Michele L. Jawando guest hosts the show today. She is the Vice President for Legal Progress at American Progress. Previously, 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.

Here are the guests Michele interviewed along with the topics they discussed.

1. Bill Marshall, Kenan Professor of Law at the University of North Carolina. Dawn Smalls, Partner at Boies, Schiller & Flexner. Peter Cheun, ACS President and Next Generation Leader.

Michele, Bill, Dawn and Peter discuss the Supreme Court and the American Constitution Society's importance for the progressive movement.

2. Shilpa Phadke, Senior Director for the Women’s Initiative at the Center for American Progress and Tracey Ross, Associate Director of the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress.

Michele, Shilpa and Tracey discuss the state of women’s economic issues in America.

Shilpa tweets at @CAPWomen and Tracey's Twitter handle is @TraceyLRoss.

3. Jasper Hendricks III, Managing Principal Consultant at Social Strategies of Virginia, Pili Tobar, Communications Director for Latino Victory Project and Clare Bresnahan, Executive Director at "She Should Run."

Jasper, Pili and Clare discuss the importance of people of color in elected positions, Trump and changing diversity.

Jasper's Twitter handle is @Jlhthe3rd, Pili's is @PiliTobar87 and Clare's is @ClareBresnahan.

4. Terry Smith, Distinguished Research Professor of Law at DePaul College of Law.

Michele and Terry discuss the impact that Muhammad Ali made on race, culture and religion in America.

5. Vicki Shabo, Vice President at the National Partnership for Women and Families. Fatima Goss Graves, Senior Vice President for Program at the National Women’s Law Center. Edda Collins Coleman, Co-Founder and Chief Public Affairs Officer of "All in Together."

Michele, Vicki, Fatima and Edda discuss the inaugural "United States of Women" conference happening on June 14th.

Vicki's Twitter handle is @NPWF, Fatima's is @FGossGraves and Edda's is @EddaColeman.

6. Ibrahm X. Kendi, Assistant Professor of African American History at the University of Florida and an author.

Michele and Professor Kendi discuss his book entitled “Stamped from the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America.”

Michele Jawando's Twitter handle is @MicheleJawando.

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