‘The Miscarriage of Justice Catalyzed a Whole Movement Led by Asian Americans’
“An injury to one is an injury to all, and we have a basic interest in joining together to ensure each other’s safety.”
Helen Zia on Vincent Chin Legacy, Alec Karakatsanis on Chesa Boudin Recall
It’s 40 years since Vincent Chin’s murder, with a depressingly resonant context of anti-Asian hatred and scapegoating,
‘The “Great Replacement” Builds on Those Long Hatreds’
“Tucker [Carlson] made it his mission to bring this white supremacist conspiracy theory into the mainstream, to sanitize it just a little bit.”
Matt Gertz, Eric K. Ward on the Buffalo Massacre & ‘Replacement Theory’
The Buffalo killer is a white supremacist who believes there’s a plot run by Jews to “replace” white people with Black and brown people.
‘The Race Crisis and the Democracy Crisis Are Inseparable’
“We cannot downplay or disregard the white nationalist assault on multi-racial democracy, and we have to document it everywhere it turns up.”
Chris Lehmann on Multi-Racial Democracy, Mike Rispoli on Funding Local News
A new website uses critical race theory as a prism to explore the range of threats to multi-racial democracy and our ability to fight for it.
Dorothy A. Brown and Dean Baker on Tax Policy
Who pays taxes, how much, and why? We revisit two conversations about tax policy racism and taxing the rich on this week’s show.
‘This Portrayal of Urban Environment Definitely Did Fuel Fear’
“The more people watched local television news, the more likely they were to associate criminality with being Black.”
Layla A. Jones on ‘Lights. Camera. Crime’
The Philadelphia Inquirer’s “A More Perfect Union” project is aimed at examining racism in US institutions, including media institutions.
Racism ‘Hovers’ Over Events Like Jackson Hearings Because It Goes Unnamed
Timidity and awkward “even-handedness” ultimately provide cover for ideas and tactics that should be ruthlessly exposed for what they are.
Carol Anderson on History, Race and Democracy
It’s a good time to recall that we had a war in this country in which many people declared that they cared more about white supremacy.
Murdoch-Owned Outlets Ignore Their Own Role in Hate Crime Surge
Murdoch–owned outlets focused on hate crime without taking responsibility for the xenophobia they’ve consistently peddled.
Joseph Torres on Tulsa Massacre
This week on CounterSpin: Black History Month has always been something of a double-edged sword: It implies that Black history is somehow not “history,” that it has to be shoehorned in, “artificially,” to garner any value, with the corollary implication that if you choose to ignore it, you aren’t missing anything crucial. The idea […]
The News Is Not That Israel Has Apartheid, but That Amnesty Dares Say So
Criticism of Israel’s denial of Palestinians’ rights is deemed a threat to the country’s ability to be an explicitly Jewish state.
Elite Media Remember Lani Guinier as ‘Embattled’—and Forget How They Battled Her
The day Lani Guinier’s nomination was withdrawn, the New York Times ran an op-ed that falsely claimed she favored “segregating Black voters.”
‘Part of the Road to a Solution Is Really Understanding the Problem’
This annual round-up reflects the conversations we hope offered a voice or context or information that helped you interpret the news you read.
‘White Supremacists Were Willing to Hold the United States Hostage’
“White supremacy keeps bullying, keeps beating, keeps threatening the viability of the United States of America.”
Carol Anderson on White Supremacy vs. Democracy
This can be a turning point, if more of us understand that history isn’t something that happens to us, but something we DO.
Media’s Anti-‘Woke’ Mania Moves Social Justice to the Fringe
As the Democrats prepare for the midterm election cycle, anti-wokeness has become a key theme about the party’s future.
‘Threats Are Being Made Against Teachers Who Are Teaching the Truth’
“This is showing how important critical race theory is, because if it wasn’t that important, they wouldn’t be trying to silence it.”
