Counterpoint with Scott Harris
1) Pema Levy, a reporter with Mother Jones magazine, discusses her recent article, “The Shocking Lack of Science in the Ruling Banning a Common, Safe Abortion Drug,” and the fight now to restore access to Mifepristone, which is used in more than half of all US abortions.
2) Heather Digby Parton, a contributing writer to Salon.com, talks about her recent article, “Republicans caught off guard by the left’s ferocious backlash,” where the GOP finds itself out-of-step with the majority of Americans on the issues of abortion, gun safety, voter suppression and banning books.
3) Sarah Ganong, state director of the Connecticut chapter of the Working Families Party, talks about the Workers’ Equity Agenda Lobby Day at the state capitol, where citizen lobbyists will be calling for legislation that guarantees stable schedules, one fair minimum wage for all, and extends paid sick days to everyone in Connecticut.
4) Climate Defiance Action organizer Rylee Haught talks about her group’s mission, the importance of nonviolent civil disobedience for the climate movement, and their planned blockade of the White House Correspondents Dinner on April 29th.
Monday, April 17 at 8:00 PM and in the WPKN archive.
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