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 history. www.projectcensored.org/israel-accou...

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. www.projectcensored.org/doj-funding-...

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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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=bqql...

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. www.projectcensored.org/frame-checki...

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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TgT7...

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/cor...

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. www.projectcensored.org/corporations...

"This is a nightmare scenario, & the nightmare is here." A must read from @maximillianalvarez.bsky.social @therealnews.com about the state of free speech & media in the United States, today. #freespeech #media @projectcensored.bsky.social therealnews.com/the-war-on-o...

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. www.projectcensored.org/the-sycophan...

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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=FpOF...

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. www.projectcensored.org/funding-fail...

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. www.projectcensored.org/top-1-percen...

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. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qcqs...

Recently on the show, MiDian Shofner unpacks antiracism, abolition, and what it means to be an expert in building alternatives to our cruel system. MiDian calls on us to linger in the reality of this country and where to look for solutions that benefit the people. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3mdV...

The headlines they missed. The stories they buried. The music they forgot. Friday on KPFA: Democracy Now!, A Rude Awakening, Project Censored, Pacifica Evening News, and History of Funk. Powered by listeners. Not corporations. Full Schedule @ kpfa.org #kpfa @projectcensored.bsky.social

This week on the show, researcher and editor Michelle Eid discusses the politics of photojournalism, the harms of extractive reporting, and how visual framing can reinforce stereotypes while distancing audiences from ongoing atrocities. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIUV...

Mischa Geracoulis examines how media coverage of the 1984 Bernie Goetz shooting normalized victim reversal. The piece connects Reagan-era media narratives to today's reactionary politics, aggressive policing, anti-immigrant crackdowns, and pro-war propaganda. www.projectcensored.org/ersatz-fear-...

PROJECT CENSORED: What The Media's Not Telling You About Lebanon youtu.be/GeWFO7XYbfY?... @projectcensored.bsky.social @afeefness.bsky.social #photojournalism #journalism #pressfreedom

"What we need is a truly independent free press reporting factually, transparently, and ethically in the public interest,” says @projectcensored.bsky.social's Mickey Huff. “[N]ot one owned by corporate conglomerates and big tech mogul billionaires blasting oligarchic propaganda and AI slop.”

4 stories corporate media failed to cover this week:

Journalist Afeef Nessouli joins the show to talk about the situation in Lebanon, and how corporate media deliberately flattens and dehumanizes in service of US-Israeli regional goals. www.youtube.com/watch?v=GeWF...

In an excerpt from "The Judgment of Gender" for @msmagazine.com, Allison T. Butler revisits Sinéad O’Connor, examining how corporate media sensationalized and redirected attention from her SNL protest to spectacle, rather than addressing the abuse she exposed. msmagazine.com/2026/03/24/s...

This week on the show, Eleanor speaks with Michael and Em of Project Saltbox about their DHS data analysis, including the ICE Warehouse Tracker. They expose unsafe detention plans, community impacts, and how data can help resist this expanding system. www.youtube.com/watch?v=yhN4...

Now available from The Censored Press: "The Judgment of Gender: How Women Are Centered and Silenced in Pop Culture" by media scholar Allison T. Butler. www.project-censored.org/shop/p/judgm...

James Schneider joins the show to discuss the March 21st Nuestra América Convoy to Cuba—an international effort to deliver humanitarian aid to Havana. Schneider highlights the growing crisis in Cuba and the importance of coordinated, people-led solidarity actions. www.youtube.com/watch?v=aa2t...

PROJECT CENSORED HOODIES ARE NOW AVAILABLE! www.project-censored.org/shop/p/jeste...

NOW AVAILABLE FROM THE CENSORED PRESS: The Judgment of Gender by Allison Butler. This new book explores how women are often centered yet simultaneously silenced in popular culture—and frequently maligned for simply being women. www.project-censored.org/shop/p/judgm...

Recently on the show, @codepink.bsky.social's @medeabenjamin.bsky.social debunks a whole lotta US propaganda about Cuba. Medea explains the domino effect of the US fuel blockade on the Cuban people and how the US weaponizes aid from Gaza to Havana. www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXeH...

Eleanor interviews Martha Dimitratou, founder and Executive Director of Repro Uncensored, about the fight to provide accurate reproductive health and sexual education amid rising digital and analog censorship. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Nrp...

