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) Dr. Carol Paris, President of Physicians for a National Health Program, assesses the failure of the Trump/GOP effort to pass the American Health Care Act, the future of ObamaCare - and her group's long term campaign to establish a universal, single payer healthcare system, such as the proposed Medicare for All legislation, that would provide health insurance coverage for everyone in the U.S.

2) Jim Dean, chair of Democracy for America, discusses his group's opposition to President Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Democratic party's threat to invoke a filibuster, which could provoke Senate Republicans to vote for the nuclear option, that would abolish filibusters for all future Supreme Court nominations.

3) Alexandra De Luca, Deputy Press Secretary with Emily's List talks about the flood of interest of women across the U.S. to run for political office for the first time, their motivation and the training and support being offered by Emily's list and other progressive groups.

4) Dina, a dance performer and Raji Odeh a member of the board of directors with the Shoruq Children's Debka and Hip-Hop U.S. tour. The group celebrating contemporary Palestinian culture, will be performing in New Haven and Hartford, Connecticut, The show features teen dancers and rappers 13-16 years old who have spent their entire lives in the Dheisheh refugee camp in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

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