"Most Americans believe that they have a very robust right to protest...but the courts haven't felt that way necessarily."

"If we can't deal with the problem of pharmaceutical monopolies, if we can't deal with the problem of politics influencing health criteria, before there is a safe and effective vaccine, then we can see that we're in for a world of hurt."

"It’s a health problem, it’s an environmental problem, it’s a racial justice problem at this point, because of the way it’s distributed throughout the country and the world."

  Independent journalist Chris Hedges (ScheerPost, 8/25/20) wrote: The flagrant corruption and misuse of the legal system to abjectly serve corporate interests in the Donziger case illustrates the deep decay within our judiciary and democratic institut...

There is a connection—underexplored —between brutish police responses to peaceful protests and a history of Supreme Court rulings around the First Amendment.

"The Black athlete is the most important and most influential and most visible Black employee in the 20th century, because they’re the ones who were allowed to integrate the society."

"Foreign policy has to be grounded in global cooperation, human rights...respect for international law, privileging diplomacy over war."

This week on CounterSpin, we feature three archived but relevant conversations.

"It's more important than ever not just to be registered, but to really, really make sure your registration information is correct."

"We need to be protecting large swaths of land like the Arctic Refuge, and using them for the future preservation and mitigation of climate change."