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Nora Benavidez on Post-Roe Data Privacy, Dorothee Benz on January 6 Insurrection
This week on CounterSpin: The internet has changed the way we communicate, access information and even organize, which means concerns about digital privacy are concerns about privacy, period. In the w
Jessica Mason Pieklo on Abortion Rights, Preston Mitchum on Reproductive Justice
This week on CounterSpin: The Supreme Court’s reversal on abortion rights is so actually and potentially devastating that it’s hard to know where to look. It’s worth tracing things back—Katherine Stew
‘Whether You’re on the Supreme Court Shouldn’t Depend on How Many People You Give Your Phone Number to’ - CounterSpin interview with Adele Stan and Elliot Mincberg on John Roberts' nomination to the Supreme Court
"That kind of legal philosophy could seriously endanger not just the environment, but the ability of Congress to pass all sorts of laws protecting the environment, health, safety and civil rights."
Did Public TV Doc Promote Peaceful Coexistence—or the UAE?
A film that offers an entirely uncritical and glowing portrait of the UAE ought to make PBS take a closer look at the film's funding.
Adele Stan & Elliot Mincberg on John Roberts, Chip Gibbons on Why Assange Matters
A Supreme Court led by Chief Justice John Roberts has gutted multiple legally and societally established precedents.
Dave Zirin on Football Prayer Ruling, Howard Bryant on Black Athletes & Social Change
This week on CounterSpin: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion on Kennedy v. Bremerton that “the Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and to
Raed Jarrar on Biden’s Saudi Trip, Lindsay Koshgarian on People Over Pentagon
It's hard to parse corporate media coverage of Biden's Saudi visit, because that coverage obscures rather than illuminates what's going on.
Helen Zia on Vincent Chin Legacy, Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin Recall
It's 40 years since Vincent Chin's murder, with a depressingly resonant context of anti-Asian hatred and scapegoating,
Politico Paints Gen X as ‘Trumpiest Generation’—on Flimsiest Evidence
On Biden’s and Trump’s favorable ratings, Gen Xers find themselves mostly in the middle among generations.
Lori Wallach on Vaccine Equity, Steffie Woolhandler on Insurance & Covid
There are people and policies, with names, preventing developing countries from accessing life-saving Covid vaccines.





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