The Leslie Marshall Show

3/20/19

 

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

They are joined by a pair of guests as they discuss two different topics today.

The first topic is the bipartisan Equality Act, which was re-introduced in Congress last week. This crucial piece of legislation would ban discrimination against LGBTQ people in all aspects of life. The expert guest on this topic is the Law and Policy Director for Lamba Legal, Jenny Pizer. Her Twitter handle is @JennyPizer and the handle for Lamda Legal is @LamdaLegal.

The second topic is HIV and AIDS. HIV/AIDS is not the death-sentence it used to be for many HIV+ positive Americans, but it’s still ravaging the LGBTQ community, and Black Americans continue to be disproportionately impacted by HIV and AIDS – accounting for 43% of new HIV diagnoses, despite being only 13% of the population.

The expert guest on this topic is Raniyah Copeland, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Black AIDS Institute (BAI). Her Twitter handle is @Raniyah143 and the handle for the Black AIDS Institute (BAI) is @BlackAids.

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

3/19/19

Leslie is joined by Amjad Mahmood Khan, the National Spokesperson of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA.

The two discuss the calls by Muslim Americans and others for action against rising bigotry in the wake of the New Zealand terrorist attack.

The website for the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA is TrueIslam.com and Mr. Khan's Twitter handle is @AmjadmKhanESQ.

3/19/19

Leslie is joined by Kristin Heidelbach-Teramoto, a 15 year veteran of the Teamsters and currently heads the Teamsters’ State of California Cannabis Division. Kristin is also an International Rep of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters and works closely with cannabis industry professionals, across the country, to meet compliance and ordinance requirements mandated by local, county, and state regulations. Her role in the industry has been praised by political, labor, and industry leaders as she educates and empowers individuals that support fair wages and benefits in the industry. Kristin also recently made Green Market Report's list of "100+ Of The Most Important Women In Weed 2019."

Leslie and Kristin discuss the benefits of unionization in the cannabis industry and the important role of women in this rapidly expanding field.

Visit www.teamster.org for more information. Follow them on Twitter @Teamsters and “like” them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/teamsters. Kristin's Twitter handle is @LadyCannabis7.s

3/18/19

The guest host for today's show is Brad Bannon, who runs Bannon Communications Research, a polling, message development and media firm which helps labor unions, progressive issue groups and Democratic candidates win public affairs and political campaigns. Today is episode #2 of his new show, 'Deadline D.C. with Brad Bannon.'

Brad was first joined by Amie Parnes, National Political Correspondent for 'The Hill' and co-author of 'Shattered,' the number one New York Times' best selling book on the 2016 presidential election. Amie's Twitter handle is @AmieParnes.

The two discuss the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary race, including how Rep. Beto O'Rourke announcing his candidacy has affected the contest.

Brad's second guest is Craig Holman, Government Affairs Lobbyist for Public Citizen, a nonprofit consumer advocacy organization that champions the public interest in the halls of power. They were instrumental in the passage of HR1, the sweeping ethics in government legislation that easily passed the House and is awaiting action in the Senate. That is today's topic of conversation between Brad and Craig.Public Citizen's website is Citizen.org and their Twitter handle is @Public_Citizen.

Brad is a regular contributor to TheHill.com, as well as DailyCaller.com. He’s also a senior adviser to and contributing editor for Tiller4you.com, the social media network for politics.

He lectures in Political Science at Salem State University in Salem, Massachusetts. His website is BannonCR.com and his Twitter handle is @BradBannon.

3/15/19

Today's guest host is Anisha Singh, formerly of Generation Progress, and now with Planned Parenthood.

Anisha is joined by the following guests as they discuss Women's History Month.

Guest: Marita Garrett, Mayor of Wilkinsburg, PA

Tweets: @MaritaGarrett

Guest 2: Allison Zelman, DNC Political Director

Tweets: @AllisonZelman

Guest 3: Shilpa Phadke, VP of Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress

Tweets: @ShilpaPhadke

Anisha Singh's Twitter handle is @Anisha_S113.

The website for 'Planned Parenthood' is PlannedParenthood.org and their Twitter handle is @PPFA.

The website for 'The Center for American Progress' is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

3/13/19

Today's guest hosts are Charlotte Hancock, Communications Director for Generation Progress, and Brent Cohen, Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress.

