Hello and welcome to Background Briefing, available 24-7 at background briefing.

I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news. We'll begin with remembrance today in Normandy, France. I'm Ian Masters, and today we'll look into a number of stories and issues in the news.

We'll begin with remembrance today in Normandy, France, on the 80th anniversary of D-Day,

with the diminished number of veterans 100 years and older attending, along with world leaders,

at which President Biden spoke of sacrifice in the name of freedom and democracy,

as Ukraine defends itself against Putin's sacrifice in the name of freedom and democracy as Ukraine defends

itself against Putin's aggression in the same struggle against tyranny the allies engaged in against

Hitler. Joining us is Michelle Paradie, a lecturer in law at Columbia Law School and a leading

human rights lawyer and national security law scholar.

He has won high-profile cases around the globe, including some of the landmark cases,

to arise out of Guantanamo Bay for the U.S. Department of Defense's Military Commission Defense Organization. He's the author of the critically acclaimed Last Mission to Tokyo about war crimes

trials in the Pacific

after World War II, and we will discuss his latest book, The Light of Battle, Eisenhower,

D-Day, and the birth of the American superpower, and his article at the Atlantic on D-Day,

the U.S. conquered the British Empire.

Then we'll speak with Lindsay Owens, the Executive Director of the Groundwork Collaborative.

She regularly advises the White House and previously served as a senior economic policy advisor to Senator Elizabeth Warren

and Deputy Chief of Staff and the legislative director to Representative Keith Ellison,

as well as progressive caucus chair

Pramilla Jayapol. She is the author of the forthcoming book, Gouged the End of a Fair

Price, and we'll discuss her article at the American Prospect with David Dayn, The Age of Recoupment,

how power, technology, and opportunity have come together to gouge consumers.

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