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February 13Ari Berman on Attacks on VotingSome media still present changes to the electoral process that would make it harder for millions of people to vote as a matter of "election integrity."28 minPlay
February 06Rayan El Amine on Voices From GazaThe voices of Palestinians themselves are an intervention into a media conversation that presents Palestinians as subjects more often than as actors.28 minPlay
January 30Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic SurveillancePeople who never called themselves "political" are moving out of their comfort zone to register their opposition to violent, state-sanctioned power.28 minPlay
January 23Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on State of the Dream 2026The elite press corps that now pretend they honor Martin Luther King show that they never understood him—or those who share his vision today.28 minPlay
January 16Setareh Ghandehari on ICE Violence, Jon Schleuss on Pittsburgh Paper ShutdownThe Department of Homeland Security wants us all to think “immigration equals crime.” What happens if we do that? What would happen if we didn’t?28 minPlay
January 09Michelle Ellner on Venezuela InvasionTrump will simply declare that anyone who asks for justification is a terrorist. And news media will report that as one side of a two-sided argument.28 minPlay
January 02Best of CounterSpin 2025We call it the “best of,” but these are just a few of the void-filling conversations it’s been our pleasure to host in the last year.28 minPlay
December 26, 2025Kimberle Crenshaw on Anti-BlacknessUS corporate media have a white supremacy problem: They decide whose ideas are taken for granted and whose deemed marginal.28 minPlay
December 19, 2025Derek Seidman on Starbucks Strike, Mitch Jones on AI vs. EnvironmentEven Forbes has to acknowledge that even as the Starbucks strike “drags” into a second month, “global support grows.”28 minPlay
December 12, 2025Judd Legum and Adam Johnson on Gambling on the NewsWe’re learning about the deal just struck by “news” outlets CNN and CNBC with the “prediction market operator” Kalshi Inc.28 minPlay