San Francisco police have raided journalist Bryan Carmody's home after Carmody refused to reveal a source in a piece he wrote about the death of San Francisco public defender, Jeff Adachi. To discuss, we FEATURE Dr. Laura Castañeda. Dr. Castañeda is a Professor of Professional Practice at the School of Journalism, and has been a staff writer and columnist for The San Francisco Chronicle, The Dallas Morning News, and a staff writer and editor at The Associated Press in San Francisco, New York and Mexico. Media includes: The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, BusinessWeek Online, Women’s Wire, LAMagazine.com, USA Today.

The trial for the officer that killed Eric Garner began yesterday. In 2014, Officer Daniel Pantaleo was seen on camera holding Garner down in a chokehold despite the latter telling the officer "I can't breathe." 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. Hines 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. Media includes: The Huffington Post, The Washington Post, Baltimore Sun, Al Jazeera, BET, C-SPAN, CBS, CCTV, MSNBC, PBS.   

Georgia has become the fifth state to pass laws to ban abortion at six weeks, which is when doctors say a fetal heartbeat can be detected. Many have criticized the law, stating that many women are unaware they are pregnant at six weeks. To discuss, we FEATURE Quita Tinsley. Tinsley currently serves as the Deputy Director of Access Reproductive Care - Southeast, where they focus on strengthening ARC-Southeast's operations, programs, and organizational voice. They are a fat, Black, queer femme that writes, organizes, and overall works to build sustainable change in their home, the South. Media includes: The Body Is Not An Apology, Feministing, Scalawag, USA Today, Ebony.com, the Cornell Policy Review.

Scientists have found that CO2 levels have surpassed 415 parts per million, which is the highest it's ever been in human history. To discuss, we FEATURE Kim Knowlton. Knowlton is a senior scientist with NRDC in New York City. She is also assistant clinical professor of environmental health sciences at the Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; and chair of the Global Climate Change and Health Topic Committee of the American Public Health Association’s Environment Section. Her work focuses on the health effects of climate change; advocating for strategies to prepare for and prevent these impacts, especially for our most vulnerable communities; and making health a more central feature of national, state, and local climate change adaptation plans. Media includes: NBC Nightly News, Bloomberg News, Reuters, NPR. 

With the 2020 presidential race beginning and candidates announcing their run for office, we FEATURE Nichole M. Bauer. Bauer is an Assistant Professor of Political Communication in the Department of Political Science & the Manship School of Mass Communication at Louisiana State University. Before coming to LSU, she was an Assistant Professor in the Political Science Department at the University of Alabama. She studies the challenges facing women in politics as candidates, lawmakers, and voters.  Her current research investigates how and when voters rely on gender stereotypes to evaluate female candidates. She uses an interdisciplinary approach to understanding the dynamics of gender stereotypes in political campaigns by incorporating theories from psychology, mass communication, and political science. Media includes: NPR. 

May is Asian American Heritage Month and to commemorate, we FEATURE Seema Agnani. Agnani is the Executive Director of the National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development (National CAPACD) – a coalition of more than 100 community-based organizations in 19 states and the Pacific Islands. Collectively the coalition improves the lives of over two-million Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders who live in poverty by providing voice, tools, and shared knowledge to drive change. Media includes: The Nation, The New York Times, Comcast Newsmakers, WNYC.