Kevin Zeese, co-director of PopularResistance.org, discusses how Fast Track legislation for the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) would allow Congress to rush through "free" trade agreements with no debate or review, in what amounts to crony capitalism at its worst.

Sandy Tolan, author of Children of the Stone: The Power of Music in a Hard Land, discusses the young Palestinian musicians who use music to nonviolently confront Israeli occupation, as world opinion turns increasingly against Israel's apartheid state.

Alfred McCoy, the J.R.W Smail Professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, discusses his article "The Geopolitics of American Global Decline: Washington Versus China in the Twenty-First Century."

Will Grigg, blogger and author of Liberty in Eclipse, discusses the acquittal of Cleveland Police Officer Michael Brelo - who stood on a Chevy Malibu's hood and fired multiple shots at the two unarmed occupants inside - on two counts of voluntary manslaughter.

James Carden, a contributing editor at The American Conservative and a former State Department adviser, discusses the neoconservative journalists who are pushing an ultra-hawkish US policy on Russia and Ukraine while trying to get their critics blacklisted.

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.

Ray McGovern, a former CIA analyst and co-founder of Veteran Intelligence Professionals for Sanity (VIPS), discusses the hype and the reality of the Iraq War "surge" that allowed President Bush to withdraw without admitting defeat - by sacrificing 1000 American soldiers and creating the chaos that ultimately gave rise to the Islamic State.

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.

Asa Winstanley, an associate editor with The Electronic Intifada, discusses how Israel is aiding the Nusra Front (al-Qaeda's official franchise in Syria), and the media's failure to cover the story.