CounterSpin

CounterSpin


Latest Episodes

Andrew Perez on the Filibuster
June 18, 2021

The filibuster is the crucial backdrop to any conversation about the Biden agenda, though media don't always bring that point home.

Jaisal Noor on Worker Co-Ops, Duncan Meisel on Fossil Fuel Greenwashing
June 11, 2021

In the way they balance worker health and company success, worker co-ops complicate corporate media's economic storyline.

Joseph Torres on Media & Tulsa Massacre
June 04, 2021

Journalism has been central to public reckoning with the Tulsa massacre ever since that late May night 100 years ago.

Vijay Prashad on India, Covid and Modi
May 28, 2021

US corporate media don't seem to see a story worth telling in India, beyond how Modi might hold on to power despite some unfortunate "missteps."

Preston Mitchum on Roe and Reproductive Justice, Steven Rosenfeld on Arizona Audit
May 21, 2021

Who's speaking for the actual majority of US citizens who support a person's right to determine whether and when to have a child?

Michael Hiltzik on ‘No One Wants to Work!’
May 14, 2021

Do elite media have space for people who don't want to risk their lives for less money than they need to live?

Ahmad Abuznaid on Israel/Palestine Apartheid, James Love on Bill Gates & Vaccine Politics
May 07, 2021

Where elite media present a frozen he said/she said, never-the-twain-shall-meet debate over Israel/Palestine, more and more people see a different way forward.

Tim Karr on Paying for Fox News Racism, Lynn Parramore on Hedge Funds vs. Green New Deal
April 30, 2021

Tucker Carlson spews harmful nonsense like it's his job, which it is, and he gets some $10 million a year from it—but did you know that, if you have cable, you're paying into that income?

Elly Page on Anti-Protest Bills, Christy Mallory on Targeting Trans Youth
April 23, 2021

If the Chauvin verdict is testament to the power of protest, so too are the vigorous efforts to squelch that power. Plus: Right-wing legislators target trans kids at the state level.

Dorothy A. Brown and Amy Hanauer on Tax Unfairness
April 16, 2021

While recognizing that it's not the sole source of inequality, there are things we can do about blatant, enduring and powerful unfairness in US tax policy.