WPKN Archives: 12.14.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the urgent need for equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines; Trump-GOP Sedition Continues Attempted Election Coup; Ranked Choice Voting Gains in Election 2020; Protest Demands Yale Pay Fair Taxes

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Original Aired:
Monday, December 14th, 2020
8:03PM to 10:04PM

Duration:
2 hours, 1 minute

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Monday, December 14th, 2020 8:06PM

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Episode: 12.14.20: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses the urgent need for equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines; Trump-GOP Sedition Continues Attempted Election Coup; Ranked Choice Voting Gains in Election 2020; Protest Demands Yale Pay Fair Taxes

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) Kate Elder, senior vaccines policy advisor with Doctor's Without Borders' Access Campaign and Michelle Mahon, a Registered Nurse and the National Nurses United union's Assistant Director of Nursing Practice, discuss issues related to the equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines across the U.S. and the world.

2) Marjorie Cohn, professor emerita at Thomas Jefferson School of Law, past president of the National Lawyers Guild and author, examines the Trump regime and Republican Party's continuing effort to overturn the outcome of the 2020 presidential election, and both the short and long term threat to democracy posed by Trump and the GOP, which apparently have withdrawn support for the U.S. Constitution's framework governing democratic elections.

3) Rob Ritchie, President and CEO with FAIR Vote talks about his group's work across the country advocating for the adoption of "Ranked Choice Voting," with a focus on recent progress made in the states of Maine, Alaska and other state and local primary elections.

4) Megan Fountain, an organizer with Unidad Latina en Acción, discusses the recent 'Occupy Yale' caravan protest action, and ongoing campaign that's demanding Yale University pay its fair share of taxes to the City of New Haven.

Some segments featured on Counterpoint are edited for re-broadcast on the syndicated Between The Lines radio news magazine. Visit their web site at http://www.btlonline.org for free subscriptions to mp3 - podcast audio files, program summaries and interview transcripts. An archive of current and past Counterpoint interviews are accessible for free at our Counterpoint Radio web site: http://counterpointradio.org The full 2-hour unedited program can be accessed for a 2 week period after the show, at the WPKN Radio archives: http://archives.wpkn.org/bookmarks/search/counterpoint

 

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