The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that Europe is experiencing a surge in COVID-19 deaths, particularly in Germany and Eastern Europe. To discuss, we FEATURE Sara (Meg) Davis. Davis is a leading expert on global health and human rights, with a specific expertise on digital health and human rights. She is a special advisor at the Global Health Centre, Graduate Institute, Geneva, and teaches courses on sexual violence in conflicts and emergencies for humanitarian program managers at the Geneva Centre for Humanitarian Studies. Media includes: The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Bloomberg, Reuters, BBC, NPR.

The UN Climate Change Conference, or COP26, is underway in Glasgow, UK and will continue until November 12th. To discuss, we FEATURE Barbara Buchner. Buchner is Global Managing Director of the widely renowned Climate Finance program at Climate Policy Initiative. She is the lead author on CPI's 'Global Landscape of Climate Finance' analyses, which has set the benchmark for climate finance tracking, and 'Climate Finance in 2013-14 and the USD 100 billion Goal' - a joint report with the OECD that played a seminal role in the lead up to the 2015 Paris Agreement. Specializing in climate finance, energy finance, energy, climate policy, multilateral finance, international negotiations and innovative finance, Buchner advises high-level leaders on climate, energy, and sustainable investments around the world. Media includes: Reuters, Bloomberg News, Wall Street Journal, Financial Times, New York Times.

Today, Vice President Kamala Harris began her four-day trip to Paris aimed at strengthening the U.S. and France's relationship following a U.S.-British submarine deal with Australia. To discuss, we FEATURE Katarzyna Kubiak. Kubiak is a Policy Fellow on nuclear and arms control policy at the European Leadership Network (ELN) in London. Previously, she was a Transatlantic Post-Doc Fellow for International Relations and Security at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies (IFS), an associate at the German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP), a research assistant at the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH), a field researcher for the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START) and a fellow in the German Bundestag. Media includes: Deutsche Welle, Russia Today.

Last week, Congress passed the $1.2 trillion infrastructure bill, and the Democrats are now turning their attention to Biden's Build Back Better plan, which includes four weeks of paid family and medical leave. To discuss, we FEATURE Vicki Shabo. Shabo is an expert on workplace gender equity and work/family policies in the United States, including paid family and medical leave and equal pay. As a strategist and analyst, she is steeped in both policy details and the political dynamics that typically surround policymakers’ consideration of these policies. Over the last decade, Shabo has been deeply involved in the development and enactment of federal, state and local workplace policies affecting tens of millions of working people. She interacts regularly with federal and state policymakers, business and industry leaders, advocates and researchers who share her interest in promoting more equitable workplaces. Media includes: Los Angeles Times, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Salon, Philadelphia Inquirer, CBS, CNN.

The Astroworld music festival in Houston turned deadly last Friday during a crowd surge that left eight people dead and several others injured. To discuss, we FEATURE Dina Doll. Doll is an attorney, television legal analyst and certified mediator. She is an official legal analyst for the Law & Crime Network. She has also provided countless hours of live commentary for the network involving all aspects of criminal trails including unpredictable witness testimony, pre-trial hearings and sentencing hearings. She has provided legal analysis on almost all the high-profile cases over the past year including those involving: Harvey Weinstein, George Floyd, Huawei, Britney Spears, the Texas abortion law, Smartmatic, Dominion and the Flint water crisis. Media includes: Access Hollywood, Spectrum News, The Young Turks.

A missing 16-year-old girl was rescued in Kentucky after using a hand gesture she'd learned on TikTok to signal a driver for help. To discuss, we FEATURE Deja Foxx. Foxx, who is her early 20s, is leading thought at the intersection of social justice and social media. She is an expert on TikTok, influencer marketing, and internet culture. Foxx is the founder of GenZ Girl Gang, a student at Columbia University, and a Digital Creator with Ford Models who got her start advocating for reproductive justice after experiencing homelessness in her teenage years. At just 19, she worked for Kamala Harris as the Influencer and Surrogate Strategist and became one of the youngest presidential campaign staffers in modern history. Media includes: The Washington Post, Rolling Stone, Teen Vogue, Vice, CNN, CBC.

Thursday is Veteran's Day. To commemorate, we FEATURE Graciela Tiscareño-Sato. Tiscareño-Sato is a bilingual Latina military veteran (former aviator), keynote speaker, feminist and 10-time award-winning author and publisher, with more than 18 years’ experience publishing and speaking to inspire students from preschool to B (business) school. As a globally-mobile bilingual professional, she has a special interest in using her military and professional adventures, plus hard lessons learned in 12 years of advocating for her teen daughter who is blind, to raise expectations for young Latino students, while helping ALL Americans see the positive economic and social contributions of Latinos in the USA. Media includes: Redbook, The New York Times, Costco Connection, Fox News Latino, La Opinión, NBC News.

November is American Indian Heritage Month. To commemorate, we FEATURE Amanda Clinton. Clinton is the owner and principal of A.R. Clinton: Communications, Content and Strategies. She has more than 20 years of experience in the fields of media, public relations, marketing, community relations, television and film, public policy and political communications. For nearly 15 years, she oversaw external communications for the Cherokee Nation and its corporate arm, Cherokee Nation Businesses. She created and was a producer for the first all-Native American directed and produced docuseries, “Osiyo, Voices of the Cherokee People,” which highlights tribal culture, history, heritage and language. Media includes: Tulsa World, Native Business Magazine, The Mercury News, HuffPost, CBS News.