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YouTube video by ProjectCensored Why Reproductive Health Education is Being Censored, with Martha Dimitratou

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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored How Fracking Fuels AI, with Katies Jones

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.

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Frame-Checking “Insurgency” in Minnesota How right-wing media labeled Minneapolis ICE protests an “insurgency” to justify force—and why that framing threatens civil rights and dissent.

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.

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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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored What Corporate Media Isn't Telling You About ICE, with Austin Kocher

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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored AI Propaganda and Disinformation, with Nolan Higdon

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

The AI War Machine as Superorganism A critique of the New York Times’ military AI narrative, exposing flawed China threat claims and the dangers of autonomous warfare.

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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored Why You Never Hear About Private Equity, with Brendan Ballou

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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored The Role of Imagination in Shaping Our Reality, with Federico Campagna

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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored You Can't Fight Disinformation with Censorship, featuring Bill Yousman

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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored You Can't Fight Disinformation with Censorship, featuring Bill Yousman

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.

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Communities Push Back Against AI Data Center Expansion AI data centers are rapidly expanding, draining water & power, raising costs, sparking grassroots resistance in communities nationwide.

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.

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Trump’s War on Epistemic Institutions Analysis of Trump’s renewed assault on universities, science, government research and the threat it poses to democracy, truth, & public knowledge.

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.

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YouTube video by The Disinfo Detox Media Mergers Are Killing Democracy | Netflix, Paramount & WBD Explained

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

YouTube video by The Disinfo Detox The War on Pro-Palestinian Voices: Foreign Influence and ‘Wrong Think’ Censorship

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

Trump’s War on Epistemic Institutions Analysis of Trump’s renewed assault on universities, science, government research and the threat it poses to democracy, truth, & public knowledge.

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.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored Judaism Beyond Zionism: Arielle Angel on Building New Institutions

@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.

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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:

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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!

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AI Cyber Spy: Gilman Louie How Gilman Louie evolved from game developer to a key architect of US military AI power, shaping policy, investments, & intelligence networks/

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:

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored Corporate Media Won’t Confront Epstein’s Power Connections or AI’s Threats

New episode!

Nolan Higdon (@nolanhigdon.bsky.social) discusses his latest work, “Unmasking #Epstein: Power, Blackmail, and the Press’s Failures.”

We also cover #AI, the challenges and threats it poses, and the importance of critical AI literacy.

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YouTube video by ProjectCensored How U.S. Decline Fuels War, Authoritarianism, and Imperialism with Peter Kuznick

New Project Censored Show episode on the current state of the declining US empire under Trump 2.0.

Peter Kuznick unpacks global tensions from the Middle East to Russia, the new nuclear arms race, and the rise of authoritarianism at home.

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State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition — The Official Project Censored Online Store State of the Free Press 2025 publicizes the most important stories ignored or obscured by the news establishment, exposing the lies and spin of corporate Junk Food News (frivolous stories that distrac...

Grateful and honored to have written a chapter with my Movement Media Alliance colleague @mayaschenwar.bsky.social for @projectcensored.bsky.social's “State of the Free Press” 50th Anniversary edition.

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“There’s no power for the people without journalism by & for the people,” write @mayaschenwar.bsky.social & @femmfeministe.bsky.social.

“State of the Free Press 2026” is out now ft. contributions by Prism's editor-in-chief! Congrats to our friends @projectcensored.bsky.social on their 50th year👏

State of the Free Press 2026: Fiftieth Anniversary Edition — The Official Project Censored Online Store State of the Free Press 2025 publicizes the most important stories ignored or obscured by the news establishment, exposing the lies and spin of corporate Junk Food News (frivolous stories that distrac...

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.

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ICE Solicits Social Media Surveillance Contracts to Identify Critics ICE plans to hire contractors to monitor social media, assess "negative" posts, & track critics' identities using facial recognition & behavioral profiles.

THE MOST CENSORED STORY OF THE YEAR IS HERE:

ICE Solicits Social Media Surveillance Contracts to Identify Critics

Originally reported by Sam Biddle for @theintercept.com and
Brett Wilkins for @commondreams.org.

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Water Scarcity a Threat to 27 Million People in United States Nearly 30 million Americans face water scarcity, with pollution, climate change, & contamination threatening water quality & availability.

We’re almost at the top of our countdown of the year’s most censored stories—here’s #2 on the list:

Water Scarcity Threatens 27 Million People in the United States

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Continuing our countdown of the Top 10 Most Censored Stories of the Year!

Coming in at #3 from @propublica.org:

Indigenous Communities in the US Underfunded and Exploited by Federal and State Governments

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