Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today, as well as each Thursday from 3-4pm est. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress.

Here are the guests Michele interviews along with the topics they discuss.

1. 3:06pm-3:28pm est. - Marcela Howell, Strategic Director for In Our Own Voice: National Black Women’s Reproductive Justice Agenda. Marcela’s Twitter handle is @BlackwomensRJ.

Michele and Marcela discuss how ‘In Our Own Voice’ came to be, as well as the important work that it does on behalf of women of color.

2. 3:33pm-3:58pm est. - Congressman G.K. Butterfield, Chair of the Congressional Black Caucus. Congressman Butterfield’s Twitter handle is @GKButterfield.

Michele and Congressman Butterfield discuss the ongoing debate over gun violence prevention measures, and the shooting deaths last week in Baton Rouge, Minnesota and Dallas.

3. 4:06pm-4:28pm est. - Susanna Birdsong, Policy Counsel for ACLU North Carolina and Chris Fitzsimon, Founder and Executive Director of N.C. Policy Watch, a progressive public policy think tank that is a project of the N.C. Justice Center. Susanna’s Twitter handle is @BirdsongSusanna and the handle for Chris’s organization is @NCPolicyWatch.

Michele, Susanna and Chris discuss the new controversial law in North Carolina, signed by Governor Pat McCrory, prohibiting the public from viewing Police dashcam and bodycam footage.

4. 4:33pm-4:49pm est. – Michele does a monologue with her take on Donald Trump’s expected VP choice Mike Pence, the very different visions for America at the upcoming RNC and DNC, her experience of talking to her three young children about last week's events in Baton Rouge, Minnesota and Dallas. She also discusses how black and white Americans see the same events differently in some important areas.

5. 4:53pm-4:58pm est. – Victoria Jones, White House Correspondent for Talk Media News. Her Twitter handle is @VictoriaJonesDC.

Michele and Victoria discuss whether Mike Pence is in fact Trump’s VP choice, the expected release of 28 classified pages of the 9-11 report tomorrow, and a USA Today Op-ed co-written by current White house Correspondents Association President Carol Lee (Wall Street Journal) and Incoming President Jeff Mason (Reuters) criticizing the ways that both Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have dealt with the press this campaign season.

6. 5:06pm-5:28pm est. - Danyelle Solomon, Director of Progress 2050 at Center for American Progress and Sam Fulwood, a Senior Fellow at American Progress, where he analyzes the influence of national politics and domestic policies on communities of color across the United States. Danyelle’s Twitter handle is @danyindc and Sam’s handle is @SamFulwood.

Michele, Danyelle and Sam discuss race in America and how it relates to the shooting deaths last week in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and Dallas.

7. 5:33pm-5:58pm est. - Irin Carmon, Co-author of NYT bestselling book “Notorious RBG: The Life and Times of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.” Her Twitter handle is @Irin.

Michele and Irin discuss Irin’s book as well as Justice Ginsburg’s recent comments criticizing Donald Trump.

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando.
Before working at the Center for American Progress, she served as general counsel and senior advisor to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), where she was responsible for a wide-ranging portfolio of policy issues pertaining to the federal judiciary and nominations; voting rights; women and labor issues; LGBT issues; education; telecommunications; technology; and ethics.

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