Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 - 10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org

1) Alan Essig, executive director of the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy discusses provisions in the final version of the GOP's House-Senate tax reform bill, and this very unpopular legislation's short and long term impact on working families and rising economic inequality in the U.S.

2) Victor Pickard, Associate Professor of Communication at the Annenberg School for Communication at the University of Pennsylvania examines the FCC's Dec. 14th vote to repeal net neutrality and the harm to the public interest, as well as the ways in which consumers and activists will be fighting for restoration of net neutrality rules.

3) Jon Rainwater executive director with the group Peace Action discusses the mixed signals sent by the Trump administration re: the dropping of preconditions that North Korea must denuclearize before the U.S. would agree to begin negotiations and diplomatic engagement with the goal of de-escalating tensions over Pyongyang's nuclear weapons and missile program.

4) Sandra Cuffe, a freelance journalist based in Honduras discusses the ongoing post-election crisis in Honduras, covered in her recent articles published by NACLA and Toward Freedom, including, "Made in the USA: The Honduran Political Crisis, Rebooted."

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