CounterSpin
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Norman Solomon on the Iraq Invasion, 20 Years Later
What passes for debate about why we must remain at war with whomever is designated has roots in 2003 worth studying.
Kamau Franklin on Cop City Protests
The corporate press corps seems intent on forcing a vital, important situation into old, tired and harmful frames.
Kim Knackstedt on Disability Policy, Algernon Austin on Unemployment & Race
Media interest in historic breakthroughs should extend to the barriers disabled people face in 2023, and how policies could address them.
Makani Themba on Jackson Crisis
Jackson, Mississippi, residents who have been harmed many times over are being told that the appropriate response is to take away their voice.
Ellen Schrecker on the New McCarthyism
Our past has not been fully grappled with or understood, and that has everything to do with whats happening now.
Maritza Perez Medina on Fentanyl, Nancy Altman on Social Security
Saying how hard you want to be on "dealers" is really an admission of a failure to address a public health issue as a public health issue.
Evan Greer on the Fight for the FCC
What could be happening if Biden's long-languishing nomination of public interest advocate Gigi Sohn were put through?
Shelby Green and Selah Goodson Bell on Utility Shutoffs & Profiteering
Electric utilities have disconnected US households more than 4 million times since the beginning of Covid, preceding the Ukraine War.
Independent Media Need You to Get the Word Out on Social Media
Engaging with posts on social media is a meaningful way of supporting journalism organizations you are sympathetic to.
Michael Mechanic on Underfunding the IRS
The message from many politicians and their media amplifiers: Cheating on taxes is a luxury only the rich can, or should be able to, afford.