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.
Dehumanization Killed Jordan Neely—and Dominated Coverage of His Death
Much of the corporate press refrained from framing Neely as a victim, and far-right media outlets went even further to excuse the killing.
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.
‘Let’s Target Job Creation to These Forgotten Places and People’
“Because a lot of Black joblessness is not counted in the unemployment rate, we still have a massive need for jobs in Black communities.”
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.
‘The Water Crisis Is a Manifestation of Jim Crow Politics’
“If there was really investigative reporting around what happened in Mississippi, folks would see a pattern of theft and extraction.”
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.
ACTION ALERT: NYT Book Review in Denial on Japanese Persecution in World War II
The insistence that not all Japanese people were banned from California severely damages the credibility of the New York Times.
As Right Media Hail DeSantis as ‘Woke’ Killer, Centrists Admire His Brand
Centrist media are in no way hammering DeSantis with the same vigor that their right-wing counterpoints are defending him.
Douthat’s Birthrate Obsession Launders White Nationalist Anxieties
Behind Ross Douthat’s birthrate obsession lurks something much more tied to right-wing nativism than he will ever openly admit.
‘It Takes People Working Together to Bridge Understandings and Undo Misunderstandings’
“CounterSpin is thankful to all of the activists, researchers, reporters and advocates who appear on the show…. This is just a small selection.”
Best of CounterSpin 2022
CounterSpin is thankful to every activist, researcher, reporter and advocate who appeared on the show, of whom this is just a small selection.
‘This Case Was Never About Defending Asian Americans’
“Media need to do a better job of covering the solidarity among Asian Americans and other communities of color in standing against this lawsuit.”
Jake Johnston on Haiti Intervention, Jeannie Park on Harvard Affirmative Action
US news media ignore the role US intervention has played throughout Haitian history in order to push for the same sort of intervention again.
‘The Moment Black People Showed Up, We Responded With Violence’
“We are able to welcome the Ukrainians in crisis with compassion… It should be provided to people no matter where they are from.”
Julio López Varona on Puerto Rico Colonialism, Guerline Jozef on Haitian Refugee Abuse
Tax giveaways to non–Puerto Ricans mean money not going to Puerto Rico’s energy systems, schools, hospitals, housing.
‘There’s a Lot of Jubilance and Healing in Reparations’
“Myths of Black inferiority have been baked into our media system and its practices since the very, very beginning.”
Alicia Bell and Collette Watson on Media Reparations
US news media need to not only acknowledge inflicting racist harms, but take seriously the idea of repairing them.
Matt Gertz and Eric K Ward on White ‘Replacement’ Theory
News media missed an opportunity to interrogate the media outlets and politicians who repeatedly invoke the white replacement idea.
Dave Zirin on Football Prayer Ruling, Howard Bryant on Black Athletes & Social Change
This week on CounterSpin: Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch wrote in the majority opinion on Kennedy v. Bremerton that “the Constitution and the best of our traditions counsel mutual respect and tolerance, not censorship and suppression, for religious and nonreligious views alike.” The case was about whether there was a problem with a Washington […]
