Fuhrerbook: How Meta Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Far Right
Along with Zuckerberg’s makeover from nerd to alpha bro, Meta made it clear that it needed to replace woke empathy with the shock jock antics of Trumpism.
‘This Decision Is an Erasure of Black Political Power Unlike Anything We’ve Seen in Our Lifetimes’:
CounterSpin interview with Vincent Southerland on Black voting barriers
“What Callais does is weaken…the entire framework of Section Two, and reduce the Voting Rights Act to little more than words on a paper.”
Vincent Southerland on Black Voting Barriers
Obstacles to voting don’t have to be valid to have impact. And it isn’t just Trump’s lies, that media keep repeating, even as they call them lies.
In NYC Stabbings, Only Some Victims and Narratives Matter
Corporate media are eager to platform those who constantly assert that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s criticism of Israel is an attack on all Jews.
How Many Ways Can You Avoid Reporting That Cops Killed a Baby?
Caution in reporting is valuable, but when it’s mainly deployed to protect the inflicters of state violence, you have to ask if it’s really a principle at all.
NYT’s Advocate of ‘White Grievance’ Now Looks to Black Voters to Save Democrats From Socialism
The New York Times portrays proponents of socialism as “white elites,” while actual white elites dress up the defense of their wealth in blackface.
Fuhrman Left His Mark on Media
After Mark Fuhrman became a symbol of a divided America, it’s quite telling that the disgraced cop later found a landing place on Fox News.
The Regressive Ideologies Behind the ‘Baby Bust’ Panic
Corporate media downplay or ignore the white nationalism, regressive gender ideals and economic inequality driving the “pronatalist” narrative.
‘Advocates Know How to Fight Attempts to Repress Black History’:
CounterSpin interview with Naomi Bethune on anti-Black history
“Right now is the exact moment that we should be looking back on the conditions that marginalized people experienced at this country’s formal conception.”
Naomi Bethune on Anti-Black History Month?
In the words of Ida B. Wells: “The people must know before they can act, and there is no educator to compare with the press.”
Why Corporate Media Needed to Misrepresent Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s kind of politics terrified an elite that thrives on keeping the 99 Percent divided and conquered.
‘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.”
Dedrick Asante-Muhammad on State of the Dream 2026
The elite press corps that now pretend they honor Martin Luther King show that they never understood him—or those who share his vision today.
‘We’re Seeing the Result of Decades of ICE Being Able to Act With Impunity’:
CounterSpin interview with Setareh Ghandehari on ICE violence
“If ICE is acting with such impunity and disregard for human life in broad daylight…what happens inside of immigration detention centers?”
‘You Cannot Change a Reality That You Cannot Name’:
CounterSpin interview with Kimberlé Crenshaw on anti-Blackness
“Every time this democracy has been threatened…the core of it has been the manipulation of racial resentment and white supremacy.”
Kimberle Crenshaw on Anti-Blackness
US corporate media have a white supremacy problem: They decide whose ideas are taken for granted and whose deemed marginal.
Nonprofits Purge Websites of Diversity Language in Futile Attempt to Appease MAGA Inquisitors
Threats of funding cuts don’t just endanger nonprofits, they warp them—which is why putting political strings on funding violates the First Amendment.
NYT Covers Racism From the Point of View of the Racist
The New York Times’ problem isn’t that it hasn’t probed deeply enough into the far-right psyche; it’s that it refuses to stop normalizing it.
Jean Su on Challenging COP30 Narratives
Focusing on what people, including those most harmed, are doing, along with what’s being done to them, could help move debate off an outdated dime.
Press Remembers Oldest Survivor of Tulsa Massacre—But Not Press’s Role in Massacre
The white-owned press didn’t just fuel the Tulsa Race Massacre, which killed 300 overwhelmingly Black people and destroyed a thriving community; it also helped cover it up.
