Judge Tanya S. Chutkan has set a March 4 trial date for Donald Trump's federal election case on charges that he conspired to overthrow the United States government. To discuss, we SPOTLIGHT Susan Estrich. Estrich's scholarly interests are in law and politics, criminal law, and gender discrimination at USC Law. She has clerked for the late Honorable J. Skelly Wright, Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit; and The Honorable John Paul Stevens, Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. She was also special assistant to Senator Edward M. Kennedy, and staff counsel and special assistant to the chief counsel for the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee. She has been actively involved in Democratic presidential politics, serving as national campaign manager of the Dukakis-Bentsen campaign in 1988. Her scholarly publications include Real Rape; Getting Away with Murder: Politics, Crime, and the Rule of Law; Dangerous Offenders; and Sex at Work. Media includes: USA Today, Los Angeles Times, Fox.
A 21 -year-old white gunman walked into a Dollar General in Jacksonville, FL, and killed three Black shoppers on Saturday. The shooter had a handgun and an AR-15 rifle with a swastika on it and the attack has been labeled as one motivated by racial hate. To discuss, we FEATURE Dr. Kelly J. Baker. Baker is a freelance writer who covers religion, higher education, racism, gender, contingent labor, and popular culture. She’s been researching and writing about white supremacy, white nationalism, racism, and religious intolerance for over 15 years. Baker is author of Gospel According to the Klan: The KKK’s Appeal to Protestant America, 1915-1930, which is the first book to analyze the white religious nationalism of the 1920s Klan and the continued legacy of their particular form of white nationalism today. Media includes: The New York Times, The Atlantic, Washington Post, The Chronicle for Higher Education, Religion & Politics.
Monday is Labor Day and with the release of the Department of Labor's August jobs report this week, we FEATURE Elise Gould to discuss current labor issues. Gould ia a senior economist at the Economic Policy Institute. Her research areas include wages, poverty, inequality, economic mobility and health care. She is a co-author of The State of Working America, 12th Edition. Gould authored a chapter on health in The State of Working America 2008/09; co-authored a book on health insurance coverage in retirement; published in venues such as The Chronicle of Higher Education, Challenge Magazine, and Tax Notes; and written for academic journals including Health Economics, Health Affairs, Journal of Aging and Social Policy, Risk Management & Insurance Review, Environmental Health Perspectives, and International Journal of Health Services. She has testified before the U.S. House Committee on Ways and Means, Maryland Senate Finance and House Economic Matters committees, the New York City Council, and the District of Columbia Council. Media excludes: The Washington Post, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, NPR.
Army doctor Maj. Michael D. Stockin is under investigation and faces at least 23 accusations of sexual assault, making it one of the military's largest sex abuse cases. To discuss, we FEATURE Amy Forsythe. Forsythe is an award-winning military journalist who has served five combat deployments covering military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. She was born and raised in Santa Rosa, California and joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 1993 as a combat correspondent. Forsythe is currently a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Navy Reserve serving as a Public Affairs Officer. Her passion for sharing the courage it takes to serve in uniform has made her a highly sought out journalist and inspirational speaker. She also serves on the board and advises non-profit veteran service organizations that provide assistance to military communities and their families. Media includes: The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Newsweek, TIME, CNN, MSNBC, ABC, CBS, NBC.
Beginning next week, France will ban Muslim abaya robes from state-run schools. To discuss, we FEATURE Amani Al-Khatahtbeh. Al-Khatahtbeh is an author, activist, and pioneer in modern media representation. She is the founder and editor-in-chief of the award-winning MuslimGirl.com, the premiere online platform for Muslim women's voices in Western societies. In 2020, Al-Khatahtbeh became the first Muslim woman to run for Congress from New Jersey in U.S. history and among the youngest women of color to run in the national elections. She has spoken alongside President Bill Clinton, Gloria Steinem, Shonda Rhimes and many others and was the youngest jury member to serve at the Cannes Lions Festival of Creativity. Media includes: Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, Forbes, MTV.
The Taliban have banned women from the Band-e-Amir national park in Afghanistan claiming that too many women have not been wearing hijabs inside the park. To discuss, we FEATURE Noorjahan Akbar. Akbar is a feminist advocate and author from Afghanistan. She has worked with several Afghan and global organizations focusing on women’s empowerment and ending gender-based violence and led nation-wide campaigns and protests in defense of human rights. She currently runs Free Women Writers, a collective of activists and writers in Afghanistan and the diaspora advocating for gender equality and social justice, where she’s published two books, دختران رابعه and You Are Not Alone/تو تنها نیستی, a booklet for Afghan women facing violence at home. Media includes: Al Jazeera, The New York Times, Glamour, Forbes.
CPAC chair Matt Schlapp was sued earlier this year for sexual battery. CPAC is now being urged to investigate more sexual misconduct claims against him. To discuss, we FEATURE Lisalyn R. Jacobs. Jacobs is the CEO of Just Solutions: Bringing in justice to counteract injustice, and the former V.P. of Government Relations for Legal Momentum (formerly NOW Legal Defense & Education Fund). She has testified before congressional committees at both the state and federal levels. She has also fought for and secured needed protections for poor women and survivors of violence in a number of key federal laws including two reauthorizations of the Violence Against Women Act (2005 and 2013), the 2006 reauthorization of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families, and the 2009 amendments to the Stimulus law. She has worked closely with the Obama Administration on a variety of criminal and racial justice matters, including policing reform, sexual and domestic violence, campus sexual assault, the school to prison pipeline, and the impact of criminal justice reform on women. Media includes: The New York Times, Fox The Huffington Post, NPR, MSNBC, CNN.
Luis Rubiales, the Spanish soccer federation president, faces intense pressure to resign after he forcibly kissed midfielder Jennifer Hermoso. To discuss, we FEATURE Shireen Ahmed. Ahmed is a multi-platform sports journalist, a TEDx speaker, mentor, and an award-winning sports activist who focuses on the intersections of racism and misogyny in sports. She is an industry expert on Muslim women in sports, and her research and contributions to this topic are immeasurable. Ahmed is a regular contributor to CBC Sports, Muslimah Media Watch and a former global sports correspondent for Safe World For Women and Muslim Women in Sports website. She is part of a team of five women who created the weekly Burn It All Down podcast, the first feminist sports podcast that analyzes sports culture from an intersectional feminist lens. She is on the advisory board of the Football Against Racism in Europe (FARE) organization. Media includes: The Guardian, Teen Vogue, Huffington Post, The Establishment, Vice Sports, Rewire, Bitch Media, CBC.
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