Tonight’s politics panel discusses Bernie’s civil rights record and platform, whether Hillary’s college debt reform plan goes far enough, and whether the Iran nuclear deal will die in Congress. Thom gets the latest from the ground in Ferguson with Rev. Osagyefo Sekou and RT Correspondent Manuel Rapalo and in tonight’s Daily Take Thom discusses how Japan is back on nuclear power.

Angela Ledford Anderson, Climate & Energy Program-Union of Concerned Scientists (UCSUSA) joins Thom. Dutch Shell and its relationship to the American Legislative Exchange Council. Shell announced last week that it won't renew its relationship with ALEC. In its statement Shell claimed that "we have long recognized both the importance of the climate challenge and the critical role energy has in determining quality of life for people across the world" The move is important - and Shell is not alone in leaving ALEC because of ALEC's rampant climate denial and disinformation campaigns. But ALEC doesn't just fund climate denial - ALEC has also been fighting against renewable energy standards.

Thom discusses Bernie Sanders’ massive crowds over the weekend and another interaction with Black Lives Matter protesters with attorney and radio host Mike Papantonio and the Iran deal with Union of Concerned Scientists’ Stephen Young. And Thom talks GMOs with attorney & author Steven Druker in tonight’s Conversations with Great Minds.

Professor Gary May, Professor Emeritus of History-University of Delaware/The Daily Beast/Bending Toward Justice: The Voting Rights Act and the Transformation of American Democracy joins Thom. And over 50 years ago civil rights protestors were brutally beaten while marching to Montgomery, Alabama. That incident sparked the creation of one of the most important peices of legislation ever written. We’ll be going in-depth on the Voting Rights Act.