CounterSpin
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Rodrigo Camarena on Wage Theft
Corporate media tell us to be mad at the rando taking toilet paper from Walgreens, but not the executive whos skimming your paycheck.
Stephen Zunes on Menendez Indictment
The story is mostly about the political fortunes of an individual; the huge numbers of less powerful people impacted are, at best, backdrop.
Lisa Xu on Auto Workers Strike
An unprecedented labor action is underway as thousands of Midwest autoworkers working for the Big 3 went on strike at the same time.
Maha Hilal on Innocent Until Proven Muslim
September 11, 2001, is the exemplar of a past that isnt dead, or even past, and for no one more particularly than Muslims.
Amanda Yee on Korean Travel Ban, Hyun Lee on Korea History
Media have an active disinterest in telling the story of the Korean peninsula in anything other than static, cartoonish terms.
Alfie Kohn, Diane Ravitch and Kevin Kumashiro on Education
It does no disservice to the education battles of the current day to connect them to previous battles and conversations.
Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disabilities Act
The ADA demands all kinds of attention, every daynot a once a year pat on the back about "how far weve come."
Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction
Unlike elite medias misty memories, the lawsuit is a stubborn indication that those responsible for Abu Ghraib haven't been called to account.
Shankar Narayan on Facial Misrecognition, Braxton Brewington on Student Debt Abolition
Facial recognition, a technology that has been proven wrong, has been deemed harmful, in principle and in practice, for years now.
Teddy Ostrow on UPS/Teamsters Agreement, Matthew Cunningham-Cook on GOP Climate Sabotage
Elite media are deeply accustomed to calling any union action a harm, and any company acknowledgment of workers value a concession.