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) Steven Rosenfeld, Editor, Chief Correspondent & Senior Writing Fellow with Voting Booth, a project of the Independent Media Institute, discusses his analysis and concern about the organization and operation of recent primary elections held around the country, with a focus on absentee voting -- and the many troubling problems seen in Georgia's June 9th primary. He'll also talk about his views on the steps which must be taken now to ensure there is universal ballot access in this November's election amid a predicted spike in the coronavirus pandemic.

2) Tamara K. Nopper, a sociologist whose research focuses on the racial wealth gap and the relationship between racism, financialization, criminalization, and punishment, discusses her recent Jacobin magazine article, "Protesters' Demands in Response to Police Brutality Have Come a Long Way Since the 1992 LA Rebellion," and her views on the opportunities to take on America's structural racism and inequality.

3) Excerpt of a June 14th, 2020 sermon on the the need for real reconstruction in our society, by: The Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II, Co-chair Poor People's Campaign, a National Call for Moral Revival and President and Senior Lecturer, Repairers of the Breach, recorded at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.

4) Norman Solomon, co-founder of RootsAction.org and founding director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, discusses his recent article, "Corporate Media Are Focusing on Race - and Dodging Class," and also examines the current potential for the birth of a broad, progressive multi-issue movement to address economic inequality in all its forms.

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