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Episode: 09.12.22: Counterpoint host Scott Harris discusses corporate role in Jackson water crisis; Brazil's Oct election could make or break Amazon; Reduced US life expectancy tied w health insurance system failure; Protest condemns COVID spread in CT prisons
Counterpoint, hosted by Scott Harris, is heard every Monday night on WPKN 89.5 FM, Bridgeport, CT between 8:00 – 9:30 pm ET. Webstreaming and audio archive at http://wpkn.org
1) Judd Legum, Founder of Popular Information discusses his important investigative report, "This multi-billion dollar corporation exacerbated the water crisis in Jackson, Mississippi."
2) Mel Gurtov, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, at the Hatfield School of Government, Portland State University - and Senior Editor, Asian Perspective, discusses his recent article, "Brazil’s Election and the Future of the Amazon."
3) James Kahn, Professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California at San Francisco discusses recent reports that the average life expectancy in the US has fallen in 2021, and how that decline is related to the failure of America's for-profit health insurance system.
4) Kenyatta Muzzanni, Director of organizing with the Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice, who talks about the Katal Center's recent protest at the CT Dept. of Correction headquarters to demand stricter COVID guidelines and protections for inmates and staff in state prisons.
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