CounterSpin
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Gregory Shupak on Palestinian Genocide, Robert Spitzer on Gun Rights and Rules
Why do the press corps need a constitutional amendment to protect their ability to speak if all theyre going to say is, oh well?
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad & Algernon Austin on the Black Economy
A people-centered press corps would spell out the meaning of economic indicators in relation to where we want to go as a society that has yet to address deep historical and structural harms.
Freddy Brewster on Supermarket Megamerger
Kroger is currently raising the prices of things like eggs and milk above inflation rates, simply because they can get away with it.
Steve Macek on Dark Money
How do we acknowledge the fact that many peoples opinions are shaped by messages that are created and paid for by folks who work hard to hide their identity and their interests?
Emily Sanders on Criminalizing Pipeline Protest, Victoria St. Martin on Suing Fossil Fuel Companies
The crickets youre hearing about efforts to eviscerate the right to protest the impacts of climate disruption? Thats all intentional.
Lee Hepner on Google Monopoly, Shayana Kadidal on Guantanamo Plea Deal
Does the company that "corners the market" do so because people simply prefer what they sell? The anti-monopoly ruling against Google challenges that idea of how things work.
Tim Wise on ‘DEI Hires,’ Keith McHenry on Criminalizing the Unhoused
The right wing has gotten much more overt about their intention to defeat the prospect of multiracial democracy, as demonstrated by its latest weaponized tropethe DEI hire.
Ari Berman on Minority Rule
If voting were made easier, Donald Trump said, "You'd never have a Republican elected in this country again."
Phyllis Bennis on Israel’s War on Palestinians
Years from now, well hear about how everyone saw the nightmare and everyone opposed it. But history is now, and the world is watching.
Shelby Green & Selah Goodson Bell on Utility Profiteering, Jane McAlevey on #MeToo & Labor
At some point, we will get tired of hearing news reports on "record heat"because "heat" will have stopped meaning what it once may have meant.