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) Christina Harvey, Executive Director of Stand Up America, discusses the failure of the U.S. Senate to pass voting rights legislation, the imminent danger to our democracy, and next steps in the struggle to prevent a GOP authoritarian takeover.

2) Ben Horton, a Harvard Law School Public Service Venture Fund fellow at the group Free Speech For People, talks about the filing of a legal challenge to North Carolina U.S. Representative Madison Cawthorn’s 2022 candidacy, that alleges that Cawthorn is constitutionally disqualified from public office under the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution based on reasonable suspicion that he helped facilitate the January 6, 2021 insurrection.

3) Alex Kotch, an investigative reporter with the Center for Media and Democracy, discusses the investigative report he co-wrote with Walker Bragman, titled "How the Koch Network Hijacked the War on COVID," which reveals how a right-wing network linked to billionaire Charles Koch has played a key role in fighting public health measures during the coronavirus pandemic, including mask and vaccine mandates, contact tracing and lockdowns.

4) Barbara Fair, a licensed clinical social worker, social justice activist and organizer with the group Stop Solitary Connecticut, talks about the PROTECT Act which passed both the CT House and Senate in 2021 but was vetoed by CT Governor Lamont. Barbara will explain the goals of the PROTECT Act to abolish the use of solitary confinement in state, and the campaign to sign the legislation into law in 2022.

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