Julie Hollar and Jim Naureckas on Placing Blame for Trump

We talk about what just happened, and corporate media’s role in it, with Julie Hollar, senior analyst at the media watch group FAIR, and FAIR’s editor Jim Naureckas.

News media start with the premise of immigration itself as a “crisis,” with the only debate around how to "stem" or "control" it.

Trump’s “Big Lie” attorneys are not so much returning to the field, but actually never left.

Defending Rights & Dissent has started a project called the Gaza First Amendment Alert, which is going to come out every other Wednesday.

A new book doesn’t just illuminate the thicket of effects of systemic racism as it affects where people live; it reframes the understanding of the role of housing.

Why are events we pay insurance for a "crisis" for the industry we pay it to? The unceasing effects of climate disruption will only throw that question into more relief.

As every day brings news of new carnage, US citizens have a duty not to look away, given our government’s critical role in arming Israel and ignoring its crimes.

Jen Senko’s film and the book based on it are an effort to engage the effects of that yelling, punching down, reactionary media.

Why do the press corps need a constitutional amendment to protect their ability to speak if all they’re going to say is, “oh well”?

A people-centered press corps would spell out the meaning of economic “indicators” in relation to where we want to go as a society that has yet to address deep historical and structural harms.