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This week on CounterSpin: A Maine mayor calls for publishing the names and addresses of anyone receiving public assistance, which he calls the albatross around the state’s neck. That’s ugly, clearly, and illegal, probably—but somehow the growing number of people, many with jobs, relying on some form of aid isn’t enough to shake the notion that economic need is something you can shame people out of. Helping to develop a forceful counter-narrative is Rebecca Vallas, director of policy for the Poverty to Prosperity Program at the Center for American Progress and cohost of Talk Poverty radio. She’ll join us to talk about that.
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Also on the show: The EPA is set to announce tighter standards on smog, which scientists say is necessary to lessen harms to public health. It’s no surprise that polluting industries disapprove, so why do media just recite their protests without interrogating them? We’ll hear from David Baron of the group Earthjustice on that.
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And the show starts, as usual, with a look back at the week’s press, including Planned Parenthood, Russia bombing in Syria and Banned Book Week.
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