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Exciting news! State of the Free Press 2026 is here—just as Project Censored celebrates our 50th anniversary. This year’s edition showcases fearless independent journalism uncovering ICE surveillance, Meta censorship, and police violence. project-censored.org/shop/p/state-o…

Robin Andersen examines how corporate media's reliance on official Israeli narratives has helped obscure evidence of war crimes, making the genocide in Gaza one of the most documented—and most contested—atrocities in modern history. projectcensored.org/israel-account…

Despite the loss of key protections for incarcerated people, the decision has received no coverage from corporate media.

Elizabeth Weill-Greenberg for The Appeal reported that the DOJ eliminated funding for the National Prison Rape Elimination Act Resource Center, ending key protections against sexual violence in US prisons. projectcensored.org/doj-funding-cu…

How does capitalist #media control the narrative about women? Join us tonight @ 8 pm ET for Macro n Chill to listen to and discuss our latest @CheeseMacro ep. ft. Allison Butler of @ProjectCensored. #Women #ClassStruggle Register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

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As independent journalism faces mounting political and economic pressure, Project Censored needs your support now more than ever. Help us reach our $10,000 goal to sustain our work promoting independent journalism and advancing critical media literacy. Donate $100 or more and receive an exclusive Project Censored 50th anniversary edition hat featuring our new logo. project-censored.org/support

Martha Dimitratou, Caspar Pisters, and Lotje Beek join Eleanor to discuss Meta's ongoing censorship of LGBTQ+ voices and how activists are fighting back through alternative forms of organizing. youtube.com/watch?v=bqql3g…

Shealeigh Voitl and Andy Lee Roth unpack how AI search overviews and chatbots are quietly becoming gatekeepers of information, steering users away from independent journalism while presenting AI-generated narratives as objective and authoritative. projectcensored.org/frame-checking…

Dr. Austin Kocher returns to discuss underreported immigration stories. From overcrowded court hearings and expedited deportations to the appointment of handpicked immigration judges, Kocher examines how the system is being reshaped in real time. youtube.com/watch?v=TgT7eV…

In a new op-ed for @truthout, Andy Lee Roth argues that corporate media's framing of the Musk-Altman lawsuit as an elite rivalry obscures deeper questions about how AI is reshaping social power and whose interests the technology ultimately serves. truthout.org/articles/corpo…

MAGAcademy: The Hostile Takeover of Higher Ed New #free Macro N Cheese episode on #substack in comments below 👇

A report from the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy found that 88 profitable corporations—including Tesla, Palantir, and Citigroup—paid no federal income taxes in 2025, despite collectively earning $105 billion in profits. projectcensored.org/corporations-p…

What happens when the AI technologies shaping public discourse are rewarded for telling people what they want to hear? Lily Minh Wass examines how generative AI fuels a culture of sycophancy, where user approval is prioritized over the truth. projectcensored.org/the-sycophancy…

Drawing on James Baldwin's observation that "history is not the past," Horne explores how selective historical narratives shape public understanding of contemporary struggles. The conversation examines the glorification of state-sanctioned violence, the evolving boundaries of whiteness, and the enduring impact of historical omissions on American political and social life.

As the United States nears its 250th anniversary, historian Dr. Gerald Horne joins the show to examine the stories excluded from the nation's official history and explain why they still matter today. youtube.com/watch?v=FpOFyD…

A report by Lachlan Hyatt for High Country found that tribal wildfire programs receive less than half the per-acre funding of the US Forest Service, despite facing more fires per 100,000 acres. Despite this growing threat, corporate media coverage of tribal wildfire vulnerability remains limited. projectcensored.org/funding-failur…

The richest 1 percent globally have gained more than $33.9 trillion over the past decade, while America's wealthiest billionaires accumulated hundreds of billions more under Trump-era policies, according to reporting by Jake Johnson for Common Dreams. Much of the corporate media coverage has been limited, often focusing on billionaire philanthropy or questioning proposals to tax extreme wealth. projectcensored.org/top-1-percent-…

José Luis Granados Ceja recently joined the show to discuss HondurasGate, the ongoing plot to oust leftist governments in Latin America, and what these escalations mean for people across the Americas, including in the US. youtube.com/watch?v=QcqsqW…