Katie Jones from Fractracker explains how data centers represent a new fracking boom, often using the same loopholes and tactics to overcome public opposition and increase the power demand. www.youtube.com/watch?v=i7Hj...

In their latest dispatch, Shealeigh Voitl and Andy Lee Roth examine how Trump officials and right-wing media are labeling Minneapolis protests against ICE as an “insurgency,” reframing constitutionally protected dissent as armed rebellion. www.projectcensored.org/frame-checki...

Christian Sorensen of the Eisenhower Media Network discusses how the military serves corporate interests, harms the working class, and how media glamorizes military life while US imperial greed undermines its own power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=APsV...

Dr. Austin Kocher returns to the Project Censored Show to unpack immigration stories corporate media ignores, including deadly detention centers, 287(g) policing, and the larger purpose borders serve for state power. www.youtube.com/watch?v=brWc...

Mickey Huff and I are cutting through the noise! 🎙️✨ We’re diving deep into the massive #AI hype and debunking the latest disinformation surrounding Minnesota. The latest @ProjectCensored show: www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sr7O... @lucecaroline.bsky.social @projectcensored.bsky.social

In the final installment of his Military AI Watch series, Peter Byrne explains how the NYT fuels fear about China to justify AI-driven warfare, amplifying Pentagon & defense-tech talking points while sidelining evidence and ethical risks. www.projectcensored.org/ai-war-machi...

Recently on the show, Brendan Ballou explains how private equity is transforming housing, healthcare, and local economies with minimal oversight. He discusses why existing laws enable this and what state and local governments can do now to respond. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nw_A...

New episode! Philosopher Federico Campagna joins us to discuss his book "Otherworlds," and how imagination, myth, and “refusal” have helped people escape oppressive realities, preserve censored histories, and build worlds of #survival and #resistance. www.youtube.com/watch?v=01wZ...

New episode! We’re happy to welcome back author and professor Bill Yousman to help us unpack why #censorship fails at combating #disinformation and how strong public media and education are our best defense. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEf_...

New episode! We’re happy to welcome back author and professor Bill Yousman to help us unpack why censorship fails at combating disinformation—and how strong public media and education are our best defense. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uEf_...

New dispatch by Alefiya Presswala explores how communities across the U.S. are fighting back against the environmental and economic impacts of AI data centers. www.projectcensored.org/communities-...

From universities to federal research agencies, the Trump administration is defunding programs, firing scientists, and erasing data to silence inconvenient truths on climate, public health and education. www.projectcensored.org/trumps-war-o...

Media mergers are killing democracy. Breaking down what the Netflix–Paramount–WBD consolidation means for journalism, culture, and public accountability. youtu.be/MnKd78vLgqw @projectcensored.bsky.social

From campuses to platforms: the war on Pro-Palestinian voices and the normalization of “wrong think” censorship. youtu.be/sbJei7KYZvA @projectcensored.bsky.social

From universities to federal research agencies, the Trump administration is defunding programs, firing scientists, and erasing data to silence inconvenient truths on climate, public health and education. www.projectcensored.org/trumps-war-o...

@jewishcurrents.bsky.social editor-in-chief Arielle Angel joins the show to discuss antizionist Jewish traditions, Zionism’s ties to American exceptionalism, grassroots Jewish memory culture, and challenges on the Jewish left. www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9c...

At a book launch event for the @projectcensored.bsky.social 2025 State of the Free Press report at @redemmas.org, I discussed why the rich & powerful are hellbent on owning & controlling news media orgs, social media platforms, & every other form of media they can get their claws on @therealnews.com

Izzy Award nominations are open! Submit your nominations for the best independent journalism of 2025 here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Project Censored and @citylightsbooks.bsky.social are celebrating the release of "State of the Free Press 2026" tomorrow at 4:00 PM CST. Tap the link to register for the free online event! citylights.com/events/proje...

Gilman Louie—with ties to Robert Maxwell, Peter Thiel, and Eric Schmidt—has been quietly shaping federal policy on autonomous weapons and surveillance tech through nonprofits and venture capital. Tap the link to read Peter Byrne's latest: www.projectcensored.org/ai-cyber-spy...