The Roundtable Panel: a daily open discussion of issues in the news and beyond. Today's panelists are Allison Kavey, a professor in the history department at John Jay College of Criminal Justice (CUNY); Aaron Pacitti, an economics professor at Siena University; Larissa Phillips, the founder and director of the Volunteer Literacy Project, as well as a columnist for The Free Press and a Greene County resident; and Kathy Sheehan, the former mayor of Albany.