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Episode: 07.29.19: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses Puerto Rico's July uprising; "The Making of a Democratic Economy," with co-author Ted Howard; the fight to block Trump's effort to deny asylum seeker's rights & Trump's reinstatement of federal executions
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) Fernando Tormos-Aponte, PhD, Scholars Strategy Network postdoctoral fellow at the University of Missouri–St Louis talks about the current political and economic situation in Puerto Rico, leading up to, and after the resignation of Governor Ricardo Rosselló.
2) Ted Howard, co-author along with Marjorie Kelly of the book, "The Making of a Democratic Economy: Building Prosperity for the Many, Not Just the Few," which recognizes that the majority of Americans now believe that our current wealth gap hurts us, both individually and as a nation. They explore how people are building a more equitable economy at the local level and relocalizing wealth, engaging communities, and empowering workers.
3) Angelo Guisado, Staff Attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights, one of the groups challenging the Trump administration's asylum ban in federal court, which denies asylum to anyone at the southern U.S. - Mexico border who had transited through a third country en route to the U.S.
4) Robert Dunham executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center will discuss the recent Department of Justice announcement that it intends to adopt a new federal execution protocol using a single execution drug and has issued death warrants setting execution dates for five federal death-row prisoners.
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Show: Counterpoint
Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00-10:00 pm ET. Webstreaming is at http://wpkn.org/ . Interview segment archives are at counterpointradio.org .