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Lemon Arrest Shows Being Near Protesters Can Make You an Enemy of the State
The Lemon and Fort arrests ratchet up a trend by US officials, both local and national, to view reporters as accomplices to anti-government protesters.
‘There’s an Attack on Racial Equity Analysis Because They Feel It Changes the Conversation’: CounterSpin interview with Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on the State of the Dream
“People want to talk so much about the King holiday as a time for community service, but it’s really a time for community action.”
Beyond Corporate Media, Journalists Are Stepping Up and Speaking Up About ICE
It’s not clear whether corporate media know they’re writing themselves a resignation letter, but they are.
Social Media Working to Protect ICE Clampdown in Minneapolis
We have a social media oligarchy that is now working directly in the interests of the Trump administration’s national police state.
Jenna Ruddock on DHS Domestic Surveillance
People who never called themselves “political” are moving out of their comfort zone to register their opposition to violent, state-sanctioned power.
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FAIR Studies
After Trump Declared Gaza War ‘Over,’ Media Lost Interest
Since Donald Trump declared that “the war in Gaza is over” on October 3, 2025, US news outlets’ interest in the occupied territory has plummeted.
Labeling Kidnapping a ‘Capture,’ Media Legitimate Violation of International Law
It’s misleading to use language like “capture” and “arrest,” which evoke the US upholding the law, to describe heavily armed US forces taking Maduro prisoner.
When a Shooter Is Trans—and Not a Cis Male—Suddenly Identity Matters
Most media outlets focused on profiling the shooter—who was transgender—treating the shooting as an isolated case rather than part of a larger, systemic issue.
Western Media Manufactured Consent for Israel’s Murder of Palestinian Journalists
Most outlets accepted Israel’s premise that any number of bystanders can legitimately be killed in order to target a supposed Hamas member.
Media Largely Ignored Gaza Famine When There Was Time to Avert Mass Starvation
Gaza’s conditions of famine have been out in the open for well over a year, and yet it was considered barely newsworthy in US news media.
