Jordan Smith, a journalist with The Intercept, discusses Lester Bower's imminent execution on Texas's death row for his conviction on quadruple-murder charges in 1983 - even though serious doubts about his guilt have arisen since then.

Brian McGlinchey, director of 28Pages.org, discusses Rand Paul's introduction of Senate Bill 1471; legislation that will urge President Obama to declassify the 28 pages on foreign government links to the 9/11 hijackers.

Ghada Morad discusses the police killing of her brother Feras Morad in Long Beach, California; and how the local NBC station edited a witness's interview to better support the police department's version of events.

Mike Swanson, founder of Wall Street Window and author of The War State, discusses the economic triggers that could start the next bear market, and why the Fed might not be able to prevent a market crash this time.

Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute, discusses his article about Ross Ulbricht, the 31-year-old former operator of the Silk Road online marketplace, who was given the extremely harsh sentence of life in prison without parole for facilitating black-market transactions.

Philip Weiss, founder of Mondoweiss.net, discusses how the New York Times whitewashes Israel's crimes against Palestinians so liberal Jews can keep supporting the increasingly-reactionary Israeli government.

Blogger Marcy Wheeler discusses Senator Rand Paul's temporary victory against the NSA's bulk collection of American phone records, and why Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell hates our freedoms.

Trevor Timm, a Guardian US columnist and executive director of the Freedom of the Press Foundation, discusses Senator Rand Paul's efforts to force an expiration of provisions within the Patriot Act that have been used to justify the NSA's surveillance of Americans.