The final vote in President Trump's impeachment trial is set for Wednesday. 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.

On Friday, President Trump added six additional countries to his travel ban: Nigeria, Myanmar, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Sudan and Tanzania. This will restrict travel from these countries as well as prevent immigrants applying to move to the U.S. To discuss, we FEATURE Yesenia Chavez. Chavez serves as the ACLU's Immigrants' Rights Policy Analyst within the National Political Advocacy Department. Prior to ACLU, she was the Immigrant Women's Health and Rights Policy Analyst at the National Latina Institute for Reproductive Health, and led the organization's immigration policy efforts against the detention of pregnant individuals, family separation, ICE & CBP funding, and the organization's campaign on the "public charge" rule. Media includes: The Atlantic, Good Morning Washington.

Today, President Trump will deliver his annual State of the Union address. To discuss, we FEATURE Jennifer Mercieca. Mercieca is an historian of American political discourse, especially discourses about citizenship, democracy, and the presidency. Her scholarship combines American history with rhetorical and political theory in an effort to understand democratic practices. Mercieca is an expert on the State of the Union and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses on Political Communication, Presidential Rhetoric, Rhetorical Theory, and the History of American Public Discourse. She is the author of Founding Fictions and the co-Editor of The Rhetoric of Heroic Expectations: Establishing the Obama Presidency. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, Huffington Post, BBC, WPR.

February is Black History Month! To commemorate, we FEATURE Kristal Brent Zook. Zook is the author of three books: I See Black People: Interviews with African American Owners of Radio and Television, Black Women's Lives: Stories of Power and Pain, and Color By Fox: the Fox Network and the Revolution in Black Television. She speaks regularly on popular culture and gender, multiracial identity and blackness, as well as social justice issues involving health, the environment and criminal justice. Media includes: Essence, The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, NPR, CNN, MSNBC, C-SPAN, MTV, Fox.

In a recently published New York Times investigation, the publication found that many current and former employees and models for Victoria's Secret endured a culture of sexual harassment, alleging that executives Ed Razek and Leslie Wexner acted inappropriately. To discuss, we FEATURE Cheryl Priest Ainsworth. Ainsworth is an experienced litigator and trial attorney. Her experience ranges from representing individuals to family-run companies, as well as multi-billion-dollar national corporations, and taking on big banks and rap stars. She represents plaintiffs and defendants in diverse industries including film, music, professional sports, apparel, warehousing and distribution, commercial real estate, and technology. Ainsworth has prosecuted and defended claims of sexual harassment, discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. Media includes: Los Angeles Business Journal, ATTN, WRUF, KGO 810 Radio.

Rep. Rodney Garcia, a state lawmaker in Montana, recently stated at an election event that the U.S. Constitution allowed socialists to be shot or imprisoned. To discuss, we FEATURE Maria Svart. Svart is National Director of the Democratic Socialists of America, a national political organization with local groups rooted in every state, funded and run democratically by members, that seeks to build a mass movement and transfer power from the ruling elite to the working class, and gain freedom & democratic control over all aspects of our society. Prior to her role as National Director, she was on the organization's national board, and prior to that one of the national co-chairs of its student wing, the Young Democratic Socialists of America. Media includes: The New York Times, USA Today, Al Jazeera, The New Yorker, The Washington Post, the Daily Show, Bustle, CNN, NBC, NPR, C-SPAN, Fox News.

The 2020 Academy Awards are on Sunday. To discuss, we FEATURE Melissa Silverstein. Silverstein is the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood, an initiative and website that educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in Hollywood and the global film industry. She is a speaker and consultant with extensive expertise in the area of women and Hollywood. She is also the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College which is a weekend of inspiring films that tell the extraordinary stories of fierce and fearless female leaders. Media includes: The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Guardian, Forbes, More Magazine, CNN, BBC.

The Wuhan coronavirus has caused concern for companies that rely on Chinese factories for its products. The stock market has plunged since the start of the outbreak. To discuss, we FEATURE Michele Wucker. Wucker is the author of the international bestseller THE GRAY RHINO: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore. She coined the term "gray rhino" as a metaphor for obvious risks that are neglected despite their size and likelihood. Drawing on three decades of experience in financial media and think tank management, turnarounds, and policy analysis, Wucker in 2015 founded the strategic advisory firm Gray Rhino & Company. She speaks regularly on risk management, leadership, macro strategy, and decision-making for high-level global audiences. Media includes: The New York Times, Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, CNN, CNBC, MSNBC.

Today is World Cancer Day. To discuss, we FEATURE A. Susana Ramírez, PhD, MPH. Ramírez is an expert in media, inequality and dietary health, and Latinx culture. Her program of research aims to advance the science of communication to improve population health. One line of research examines the nature of the public information environment (i.e., news, advertising, social media, misinformation), how people make sense of it, and how that affects health. Her research has been published in top interdisciplinary journals, and has been funded by the National Cancer Institute, the National Institute for Minority Health & Health Disparities, the National Institute on Aging, the U.S. Agency for International Development, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and BuoyHealth. Media includes: Huffington Post, Univisión, NPR, ABC.