US journalists invoke the First Amendment a lot, but not so much when it extends to regular folks saying NO to the US government.

CounterSpin is thankful to all the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show to help us see the world more clearly.

Powerful institutions, including the media, combine a selective understanding of free expression with a vehement desire to enforce it.

We can't have a public conversation about how fossil fuels cause climate disruption in a corporate media moneyed by fossil fuel companies.

The devastation of Gaza, and the vehement efforts to silence anyone who wants to challenge it, is the story for today.

Too many outlets seem to have trouble shaking the framing of abortion as a "controversy," or as posing problems for this or that politician.

Argentina's new president questions the death toll of the country's military dictatorship and calls climate change a lie of socialism.

Cable news coverage of victims, war crimes and context show a double standard when it comes to US allies versus official US enemies.

The question is whether the Courts conservative majority can use its special brand of backwards-looking to determine this countrys future.

Shouldn't the press corps be actively involved in informing us about the person third in line for the presidency?