Chip Gibbons on Freeing Mahmoud Khalil, Farrah Hassen on Criminalizing Homelessness
There’s an important legal development in the case of student activist Mahmoud Khalil, held without warrant since March for voicing support for Palestinian lives.
When Media Tell Us Who ‘Won’ a Latin American Election, Start to Ask Questions
According to corporate media, Noboa’s victory was clear-cut, the reasons for it were obvious and there was little reason to question the outcome.
‘The Families Wanted Boeing to Face Real Accountability’:
CounterSpin interview with Katya Schwenk on Boeing deal
“You can really see how close the relationship is between Boeing and people at the highest positions of power in our country.”
‘Trump and Musk Are Attacking the Ability of Government to Protect Ordinary People’:
CounterSpin interview with Jeff Hauser on DOGE after Musk
“Taking seriously the notion that Musk was some sort of deficit hawk is part of the inanity of American political coverage.”
The Hidden Story: Israeli ‘Aid’ Is Part of Genocide Plan
Western media have found it difficult to report on Palestinians’ bleak choice: either die of starvation or die trying to obtain food aid.
Jeff Hauser on DOGE After Musk, Katya Schwenk on Boeing Deal
Reports are that Elon Musk is going back to make Tesla great again. We’ll talk about how to miss Musk when he won’t go away.
NYT Goes Silent on Greta Thunberg’s Gaza Voyage
How could Greta Thunberg have gone from a star in the New York Times’ pages to such a nonentity?
Activists Await NYT Podcast on Trans Care With Justifiable Dread
As Pride month kicks off, the New York Times is releasing a podcast about medical care for trans youth—a subject on which Times coverage has been shameful.
‘Dangerous Times Demand Dangerous Music’:
CounterSpin interview with Tom Morello on music as protest
“I’ve always had the firm belief…that history is not something that happens, it’s something that we make.”
Syrian Bloodbaths: From Nefarious to Benign
Media commentary on the grisly mass murders of people from Syrian minority groups has been decidedly muted.
Once Again, NYT Coverage of Anti-Trans Attacks Leaves Out Trans Voices
The New York Times covered the latest right-wing attack on trans youth in a fashion all too common for the paper: devoid of any perspectives from trans individuals.
‘Work Requirements Have Produced the Same Results Over and Over Again’:
CounterSpin interview with Bryce Covert on work requirements
“This is not about, in fact, helping people to work. This is, instead, about kicking people off the program.”
Tom Morello on Music as Protest
Tom Morello’s music has always been intertwined with his activism and advocacy for social, racial and economic justice.
‘The HHS Report Was Put Out to Give Cover to Oppose Transgender Healthcare’:
CounterSpin interview with Erin Reed on trans care 'questions'
“What we have is another example of the relentless pseudoscience coming out of this healthcare department under RFK Jr.”
NYT Assumed Antisemitism in DC Embassy Attack
The New York Times asserted definitively that Rodriguez’ violent action was antisemitic and must be understood in the context of global anti-Jewish hate.
An ‘Objective’ Press Won’t Alert You to Threats to Democracy
If you follow the New York Times’ approach to journalism, your audience won’t know when their government is acting illegally, or denying truth and reality.
‘I’m Not Seeing the Horror Reflected in Corporate Media’:
CounterSpin interview with Mara Kronenfeld on Israel's aid blockade
“Why hasn’t something happened to stop the killing already? And the displacement of 90% of the population?”
Bryce Covert on Work Requirements, Erin Reed on Trans Care ‘Questions’
The feint Congress is using to cut Medicare—we’re just forcing recipients to work, like they should—is obvious, age-old and long-disproven.
NYT Publisher Decries Assault on Press, But Ignores Journalism’s Worst Enemy
Downplaying Israel’s often lethal repression of journalism has been a pattern for the New York Times generally, not just for its publisher.
How NYT Reports on Weaponized Famine So You Don’t Have to Give a Damn
It’s a perverse way to describe a situation where widespread starvation is not looming or imminent, but well underway.
