Brandon Smith and Jamie Kalven talk about fighting the City of Chicago to break the Laquan McDonald story. / Jeff Dorchen exercises his Baffler-approved right to be an anti-Hillary misogynist.

Authors Anna Bernasek and D.T. Mongan explain how personal data is being turned against consumers.

Anna and Dan are authors of All You Can Pay: How Companies Use Our Data to Empty Our Wallets from PublicAffairs.

Live from Sao Paulo, Brian Mier reports on a massive student protest movement against school closings in Brazil. / Writer Barbara Ehernreich links a rise in low-income white deaths to the GOP's deathwish politics.

Journalist Antony Loewenstein explores the merger between disaster capitalism and endless global war. Antony is author of "Disaster Capitalism: Making a Killing out of Catastrophe" from Verso Books. http://www.versobooks.com/books/1985-disaster-capitalism PLUS: Rotten History

Historian Suzanna Reiss traces the history of American empire though the travels of its drugs. / Jeff Dorchen reports live from South Carolina on the surreal self-image of the USA.

Journalists Valerie Brown and Elizabeth Grossman examine bad science and worse politics at the EPA. Valerie and Elizabeth are authors of the In These Times investigation "Why the US Leaves Deadly Chemicals on the Market."

Lawpagandist Brian Foley explains how America's patchwork of local laws present a barrier to legal access for everyone but lawyers. / Black Agenda Report's Glen Ford explains how Democratic money is cashing out #BlackLivesMatter.

Anthropologist Scott Atran warns that the West is giving ISIS exactly what it wants. Scott is co-author of the New York Review of Books essay "Paris: The War ISIS Wants." PLUS: This day in Rotten History.

Live from Beirut, Rania Masri calls out Western complicity, and silence, in the wake of Middle East violence. Jeff Dorchen apologizes to fiscal conservatives for not telling them what he thinks of them sooner.

Sociologist Brooke Harrington opens the door to the hidden world of elite wealth management. Kyle Lydell Canty talks about why racism and police violence have him seeking political asylum in Canada.