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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. www.project-censored.org/shop/p/state...

Eleanor speaks with Lawrence Grandpre about the distinction between local and independent media, the fallacy of objectivity, and the importance of community-based journalism, solidarity, and critical media literacy in fostering political agency. www.projectcensored.org/the-differen...

Eleanor sits down with writer and journalist Madeline Peltz (@peltzmadeline.bsky.social) to talk about tradwives – the far right’s answer to the girlboss who has it all. www.projectcensored.org/tradwives-th...

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Journalist Stephanie Koithan of @sacurrent.bsky.social joins the program to discuss how ICE is adapting to a climate of dissent in Texas and how big tech is exploiting loopholes around data center moratoriums. www.projectcensored.org/updates-from...

Mosaab Baba returns to the show with updates on Sudan, one year after the RSF attacks on El Fasher. Mosaab outlines the compounding oppression and violence facing the Sudanese people and how the war on Iran has changed regional politics. www.projectcensored.org/sudan-one-ye...

In honor of this year's Banned Books Week, Mickey Huff and Steve Macek examine the surge in book bans across the US, as groups like Moms for Liberty increasingly target books about race, LGBTQ+ identities, and social justice. www.projectcensored.org/make-america...

ICE has not paid outside medical bills since October 2025, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. On The Project Censored Show, I talked about a president who skips his bills setting the standard for ICE. www.projectcensored.org/the-detentio... @projectcensored.bsky.social

On The Project Censored Show, I talked about why the Detention Mortality Map keeps the names of people who die in ICE custody, so the scope of the problem is visible and the names are not lost. www.projectcensored.org/the-detentio... @projectcensored.bsky.social

An attorney who saw the Detention Mortality Map told me about a client with medical problems who was deported to Pakistan anyway and died three days later. I talked about it on The Project Censored Show. www.projectcensored.org/the-detentio... @projectcensored.bsky.social

Dr. Austin Kocher (@austinkocher.com) returns to The Project Censored Show to discuss the Detention Mortality Map, a new tool to track deaths in ICE custody so that those the system tries to make disappear are not lost. www.projectcensored.org/the-detentio...

National Nurses (@nationalnurses.bsky.social) United President Cathy Kennedy joins the show to discuss purging Palantir: how nurses are fighting back against the AI giant’s push to enter hospitals and clinics. www.projectcensored.org/national-nur...

The Detention Mortality Map (detentionmortality.com) covers ICE custody deaths back to 2003. On The Project Censored Show, I explained why it leaves out cause of death and unverified criminal history claims. www.projectcensored.org/the-detentio... @projectcensored.bsky.social

Catch our conversation with Dr. Shir Hever about the most recent announcement by eleven EU nations that expressed their intent to restrict trade with illegal Israeli settlements, and what this means for Israel’s economy. www.projectcensored.org/what-trade-r...

Eleanor speaks with Yair Dvir from B’Tselem, the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories, to discuss their report “The Elimination Project: Israel’s Dismantling of Palestinian Collective Life in the West Bank.” www.projectcensored.org/the-eliminat...

Steve Macek unpacks the Trump administration’s efforts to rewrite history, from its campaign against the Smithsonian to the removal of exhibits, memorials, and other representations of slavery, civil rights, and marginalized communities. www.projectcensored.org/erasing-the-...

Eleanor sits down with journalist, researcher, and policy director Chip Gibbons (@chipgibbons.bsky.social) of Defending Rights & Dissent to discuss Trump's NSPM-7 memorandum, the latest in a long line of attacks on our basic constitutional rights. www.projectcensored.org/trumps-dicta...

As the government increases its use of AI, data documenting inequality is disappearing. avram anderson examines what that means for marginalized communities. www.projectcensored.org/look-upstrea...

Eleanor speaks with Ian Head from the Center for Constitutional Rights (@ccrjustice.org) about the death of the Freedom of Information Act. Ian outlines how law enforcement agencies avoid accountability and strategies to keep fighting for our right to know. www.projectcensored.org/the-death-of...

This week on the show, Eleanor sits down with Beryl Lipton from the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) to talk about the Drone-as-First-Responder Programs—which, yes, are as horrifying as they sound. www.projectcensored.org/drones-as-fi...

In her latest dispatch, Lily Minh Wass examines how Big Tech and AI companies use data collection, influencer campaigns, political spending, and increasingly personalized advertising to blur the line between organic information and paid influence.

"The digital platforms we rely on daily have built brand identities of convenience: Google for search, Meta for social connection—each touted as a “free” service. What these platforms demand of their users is more often left unsaid." Tap the link to read: www.projectcensored.org/the-next-dar...

Kevin Gosztola joins the show to discuss defending free expression, confronting censorship in our own communities, and supporting local journalism amid the rise of news deserts. www.projectcensored.org/media-dictat...

Dina Demetrius unpacks the legal battle over the $111 billion Paramount Skydance–Warner Bros. Discovery merger and what further media consolidation could mean for newsroom independence, journalists, and the future of CNN. www.projectcensored.org/paramount-wa...

New episode! Nora Barrows-Friedman of @intifada.bsky.social unpacks the Israeli government's continued violations of the so-called ceasefire, the escalation of settler violence in the occupied West Bank, and corporate media’s failure to adequately cover it. www.projectcensored.org/news-that-di...

Ed from DeFlock joins the show to discuss ALPRs – Automatic License Plate Readers - and the insidious way they circumvent our 4th Amendment right to be free from unlawful searches. www.projectcensored.org/alprs-the-su...

Recently on the show, Eleanor speaks with Heidi Lim of AI Resist List about reframing the conversation around AI, and the possible futures that both buck the current iteration of AI and avoid the binary of anti-tech vs. pro-tech. www.projectcensored.org/reframing-ai...

This week on the Project Censored show, Mickey Huff speaks with media scholar Robin Andersen about her latest book, The Complicit Lens: US Media’s Coverage of Israel’s Genocide in Gaza. www.projectcensored.org/dont-say-isr...

Recently on the Project Censored show, co-host Mickey Huff talks with media scholar Bill Yousman about press censorship, establishment propaganda, and attacks on academic freedom around issues pertaining to the war on Gaza. www.projectcensored.org/press-freedo...

NEW DISPATCH: Andy Lee Roth examines how reports of foreign influence campaigns targeting opposition to AI data centers could be used to discredit legitimate criticism of artificial intelligence. www.projectcensored.org/whose-ai-who...

Leonardo Flores joins the show again to talk about the fallout from the double earthquake in Venezuela. www.youtube.com/watch?v=2MQe...

Project Censored's 50th anniversary donation campaign is still going! Help us reach our goal of $10,000. Donors of $100 or more will receive an exclusive Project Censored 50th anniversary hat featuring our new logo. Tap here to donate: www.project-censored.org/50th-donatio...

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...

As independent journalism faces mounting political and economic pressure, we need 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. Tap here to donate: www.project-censored.org/50th-donatio...

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...