CounterSpin

Latest Episodes
Amos Barshad on Legalized Sports Betting
Legal sports gambling is the apple of the eye of many corporate and private state actorsbut how does it affect states, communities, people?
Adam Johnson on Charlottesville March (2017), Jacinta Gonzalez on Criminalizing Immigration (2018)
If we're to believe the chest-thumping, high on Trump's agenda will be the enforced criminalization of immigration.
Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on Placing Blame for Trump
We talk about what just happened, and corporate medias role in it, with Julie Hollar, senior analyst at the media watch group FAIR, and FAIRs editor Jim Naureckas.
Nicole Foy on Immigration and Labor
News media start with the premise of immigration itself as a crisis, with the only debate around how to "stem" or "control" it.
Shawn Musgrave, Orion Danjuma on Vote Fraud Hoax as Voter Suppression
Trumps Big Lie attorneys are not so much returning to the field, but actually never left.
Chip Gibbons on Gaza First Amendment Alert
Defending Rights & Dissent has started a project called the Gaza First Amendment Alert, which is going to come out every other Wednesday.
George Lipsitz on the Impacts of Housing Discrimination
A new book doesnt just illuminate the thicket of effects of systemic racism as it affects where people live; it reframes the understanding of the role of housing.
Top Papers Quoted More Wine Importers Than Union Leaders on Port Strike
The more a strike affects the economy, i.e., the more effective it is, the harder corporate media try to smear workers as selfish and destructive.
Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate, Insha Rahman on Immigration Conversation
Why are events we pay insurance for a "crisis" for the industry we pay it to? The unceasing effects of climate disruption will only throw that question into more relief.
Mohamad Bazzi on Israeli Terror Attacks
As every day brings news of new carnage, US citizens have a duty not to look away, given our governments critical role in arming Israel and ignoring its crimes.