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March 26, 2021Igor Volsky on Ending Gun Violence, Robert Dreyfuss on Iraq WarMany are simply fed up with the idea that change is too hard. Will media conversation shift to keep up with them?...more28minPlay
March 25, 2021For Sunday Shows, Border Is ‘Political Crisis,’ Not Humanitarian EmergencyIncreasing numbers of migrants are attempting to cross the US/Mexico border, and unaccompanied children and teenagers are exceeding the capacities of government-run detention facilities. The right has declared a crisis, and national corporate media have largely followed suit. Department of Homeland Security chief Alejandro Mayorkas appeared on five of the six Sunday Beltway talk […]...more0minPlay
March 19, 2021Ernesto Falcon on Internet for All, Alexander Kaufman on Future-Proofed Housing CodesIt's almost as if the corporate press accepted the existence of information haves and have-nots, because that's how goods get divided in this country—even if it doesn't make technological, economic or humanitarian sense....more28minPlay
March 12, 2021Ari Berman on the Attack on Voting RightsDo elite media think that whether or not the US, in 2021, under pressure from racists, goes back on the whole "one person one vote" thing is a legitimate topic for debate?...more28minPlay
March 08, 2021NYT Fails to Examine Its Participation in Brazil’s ‘Biggest Judicial Scandal’In article after article, the New York Times failed to share important information on the Lava Jato investigation. This helped normalize the 2016 coup and the removal of Lula from the 2018 presidential elections, which in turn opened the door for a neofascist/military takeover of Brazil....more0minPlay
March 05, 2021Michelle Holder on Black Women & Minimum Wage, Alice O’Connor on the War on PovertyWhile a federal minimum wage increase would affect millions of workers and the social fabric, it would have particular impact on one "essential" yet somehow expendable group: Black women....more28minPlay
February 26, 2021‘Workers Are Increasingly Required to Sign Away Their Rights’"You’re forced to resolve your case in a private, secret, rigged arbitration system that’s controlled by the company."...more0minPlay
February 26, 2021Mitch Jones on Texas Freeze-Outs, Joe Torres on News for All the PeopleIf media really expect people to actively challenge the promises pushed—aggressively and constantly—by the energy industry, maybe they could do a little more challenging themselves....more28minPlay
February 19, 2021Celine McNicholas and Joanne Doroshow on Forced Arbitration, Kate Bronfrenbrenner on NLRBWe get some background on forced arbitration and why it matters from previous CounterSpin conversations--plus we talked about the Trump-era NLRB while it was happening....more28minPlay
February 12, 2021Ending the Forever Wars: Phyllis Bennis on Afghanistan, Hyun Lee on KoreaPuzzling out what's behind the "more war will lead to peace" argument in Afghanistan--and listening to people in North and South Korea who seek an end to the militarized tension they've lived under for more than 70 years....more28minPlay