CounterSpin

Alfie Kohn, Diane Ravitch, and Kevin Kumashiro discuss the challenges and controversies surrounding education in the US. They debate conventional wisdom about children and parenting, critique privatization in education, and highlight the negative effects of charter schools and attacks on teachers. They also touch on student debt relief and the misplaced national priorities surrounding education funding.

The ADA demands all kinds of attention, every day—not a once a year pat on the back about "how far we’ve come."

Unlike elite media’s misty memories, the lawsuit is a stubborn indication that those responsible for Abu Ghraib haven't been called to account.

Facial recognition, a technology that has been proven wrong, has been deemed harmful, in principle and in practice, for years now.

Elite media are deeply accustomed to calling any union action a harm, and any company acknowledgment of workers’ value a concession.

Advocates have long declared that Biden’s asylum restrictions are not just harmful but unlawful. And a federal judge has just agreed.

Say Her Name is about adding Black women to our understanding of police violence—to help make our response more meaningful and impactful.

White supremacy and economic policy are completely different stories for the press, but not for the people.

There is no way to fight climate disruption without fighting climate disrupters.

The impacts of the Dobbs ruling are still reverberating, as is the organized pushback that we can learn about and support.