The two are joined by the following guests as they discuss 'big tech' and online privacy. The discussion includes what companies like Facebook and Google are doing with your private data without you knowing about it. But they aren't the only companies utilizing your private data, cellphone carriers are getting in on the action too by using the geo-location of their unsuspecting customers.

The panel also discusses new efforts to regulate the tech industry and the uphill battle that regulators are facing from industry lobbyists.

Guest 1: Katie McInnis, Staff Attorney, Consumer Reports

Tweets: @katielmcinnis

Guest 2: Remington Gregg, Counsel for Civil Justice and Consumer Rights, Public Citizen

Tweets: @ragregg

Charlotte Hancock's Twitter handle is @CharlatAnne and Brent Cohen's handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.

First, Leslie breaks down the latest headlines of the day, including gripping speeches from Rep. John Lewis and the Arkansas State Senator Stephanie Flowers.

Leslie is then joined by James Lamond, Managing Director of 'The Moscow Project' and Senior Policy Advisor at the Center for American Progress.

Former Trump Campaign Manager Paul Manafort was sentenced to 47 months in federal prison for various 'white collar' crimes, like bank fraud and embezzlement yesterday.

James and Leslie analyze how these crimes may influence how the independent Mueller investigation moves forward with their findings in relation to Donald Trump and his surrogates.

The website for the Center for American Progress is AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter handle is @amprog. James' handle is @jdlamond.

In this hour of 'Generation Progress Takeover,' co-hosts Charlotte Hancock and Brent Cohen are joined by Silvia Zenteno, Director Of Education And Training at 'It's On Us,' a campus sexual assault advocacy group, and Andrea Johnson, Senior Counsel for State Policy for the National Women’s Law Center.

With International Women's Day approaching this Friday, they dedicated this week's show to women's issues, and how the #MeToo movement has progressed after a year in the forefront of the cultural conversation.

Because issues facing women are considered intersectional, meaning it affects persons of color, age, and sexual identity differently, the accomplishments of the #MeToo movement could be considered nuanced and varied. Sexual assault on college campuses continues to be an unaddressed issue by the Trump administration, for example.

Both Silvia Zenteno and Andrea Johnson describe in detail the work yet to be done on this problem, and how young people can better address the problems facing 21st century women.

Follow Silvia's organization on Twitter @ItsOnUs, and Andrea Johnson can be reached via the National Women's Law Center @nwlc.

Charlotte Hancock is the Communications Director for Generation Progress and her Twitter handle is @CharlotteAnne.Brent Cohen is the Executive Director of Generation Progress and the VP of the Center for American Progress. His Twitter handle is @BrentJCohen.

The website for "Generation Progress" is www.GenProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @GenProgress.

Leslie is joined by Sarah Weiss, Executive Director for The Holocaust & Humanity Center, which just had a grand re-opening at the Museum Center in Cincinnati, to national acclaim. 

The two discuss the concept of 'upstanding' (versus bystanding), which The Holocaust & Humanities Center re-introduces. They do do using lessons from the Holocaust in respect to xenophobia, racism, and sexism today.

The website for the Center is HolocaustAndHumanity.org.

In this hour of "Generation Progress Takeover," live from the Center for American Progress in Washington, D.C., Charlotte Hancock and Brent Cohen dive deep into the growing demand for voter registration reform.

It is common knowledge young people on average represent one of the lowest voter turnout demographics in the United States.

To counterbalance this problem, states are beginning to implement same-day and automatic voter registration systems, to better assist young people in exercising their franchises.

In a lengthy report just released by Generation Progress, Charlotte and Brent are joined by three writers of the report on the status of voter pre-registration, same-day registration, and the differences state to state on voter registration deadlines and bureaucracies.

Authors Danielle Root, Voting Rights Manager at CAP, Brittney Souza, Organizing Associate of GP, and Anisha Singh, former Senior Organizing Director of GP, explain the nuances, difficulties, and unnecessary complications voters of all ages experience when registering to vote.

Here are the Twitter handles of today's hosts and guests (minus Danielle Root, as she does not use Twitter).

Charlotte Hancock - @CharlatAnne

Brent Cohen - @BrentJCohen

Brittney Souza - @BrittBee_13

Anisha Singh - @Anisha_S113

The website for "The Center for American Progress" is www.AmericanProgress.org and their Twitter Handle is @amprog.