Capitol Coup d’Trump
On January 6, 2021, right-wing protestors invaded the U.S. Capitol building to try to disrupt the certifying of votes for the presidential election, some of them threatening the lives of……
John Marshall And Nolan Higdon
Mickey’s first guest is veteran technology entrepreneur John Marshall. In his new book “Free is Bad: How the Free Web Hurt Privacy, Truth and Democracy,” he contends that internet users’……
Capitol Coup d’Trump: Deconstructing Media Narratives around January 6th Events
Project Censored hosted a live Zoom-based round-table discussion Wednesday, January 13, 2021. The online event included a panel of scholars and media experts discussing how media are shaping audiences’ interpretation……
Kevin Gosztola and Michael D. Knox
This week’s program begins with Kevin Gosztola’s analysis of the recent UK court rulings about Julian Assange; although the judge refused to allow Assange’s extradition to the U.S., Gosztola says……
Aaron Good and Adam Bessie
In the first half of the program, scholar Aaron Good summarizes a recent article he co-authored with Peter Dale Scott about the September 9, 2001 murder of Afghan militia leader……
Sharyl Attkisson and Rachael Jolley
In the first half of the show, award-winning journalist and bestselling author Sharyl Attkisson shares ideas from her new book “Slanted. “ She contends that in recent years corporate and……
Journalist Chris Hedges
In an online speech delivered one week after the election, journalist Chris Hedges spoke about the much deeper forces of political and economic decay afflicting the US. This week’s Project……
Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the New Project Censored Book
Today on the Project Censored Show Mickey Huff and Andy Lee Roth discuss the new Project Censored book, and explain its analytical approach. Project Censored’s new annual volume, “State of……
A Note on Research and Evaluation of Censored News Stories
How do we at Project Censored identify and evaluate independent news stories, and how do we know that the Top 25 stories that we bring forward each year are not……
#25. Studies Document Links between Education, Incarceration, and Recidivism
Two research studies document links between education, incarceration, and recidivism, as covered in articles published by ColorLines, Usable Knowledge, and Citizen Truth. In September 2019, ColorLines reported that attending a……
#24. Silenced in Savannah: Journalist Abby Martin Challenges Georgia’s BDS “Gag Law”
Journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin, a supporter of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement that aims to end support for Israel’s oppression of Palestinians, was scheduled to give a……
#23. “Global Gag Rule” Continues to Compromise Women’s Health around World
The United States’s global gag rule continues to put at risk the sexual health of women in developing countries that rely on US aid. This federal rule—formally known as the……
#22. An Emergency Wealth Tax to Confront Coronavirus Pandemic
From March 18 to May 14, 2020, more than 36 million US workers lost their jobs, while the wealth of US billionaires increased by more than $368 billion, an increase……
#21. The Scourge of Human Trafficking in Yemen
Owing to the war launched in 2015 by a US-backed coalition of Arab countries, including Saudi Arabia, Yemen now suffers from “a complete absence” of law and order, which has……
#20. A Comprehensive Framework for Transforming the Criminal-Legal System
Calling for policy solutions to dismantle the US system of criminal punishment and the inequalities and white supremacy that this system promotes and perpetuates, Alec Karakatsanis, the executive director of……
#19. Antibiotic Abuse: Pharmaceutical Profiteering Accelerates Superbugs
Pharmaceutical giants Abbott and Sun Pharma are providing dangerous amounts of antibiotics to unlicensed doctors in India and incentivizing them to overprescribe. In August 2019 the Bureau of Investigative Journalism……
#18. Trump Labor Board Assaults Workers’ Rights
On December 13, 2019, the Trump administration’s National Labor Relations Board (NLRB)—the federal agency charged with enforcing labor law and overseeing union certification elections—escalated its assault against workers’ rights by……
#17. International Plasma Market Profits from US and Mexico’s Poorest
US hospitals are currently desperate for blood donors: more than 4000 blood drives were canceled because of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a March 2020 letter co-signed by the AABB,…
#16. International Law Could Hold US Accountable for Violating Detained Immigrant Children’s Rights
After a host of media outlets’ front-page headlines reported that thousands of immigrant children had been forcibly separated from their families by US officials, in June 2018 the Trump administration……
#15. Indigenous Trauma and Suicide an Enduring Legacy of Colonialism
From evidence of neglect at government-run clinics in Canada’s northern reserves to the tragic loss of lives in remote villages in Alaska and on reservation lands in Montana, independent news……
#14. The Case for a Public Pharmaceutical System
A September 2019 report by the Democracy Collaborative outlined a model for a democratic public pharmaceutical system, as Fran Quigley reported for Common Dreams. According to the report, the existing……
#13. Lessons from Colorado’s Voting System
Colorado boasts “the highest percentage of eligible citizens registered to vote,” and its voter participation rates are “often the first or second for the entire nation,” Colorado Secretary of State……
#12. Police Officers Implicated in Online Hate Groups as Facebook Profits
According to an investigation by Reveal, the media platform for the nonprofit Center for Investigative Reporting, hundreds of US police officers are members of misogynistic, homophobic, racist, anti-Muslim, Confederate, or……
#11. New Green Scare: Law Enforcement Crackdown on Environmental Activism
As scientists warn of imminent climate change, environmental welfare activists in the United States are facing growing legal penalties and a crackdown by law enforcement agencies designed to counteract environmental……