Grant F. Smith, director of research at the Institute for Research: Middle Eastern Policy, discusses the 'Israel’s Influence: Good or Bad for America?' conference he is moderating at the National Press Club in Washington, DC. on March 18; and why only Americans are so deluded that they believe Palestinians occupy Israeli land, and not the other way around.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist and historian, discusses Secretary of State John Kerry's plan to use cruise missile strikes to force Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to step down, and Obama's refusal to allow it.

Eric Margolis, an internationally-syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses North Korea's progress on nuclear weapons development and why the US would be wise to show restraint instead of engaging in provocative war games with South Korea.

James W. Carden, a contributing writer for The Nation and former advisor on Russia at the US State Department, discusses the neocon-dominated US media's constant anti-Russia propaganda and how it could end in catastrophe.

Arun Kundnani, author of The Muslims Are Coming!: Islamophobia, Extremism, and the Domestic War on Terror, discusses the FBI's plan to spy on high school students as part of their "Preventing Violent Extremism in Schools" program .

Nasser Arrabyee, a Yemeni journalist based in Sanaa, discusses Saudi Arabia's "Unholy War" in Yemen, and how Saudi air strikes against civilians increase popular support for the Houthis.

Jon B. Carroll, co-founder of the Alabama Justice Project and a member of Reporters Without Borders, discusses the Dothan, Alabama Police Department's decades-long practice of planting evidence to make false arrests and the District Attorney's full cooperation in obtaining hundreds of wrongful convictions; and why the tables might finally be turning against Dothan's institutionalized corruption.

Dan Cohen, an independent journalist and co-producer of the documentary Killing Gaza, discusses the "narrowing of democracy" in Israel as the Knesset considers legislation that will further erode the rights of Palestinian citizens of Israel and those living in the occupied territories.

Robert Epstein, a senior research psychologist at the American Institute for Behavioral Research and Technology, discusses how the "Search Engine Manipulation Effect" of Google's search results can greatly influence public opinion, especially the decisions of undecided voters.