Professor of Law and Political Science

As violence at rallies in support of Donald Trump escalates, we FEATURE Professor Susan Estrich. Professor Estrich's scholarly interests are in law and politics, criminal law, and gender discrimination and she teaches at USC Law. She has been actively involved in Democratic presidential politics, serving as national campaign manager of the Dukakis-Bentsen campaign in 1988. She is a syndicated columnist for Creators Syndicate, and has written for USA Today and the Los Angeles Times. She is a frequent commentator on law and politics for FOX News, and an occasional talk radio show host. Her scholarly publications include Real Rape; Getting Away with Murder: Politics, Crime, and the Rule of Law; Dangerous Offenders (with Moore, McGillis, & Spellman); and "Sex at Work." Her most recent book is Soulless: Ann Coulter and and the Right-Wing Church of Hate.

Director

To discuss Representative Clark’s soon-to-be-introduced legislation to provide State and local law enforcement with resources to train, enforce, and prosecute cybercrimes against individuals, we FEATURE Soraya Chemaly. Chemaly is a writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion and media. She is the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and organizer of the Safety and Free Speech Coalition, both of which are involved in curbing online abuse, media and tech diversity, and expanding women's freedom of expression. Media includes: CNN, The Atlantic, The Guardian, Salon.

Women's Advocate, Speaker, Journalist, Author, Historian, Media Monitor

To celebrate Women's History Month, we FEATURE Beverly Wettenstein. Wettenstein is a New York City-based journalist, national public speaker, media critic and women’s historian, who monitors daily the news coverage of women – or lack thereof. She is the founder of the first annual “2006 Women and Major Magazines Cover Stories Monitor” in which she reviewed every issue of Business Week, Forbes, Fortune, Newsweek and Time in 2006.She is also the founder of the “Women in History and Making History Today – 365-Days-A-Year Database.” The message in her writing and speeches is “Celebrate Women Every Day!” She is the author of “A WOMAN’S BOOK OF DAYS,” the daily chronicle of “Female Firsts,” Fun Facts, and hundreds of popular and unknown women’s achievements. Media includes: New York Times, Huffington Post, Women's eNews.

CEO & President

To discuss a welcome moment of cross party cooperation - a bipartisan Congressional Civil Rights Pilgrimage to South Carolina taking place this week - we FEATURE Melanie Campbell. Campbell is an expert and passionate advocate on issues impacting African Americans, women, immigrants and youth and the intersection of how politics, public policy, race, gender, class and age impacts quality life for all Americans. Ms. Campbell has a strong knowledge base in Black voter participation, civil rights, voting rights, women’s rights, election reform, Katrina-Rita Gulf Coast recovery and rebuilding, Census Count, youth leadership development, non-profit management and cross-cultural coalition building. Media includes: CNN, The Root, ABC News, Washington Post.