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) Tori Cooper Director of Community Engagement for the Human Rights Campaign's Transgender Justice Initiative and Lindsey Clark, HRC's Senior Regional Field Organizer, discusses the upcoming International Transgender Day of Visibility on March 31st, and the work HRC is doing to combat GOP culture war legislative attacks, hate, discrimination and misinformation targeting transgender, non-binary people and the LGBTQ community across the U.S.

2) Steph Black, a feminist, abortion activist and writer based in Washington, D.C. who writes the column, "The Activist Offering, discusses her recent Progressive Magazine article, "The Other Front Line," and the latest issues re: access to abortion medications, i.e., the call for a boycott of Walgreens after the pharmacy chain caved-in to GOP attorneys general initially agreeing not to sell these safe legal drugs in 21 states controlled by Republicans.

3) Will Rice, Policy Consultant with Americans for Tax Fairness, talks about his group's response to President Biden's plan to "extend the life of the Medicare Trust Fund by lowering out-of-pocket costs for seniors, negotiating prescription drug prices and increasing the Medicare tax rate on earned and unearned income above $400,000."

4) Bilal Sekou, Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Hartford, who serves as Chair of Common Cause of Connecticut's Advisory Board, discusses the effort by a coalition of groups working to pass a comprehensive voting rights bill in the state this year.

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