Marc Hyden, a coordinator with Conservatives Concerned About the Death Penalty, discusses why conservatives should oppose our deeply flawed system of capital punishment, and his organization's efforts to stop state executions.

Yousaf Butt, nuclear physicist & Senior Scientific Adviser at the British American Security Information Council (BASIC), based in London, discusses the latest misleading David Sanger/William Broad NY Times article, conveniently timed to complicate negotiations for an Iranian nuclear deal.

Eric Margolis, an internationally syndicated columnist and author of American Raj, discusses the history of the current crisis in Ukraine, and why the US insists on picking a fight with nuclear-armed Russia.

Gareth Porter, an award-winning independent journalist, discusses how US diplomatic strategy on Iran nuclear negotiations gave Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leverage on the Obama administration.

Patrick Cockburn, a columnist and author of The Rise of Islamic State: Isis and the new Sunni Revolution, discusses the Islamic State's fight to the death in Mosul; why Iraqi Sunnis fear Shia militias even more than Isis's draconian rule; and the publicity value of over-the-top executions.

Yasmine Taeb, an attorney specializing in national security issues, discusses the Center for American Progress's report "Fear, Inc. 2.0: The Islamophobia Network's Efforts to Manufacture Hate in America."

Christian Appy, professor of history and author of three books about the Vietnam War, discusses his article about the Pentagon's 50th Anniversary Commemoration of the Vietnam War, which is meant to focus the public's attention on honoring veteran soldiers so nobody remembers the many atrocities and war crimes committed.