Tensions are rising in Ukraine as NATO and the U.S. brace for a possible Russian invasion. To discuss, we SPOTLIGHT Nina Jankowicz. Jankowicz is a Global Fellow at the Kennan Institute where she studies the intersection of democracy and technology in Central and Eastern Europe. She is the author of How To Lose the Information War: Russia, Fake News, and the Future of Conflict. In 2018 she testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee on responses to disinformation. Previously, she advised the Ukrainian government on strategic communications under the auspices of a Fulbright-Clinton Public Policy Fellowship. Prior to her Fulbright grant in Ukraine, Jankowicz managed democracy assistance programs to Russia and Belarus at the National Democratic Institute for International Affairs. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, BuzzFeed News, Foreign Policy, The Wilson Quarterly, CNN, PBS.
Workers across many food distribution industries—processing plants, transportation operations, and grocery stores—have had to call in sick with Omicron, causing food shortages across the U.S. To discuss, we FEATURE Susan Helper. Helper is a senior economist who serves on the Council of Economic Advisors at the White House. She is the former Chief Economist for the U.S. Commerce Department. Her research focuses on the globalization of supply chains, and on how U.S. manufacturing might be revitalized. Helper is the the Carlton Professor of Economics at Weatherhead School of Management at Case Western Reserve University. Media includes: The Washington Post, USA Today, The New York Times, Business Week, Wall Street Journal.
The three officers who were on the scene when Derek Chauvin murdered George Floyd are now on trial for failing to intervene. To discuss, we FEATURE Crystol Sills. As co-founder and executive director at Missin Peace—the nation’s only public police misconduct registry, Crystol Sills is the premier expert for police reform. After years of research and studies of countless cases of police misconduct, she and her team have pinpointed a solution to end repeat atrocities of police violence. Starting in 2017, she and co-founder Dr. Jiovanni Felton began developing the Missin Peace Database™. This system aggregates formal police complaints from the public (copies of the records are often buried in internal databases) and makes them accessible to investigative journalists, hiring managers, and civil rights attorneys. Media includes: The Highest Ground Podcast, Ebony News, The Boston Herald, Marketplace.
The Supreme Court has announced that it will reconsider a case involving race-based affirmative action in college admission decisions. To discuss, we FEATURE Veronica I. Arreola. Arreola is a nationally recognized expert on women in higher education and a women’s rights advocate. As the director of Latin@s Gaining Access to Networks for Advancement in Science at the University of Illinois at Chicago, she is charged with the day-to-day management of the team as they strengthen UIC's capacity to be the best campus it can be to nurture Latinx scientists-in-training. Media includes: Bitch Magazine, Ms. Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, Chicago Sun-Times, RH Reality Check.
The New York Attorney General's office released a video showing Chris Cuomo giving testimony on his brother Andrew's sexual harassment scandal. Clips from the testimony reveal that Cuomo used his media contacts to look into the women who accused the former governor. To discuss, we FEATURE Stacy Villalobos. Villalobos is is the acting director of Racial and Economic Justice program at Legal Aid at Work, where she works on issues of racial economic justice. She represents workers fighting discrimination before federal and state courts as well as administrative agencies. Villalobos has experience litigating a wide range of employment issues, including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and wage theft. Villalobos is a Dr. Beatriz Maria Solis Fellow at the Women’s Foundation of California. Media includes: Mercury News, SF Gate, Univision, KQED.
Seven school boards in Virginia have sued Governor Glenn Youngkin after he issued a masks-optional executive order. To discuss, we FEATURE Atima Omara. An experienced political strategist, Omara is President Emeritus of the Young Democrats of America, Democratic National Commitee (DNC) member from Virginia, and Chair of the Planned Parenthood Metro Washington Action Fund Board of Directors. She has worked for a Governor and as staff on over 8 federal, state, and local Democratic campaigns in Virginia and across the country. Her multi-faceted political experience includes campaign management, field organizing, fundraising, and paid communications for coordinated campaigns and independent expenditures. Media includes: The Washington Post, PBS, CNN, BBC, NPR, Fox News.
The House Jan. 6 committee continues its investigation into last year's insurrection. 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 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. Doll has published several legal articles including, ”Tom Girardi’s Downfall Delivers Ethics Lessons for Lawyers”, for Bloomberg Law and “Can the President Get Away with That” explaining presidential immunity, “What can Giuliani Say and Will He?” which applies the legal standard of the attorney-client privilege to the interaction of Rudy Giuliani and President Trump. Media includes: Access Hollywood, Spectrum News, CTV, Newsmax, The Mediator with Ice T, Medias Touch.
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