Joel D. Joseph, Made In the USA Foundation/Inequality in America: 10 Causes and 10 Cures joins Thom. The United States of America is the most unequal society in the developed world. Is that just a natural result of capitalism or is it the consequence of specific policies that have been put in place since the Reagan years?

Joel D. Joseph, Made In the USA Foundation/Inequality in America: 10 Causes and 10 Cures joins Thom. The United States of America is the most unequal society in the developed world. Is that just a natural result of capitalism or is it the consequence of specific policies that have been put in place since the Reagan years?

Mike Lux, Democracy Partners & Lacy Crawford, Social Security Works join Thom. Is the Democratic Party Platform opening to Bernie?

Mike Lux, Democracy Partners & Lacy Crawford, Social Security Works join Thom. One of the six Baltimore police officers charged in connection with death of Freddie Gray has been found not guilty. The officer - Edward Nero - was one of the bicycle cops involved in Gray's arrest -and is the second Baltimore law enforcement agent to face trial in response to Gray's death. He is - however - the first to receive a verdict.

Tonight’s Progressive Roundtable discusses the ruling in the Freddie Gray case, Bernie’s support of the DNC Chair’s primary challenger Tim Canova, and how Bernie supporters are suing to extend the voter registration deadline in California. In tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds Thom discusses how to combat inequality with Made in USA Foundation’s Joel D. Joseph, author of the new book “Inequality in America: 10 Causes and 10 Cures.”

Robert Teitelman, BLOODSPORT: When Ruthless Dealmakers, Shrewd Ideologues, and Brawling Lawyers Toppled the Corporate Establishment joins Thom. The M&A craze of the 1980s - led by corporate freewheelers like Carl Icahn - changed the business world forever. But did it also make our economy more vulnerable to disaster?

Robert Teitelman, BLOODSPORT: When Ruthless Dealmakers, Shrewd Ideologues, and Brawling Lawyers Toppled the Corporate Establishment joins Thom. The M&A craze of the 1980s - led by corporate freewheelers like Carl Icahn - changed the business world forever. But did it also make our economy more vulnerable to disaster?

Rebecca Downs, Red Alert Politics & Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress/People For the American Way (PFAW)/Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics & Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research all join Thom. Shouldn't more Republicans be vocally apologizing to Muslims - and Mexicans - and women - for the hatred and bigotry that Donald Trump routinely spews at these groups?

Rebecca Downs, Red Alert Politics & Ari Rabin-Havt, The Agenda/SiriusXM Progress/People For the American Way (PFAW)/Lies, Incorporated: The World of Post-Truth Politics & Horace Cooper, National Center for Public Policy Research all join Thom. Whether it comes to climate change - non-existent voter fraud - the so-called "Ferguson Effect - or "tough on crime" mass incarceration - Republicans choose to stay completely divorced from reality and just refuse to accept evidence. Arkansas Senator Tom Cotton is the latest example of how Republican lawmakers refuse to live in the same reality as everyone else - as he attacked a bipartisan effort in Congress to reduce mandatory minimum sentencing during a speech at The Hudson Institute.

On tonight’s Rumble, Thom discusses Senator Tom Cotton’s refusal to reduce minimum sentencing and even compares violence in the U.S. to Iraq and Afghanistan. Then the panel weighs in on US postal banking and if the GOP should apologize to Muslims for Donald Trump. Then on tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds, we talk to award-winning business journalist Robert Teitelman.

Ben Beachy, The Sierra Club & Dan Mauer, Communications Workers of America (CWA) all join Thom. For years now President Obama has sold the TPP as a different type of trade deal - one that would actually create jobs. But what do the numbers say?

America's Lawyer Mike Papantonio, The Ring of Fire, joins Thom. Saudi government if its found that it played a role in the worst terrorist attack in American history. The bill seems like common sense - so why does the Obama admininistration oppose it?

Stay off the road - Republicans are putting drivers everywhere at risk with their latest bit of legislative skullduggery.

Sam Sacks, The District Sentinel joins Thom. Members of the House tried Wednesday night to end the Authorization for Use of Military Force that has allowed for 15 years of endless U.S. involvement in the Middle East. Barbara Lee from California had proposed an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act that would have repealed the 2001 Authorization - but the motion was defeated by nearly 150 votes. The final bill that was approved authorizes 551 billion dollars for Pentagon spending - plus an additional 59 billion dollars for the "overseas contingency operations” fund. But despite the fact that this bill allows the Obama administration to justify on-going US operations in Syria against the Islamic State - the Obama White House is threatening to veto this legislation.

Erin Bilbray, NV DNC Committee Woman/Superdelegate joins Thom. If you've paid attention to the news this election cycle, you've probably heard of something called a super delegate. So what exactly are superdelegates, and what do they do actually do?