Kehsi Iman Wilson on Americans with Disabilities Act
The ADA demands all kinds of attention, every day—not a once a year pat on the back about “how far we’ve come.”
CounterSpin
Baher Azmy on Abu Ghraib Torture Lawsuit, Thomas Germain on Online History Destruction
Unlike elite media’s 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.
Melissa Crow on Asylum Restrictions, Dave Zirin on NYT’s Vanishing Sports Section
Advocates have long declared that Biden’s asylum restrictions are not just harmful but unlawful. And a federal judge has just agreed.
Kevin Minofu on Say Her Name
Say Her Name is about adding Black women to our understanding of police violence—to help make our response more meaningful and impactful.
Arlene Martínez on Corporate Subsidies, Florín Nájera-Uresti on Journalism Preservation
White supremacy and economic policy are completely different stories for the press, but not for the people.
Emily Sanders on How Not to Interview an Oil CEO, Kaufman & Bozuwa on Fighting Climate Disrupters
There is no way to fight climate disruption without fighting climate disrupters.
Taryn Abbassian and Others on Dobbs One Year Later
The impacts of the Dobbs ruling are still reverberating, as is the organized pushback that we can learn about and support.
Nancy Altman on GOP Social Security Attack, Daniel Ellsberg Revisited
When Daniel Ellsberg died, media burnished their own reputation as truth-tellers while somehow dishonoring the practice of truth-telling.
Sonali Kolhatkar on the Power of Narrative
Narrative is an important tool for folks looking to change the world for the better, in part by changing the stories we tell one another.
Tauhid Chappell on Cannabis Justice, Evan Greer on Kids Online Safety Act
What will the legalization, and profitizing, of marijuana mean for the people and communities most harmed by its criminalization?
Jeff Chang & Jeannie Park on Asian Americans and Affirmative Action
Asian-American students are being used as the face of attempts to eliminate affirmative action or race-consciousness in college admissions.
Eric Thurm on the Hollywood Writers’ Strike
Many corporate news reporters seem unable to present a labor action as other than an unwonted interruption of a natural order.
Cody Bloomfield on Anti-Activist Terrorism Charges
Some officials fully intend to treat anyone who stands in opposition to whatever they decide they want to do as enemies of the state.
Ian Millhiser on Supreme Court Corruption
Whether the Supreme Court gets away with its rejection of ethics depends in part on journalists’ willingness to stick with the stories.
Chris Lehmann on Debt Ceiling Myths, Kyle Wiens on Right to Repair’s Moment
Republican brinkmanship could devastate millions of people—along with the harm to public understanding of what’s actually going on.
Jen Senko on the Cost of Hate Talk
Hate-fueled and hate-fueling media have political and historical impacts—and interpersonal, familial ones as well.
Rachel K. Jones on Mifepristone, Donna Murch on Rutgers Labor Action
A Texas judge revoking FDA approval of mifepristone may be a “confusing legal battle” for media–but for most people, it’s just frightening.
Taxes: Who Pays and What For?
Tax season leads some of us to ponder what we get in return for our resources—streets and stop signs, to be sure, but also wars.
