Health insurance dominates all aspects of health care in the United States. It is also unaffordable for many people. Isabelle uses her personal health insurance search as a pathway to examine how Federal descisions have made health care access in Connecticut more challenging. The piece features interviews with Katy Golvala, CT Mirror and James Michel, Access Health CT. It also includes a chance to think about how things could and should be better.

The Resistance Roundtable welcomes:
John Nichols, Executive editor of The Nation Magazine, who discusses the issues and political challenges confronting voters in the Nov. 3 midterms;
Jim Chappdelaine, co-founder of Indivisible CT, who talks about the strategies the resistance networks are deploying in the face of the many-faceted voter suppression by the Trump regime.

Panel: Scott Harris, Ruthanne Baumgartner, and Richard Hill

Interview with Shilpa Jindia, policy counsel with the media and democracy group Free Press, conducted by Scott Harris.

Shilpa Jindia talks about her group’s recent report, “Enemies of the State: NSPM-7 and the Trump Plan to Crush Dissent,” which she co-authored, warning that the Trump administration has established a coordinated federal strategy to criminalize political dissent, intimidate opposition groups and undermine constitutional protections for free speech and assembly.

Interview with Jennifer Loewenstein, former associate director of Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, conducted by Scott Harris.

Jennifer Loewenstein discusses Israel’s Oct. 27 election, Trump’s latest threat to escalate his war against Iran, the renewed Houthi-Saudi conflict, and the ongoing blockade of oil through the Strait of Hormuz.

Interview with Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Between The Lines’ Melinda Tuhus spoke with Robin Maher, executive director of the Death Penalty Information Center. Here she talks about the racial, gender and geographic bias in death penalty cases, recent trends away from its use and growing public opposition.

Interview with Faith Kasor-Bright, founder and president of Girl Uplift Inc., a non-profit organization based in Connecticut, conducted by Scott Harris.

Faith Kasor-Bright talks about her group’s work in Liberia, West Africa to educate, inspire, and empower young women and girls through scholarships, leadership programs, and health and wellness workshops. Girl Uplift’s annual Gala Dinner Ball will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7.

Interview with Jawanza James Williams, lead fightback campaigner with Popular Democracy, conducted by Scott Harris.

Jawanza Williams discusses a coalition of groups that organized a recent protest action at JPMorgan Chase calling on the company to sign the Business for Democracy Pledge. The Pledge commits companies to publicly support free and fair elections, and oppose efforts by Donald Trump and his administration to interfere with, and manipulate the outcome of the midterm election.

Interview with Tzeporah Berman, founder and chair of the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, conducted by Melinda Tuhus.

Earlier this year, the first-ever conference on transitioning away from fossil fuels took place in Santa Marta, Colombia, co-hosted by then-Colombian President Gustavo Petro and the Netherlands. No fossil fuel lobbyists were allowed and only countries that made a commitment to drawing down their emissions were in attendance. One of the key issues discussed at the conference was the Fossil Fuel Treaty Initiative, a global campaign advocating for a new binding international legal agreement to halt the expansion of fossil fuels and phase out the use of coal, oil, and gas. Tzeporah Berman discusses the importance of cutting the supply as well as the demand for fossil fuels, and action nations and individuals can take to support that goal.