CounterSpin

Recent Episodes

Arun Kundnani on Islamophobia & the ‘War on Terror,’ Keane Bhatt on a Tale of Two Elections

Posted December 18, 2015 • 00:28:00

The San Bernardino killings have added fuel to an upsurge of Islamophobia in US media and politics that in some ways is worse than that seen in the...

Jamie Kalven on the Laquan McDonald Cover-Up

Posted December 11, 2015 • 00:28:00

The video that belied the official story of the police killing of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald, along with an autopsy that also showed police's initial...

Jodi Jacobson on Colorado Springs and Reproductive Justice

Posted December 4, 2015 • 00:28:00

If media's takeaway from the violent murders of three people at a Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood clinic, by a man reportedly ranting about "baby...

Saru Jayaraman on Outlawing the Tipped Minimum Wage

Posted November 27, 2015 • 00:28:00

There's a movement to outlaw the "tipped wage" -- the idea that a minimum wage of $2.13 is OK, because waitstaff get enough in voluntary tips to make...

Jim Naureckas on ISIS Attacks, Janet Redman on Climate Conference Activism

Posted November 20, 2015 • 00:28:00

The Paris attacks by the group known as ISIS have dominated news outlets, but if the goal really is to prevent the recurrence of such violence, then...