrid for COP25 to discuss the current climate emergency. To discuss, we FEATURE Dr. Achala Abeysinghe. Dr. Abeysinghe is a Principal Researcher and Team Leader of Climate Law, Policy and Governance Programme at International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London. Dr. Abeysinghe also works as the legal advisor to the Chair of the Least Developed Countries Group- a group of 48 countries, in the UN climate change negotiations. Media includes: The Conversation, Dhaka Tribune, Inside Climate News.
On Monday, President Trump announced that he imposed aluminum and steel tariffs on Brazil and Argentina, and a variety of tariffs on France, which will likely widen an ongoing global trade war. To discuss, we FEATURE Sarah Anderson. Anderson is the Director of the Global Economy Program at the Institute for Policy Studies, a multi-issue research and education center founded in Washington, DC, in 1963. She is a co-author of the books Field Guide to the Global Economy (New Press, 2005) and Alternatives to Economic Globalization (Berrett-Koehler, 2004) as well as dozens of studies and articles on the impact of trade and investment liberalization on communities, workers, the poor, and the environment. Media includes: The New York Times, South Florida Sun-Sentinel, CNBC, MSNBC, CBS News.
The Supreme Court will hear its first Second Amendment case in nearly a decade, when it considers a repealed law in which the city of New York limited city residents from transporting guns outside their homes. To discuss, we FEATURE Debbie Hines. Hines is a Washington, DC based trial attorney, legal analyst, former Baltimore prosecutor and member of the Supreme Court bar. She is an expert in criminal law, high profile criminal cases, gun control and gun laws, police brutality, death penalty, domestic violence and Supreme Court cases. She often addresses legal/political issues at the intersection of gender, race and class. Media includes: Al Jazeera, BET, C-SPAN, CBS, CCTV, MSNBC, PBS, Sky News, Fox 5 News.
China has banned the U.S. Navy from visiting Hong Kong after Washington passed pro-democracy laws in support of the protestors in Hong Kong. To discuss, we FEATURE Bonnie Glaser. Glaser is a senior adviser for Asia and the director of the China Power Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS), where she works on issues related to Asia-Pacific security with a focus on Chinese foreign and security policy. Glaser has worked for more than three decades at the intersection of Asia-Pacific geopolitics and U.S. policy. From 2008 to mid-2015, she was a senior adviser with the CSIS Freeman Chair in China Studies. Media includes: The New York Times, International Herald Tribune, CNN, BBC, NPR.
Gordon D. Sondland, U.S. ambassador to the European Union, has been accused of sexual harassment by three women. To discuss, we FEATURE Robin Leeds. Leeds is the founder and managing director of Winning Strategies LLC, a public affairs and political consulting firm based in Washington, DC. Leeds has devoted her career to expanding access to economic, civil, and social opportunities for all Americans and is a powerful voice for women, people of color, the LGBTQ community, and other underrepresented groups. While serving at the Clinton White House Office on Women’s Initiatives and Outreach, Leeds coordinated domestic public policy and constituency engagement efforts and led numerous domestic and international women’s initiatives on behalf of the President and First Lady. As a Clinton appointee, Leeds shaped public policy on fair pay, Title IX, affirmative action, voter protection, reproductive rights, health, domestic violence, and sexual harassment. Media includes: Politico, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, France 24.
The Screen Actors Guild‐American Federation of Television and Radio Artists, or Sag-Aftra, will be investigating Gabrielle Union's departure from America's Got Talent following Union's concern about a toxic work environment after being told her hair was "too black" for the television show. To discuss, we FEATURE Dr. Katherine Elizabeth Giscombe. Dr. Giscombe is a Diversity & Inclusion thought leader, researcher, and organizational change practitioner. She designed and led the groundbreaking study on race and gender in the workplace, Women of Color in Corporate Management: Opportunities and Barriers, which was sponsored by the Ford Foundation and the non-profit organization Catalyst. Media includes: The Hill, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, The Boston Globe, CBS, NPR, Fox.
NATO leaders are currently meeting in London. To discuss, we FEATURE Nina Jankowicz. Jankowicz is a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute currently working on a book about the evolution of modern Russian influence campaigns in Eastern Europe. In 2018 she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on responses to disinformation. Previously, she advised the Ukrainian government on strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Prior to her Fulbright grant in Ukraine, Jankowicz managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Foreign Policy, The Wilson Quarterly, CNN.
Amazon recently pulled Auschwitz-themed Christmas ornaments from its website after being accused of promoting anti-Semitism. To discuss, we FEATURE Dr. Ruth Priscilla Kirstein. Kirstein is an expert on German history and anti-Jewish and anti-refugee violence in Germany. Her PhD dissertation investigates the early days of the controversial German neuropsychiatrist Alfred Erich Hoche (1865-1943), often accused of having laid the intellectual groundwork for euthanasia during WWII, in Strasbourg. At the German Mission to the United Nations, she moderated the medical symposium "Rethinking Trauma as a Global Challenge." Media includes: Free Speech TV, France 24, The New York Times.
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