Sonali Kolhatkar & Laura Flanders on Independent Media and the Year Ahead

2025-01-03

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Sonali Kolhatkar & Laura Flanders on Independent Media and the Year Ahead

CounterSpin

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David Kass on Billionaire Election-Buying

Silky Shah on the Attack on Immigrants

Derek Seidman on Insurance and Climate (2024); Ariel Adelman on Disability Civil Rights (2024)

Dean Baker on China Trade Policy

Sonali Kolhatkar & Laura Flanders on Independent Media and the Year Ahead

The Best of CounterSpin 2024

Yanni Chen on TikTok Ban, Richard Mendel on Youth and Crime

Iman Abid on Israeli Genocide

Arlene Martinez on Amazon Misconduct, Neil deMause (2019) on Amazon HQ Fight

Katherine Gallagher on Abu Ghraib Verdict