The Heritage Foundation's 25-year plan for a conservative president, which mentions Donald Trump 300 or so times, is a blue-print for a conservative government and states that it would undo "damage" done during Joe Biden's presidency. To discuss, we FEATURE Shanthi Kalathil. Kalathil is an advisor, consultant and speaker on national security, democratic resilience, and strategic competition in the information age. She is a visiting senior fellow at the German Marshall Fund of the United States and a senior fellow at the University of Southern California. Under President Biden, Kalathil served as Deputy Assistant to the President and Coordinator for Democracy and Human Rights at the National Security Council, where she oversaw the organization of the inaugural Summit for Democracy and the development of the first U.S. Strategy on Countering Corruption, among other initiatives. Before joining the Biden Administration, Kalathil was the senior director of the International Forum for Democratic Studies at the National Endowment for Democracy. Media includes: Voice of America, NPR, BBC.

This week, Donald Trump's classified documents trial continues in Judge Aileen M. Cannon’s Florida courtroom. To discuss, we FEATURE Susan Estrich. Estrich's scholarly interests are in law and politics, criminal law, and gender discrimination. At USC Law, she teaches criminal law, gender discrimination, and election law. Her scholarly publications include Real Rape; Getting Away with Murder: Politics, Crime, and the Rule of Law; Dangerous Offenders; and Sex at Work. Her most recent book is Soulless: Ann Coulter and the Right-Wing Church of Hate. 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 the host of “No Holding Back” podcast.

Karla Jacinto, the sex trafficking victim whose story was used by Alabama Sen. Katie Britt in a Republican response to Biden's State of the Union address, has spoken out against the Senator. Jacinto denounced Britt for lacking empathy by using her story for political gain. To discuss, we FEATURE Rochelle Keyhan. Keyhan offers ten years of experience in government and nonprofit organizations as an advocate for vulnerable populations, leveraging in-depth experience in gender-based violence issues, including domestic violence, sexual violence, and human trafficking. She is called on as an expert on combatting human trafficking for government officials, financial institutions, and other for-profit and non-profit corporations across the United States. Media includes: The Washington Post, Associated Press, News York Magazine, Chicago Tribune, Philadephia Inquirer, NBC, CBS, ABC.

The World Food Programme has reported that the war in Sudan has resulted in 25 million people being left without food. To discuss, we FEATURE Laurie Adams. Adams is the chief executive officer of Women for Women International (WfWI), a leading global organization that works with women survivors of war in Afghanistan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kosovo, the Kurdistan Region of Iraq, Nigeria, Rwanda, and South Sudan offering support, tools, and access to life-changing skills to move women and communities from crisis and poverty to stability and economic self-sufficiency. A life-long women’s rights advocate, Adams has devoted her life to eradicating all forms of injustice – poverty, gender-based violence, inequality and racism, and other forms of human rights abuses. Media includes: The Huffington Post, The Guardian, ABC, CBS, NBC, BBC.

NATO intelligence estimates that Russia has produced nearly three times as many artillery shells than the U.S. and Europe ahead of plans for an offensive attack on Ukraine. To discuss, we FEATURE Irina Tsukerman. Tsukerman is a human rights and national security lawyer based in New York. She runs a boutique national security law practice. She specializes in information warfare; she has written and spoken extensively on active measures by Russia, China, and Iran and influence campaigns by Middle Eastern state actors, as well as on the impact of active measures and influence campaigns on the human rights and NGO world; she has also published on a wide range of global issues touching on energy, geostrategy, strategical alliances, Great Power competition and its impact on geopolitics, domestic policy, and business, information security and digital rights/cybersecurity, big tech, terrorism and extremism, as well as issues in intelligence and counterintelligence. Media includes: Al Jazeera, NY Post, Daily News, CNN.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken made his way to Jamaica on Monday to attend a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) meeting to discuss the crisis in Haiti. To discuss, we FEATURE Johanna Leblanc. For nearly 3 years ending in 2022, Leblanc served as a senior advisor to three sitting Haitian ambassadors to the United States and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. She now leads the global public policy practice at Admoni Advisory Group, and serves as an adjunct professor at Howard University. Lebanc is a trained lawyer who specializes in national security law and foreign affairs. She has advised Ambassadors, foreign ministers, members of Congress, local governments, and NGOs on matters ranging from bilateral and trade relations to military assistance and sanctions. Media includes: Voice of America, Roland Martin Unfiltered, Fox.

The population within state and federal prisons is rapidly aging, with the number of incarcerated people over 50 being five times larger than it was three decades ago. This has brought up concerns about whether prisons are equipped to handle the medical needs of older people. To discuss, we FEATURE MiAngel Cody. As a lawyer, Cody, who now serves as the lead counsel for The Decarceration Collective, is nationally recognized for her dedicated defense of men and women sentenced to life in federal prison. She has defended hundreds of people in federal court and won freedom for 40 prisoners sentenced to life in prison for drugs. Cody has seen incarcerated fathers and mothers kiss children goodbye. She’s watched judges lament that mandatory sentencing laws left them hamstrung with no discretion. She’s seen people leave prison with no ID card, no home, no medicine, no methadone, no health insurance, no bus card, no education & no job prospects. She has stood with many people as they were sent into cages. Media includes: The Hill, Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, Salon, Huffington Post, CNN.

The U.S. Department of Justice has begun a criminal investigation into Boeing to look into the incident in January that involved a Boeing 737 Max 9 jet. A panel blew out of an Alaska Airlines aircraft causing passengers to be exposed to outside air midflight. To discuss, we FEATURE K. Denise Rucker Krepp. Krepp is a homeland security, transportation, and sexual assault expert who began her career as an active duty Coast Guard officer in 1998. After September 11, 2001, Krepp was a member of the team that created the Transportation Security Administration and the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. Krepp was a staffer on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee and then served as Chief Counsel at the U.S. Maritime Administration during the first Obama administration. Media includes: The New York Times, The Washington Post, MSNBC.

March is Women's History Month. To commemorate, we FEATURE Aly Palmer. Palmer is a singer/songwriter/artist/activist best known for her ongoing work with the award-winning vocal trio, BETTY. In 2014, the band created The BETTY Effect, a non-profit organization for the empowerment, communication and self-advocacy of women, girls and groups striving for equal rights worldwide. Palmer created the feminist musical revue, CHIX, which served as the closing finale set of the last eleven Michigan Womyn's Music Festivals. Featuring the immense talent showcased at the all-womyn festival, the women's history-themed CHIX shows featured Holly Near, Cris Williamson, the Indigo Girls, Vicki Randle, Toshi Reagon, Jane Siberry, Tamar Kali and countless other brilliant performers and comics. Media includes: Nightline, MTV, NPR.

Today is Equal Pay Day. To discuss, we FEATURE Maya Raghu. Raghu is a senior advisor at the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC). Previously, she served as deputy director of policy at the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs at the U.S. Department of Labor. Prior to July 2021, Raghu was director of workplace equality and senior counsel at the National Women's Law Center in Washington, D.C. There, she led federal and state policy development and advocacy, litigation, public education, and stakeholder engagement focused on women's economic security and employment opportunity, including equal pay, pregnancy discrimination, and sexual harassment, with an emphasis on women of color in low wage jobs. Media includes: The Washington Post, The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, MSNBC, BBC.