Janine Jackson

New York

Program Director and Producer, Host at CounterSpin

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‘They’re Doing Their Best to Turn People Who Have Not Committed Any Crime Into Criminals’: CounterSpin interview with Dara Lind on criminalizing immigrants

1 week ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed the American Immigration Council’s Dara Lind about the criminalization of immigrants for the April 11, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250411Lind.mp3Janine Jackson: US legal resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia was swept up by ICE and sent to an infamously harsh prison in El Salvador.
‘This is an all-out war on the First Amendment’

1 week ago | mronline.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press’s Jessica González about Trump’s FCC for the April 4, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: There are reasons that the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, is an opaque entity for many people.
This Is An All-Out War On The First Amendment

1 week ago | popularresistance.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press’s Jessica González about Trump’s FCC. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: There are reasons that the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, is an opaque entity for many people. The fact that there is a federal agency setting the terms for media companies’ operations conflicts with many Americans’ understanding of the press corps as a group of brave, independent individuals looking to tell the truth, and let the chips fall where they may.
‘This Is an All-Out War on the First Amendment’: CounterSpin interview with Jessica González on Trump's FCC

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Free Press’s Jessica González about Trump’s FCC for the April 4, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250404Gonzalez.mp3Janine Jackson: There are reasons that the FCC, the Federal Communications Commission, is an opaque entity for many people.
‘The Great Educator, Sadly, Is Going to Be These Viruses’: CounterSpin interview with Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and measles

2 weeks ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed the Vaccine Education Center’s Paul Offit about Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and measles for the April 4, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250404Offit.mp3Janine Jackson: Trump-appointed Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy is colorful, which is a problem when someone is a public hazard.
‘Momentum Is on the Side of the People Protesting on Behalf of Palestine’: CounterSpin interview with Michael Arria on Gaza pushback

3 weeks ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Mondoweiss‘s Michael Arria about Gaza “Power & Pushback” for the March 28, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250328Arria.mp3Janine Jackson: Listeners may have heard about the violent attack by Israeli settlers on Hamdan Ballal, who had recently won an Academy Award for the documentary No Other Land.
‘A small group of people wanted to do away with Social Security from the beginning’

4 weeks ago | mronline.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Social Security Works’ Nancy Altman about attacks on Social Security for the March 21, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. Janine Jackson: Social Security has been overwhelmingly popular, and under vehement attack from some quarters, since it began.
‘A Small Group of People Wanted to Do Away With Social Security From the Beginning’CounterSpin interview with Nancy Altman on Social Security attacks

1 month ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Social Security Works’ Nancy Altman about attacks on Social Security for the March 21, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250321Altman.mp3Janine Jackson: Social Security has been overwhelmingly popular, and under vehement attack from some quarters, since it began.
‘Anti-Disability Rhetoric and Policy Lies at the Heart of the Second Trump Administration’CounterSpin interview with David Perry on MAGA and disability

1 month ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed historian David Perry about MAGA and disability for the March 14, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250314Perry.mp3Janine Jackson: A fair amount is being written about Linda McMahon’s lack of qualifications to be secretary of education, except the one that matters: an evident willingness to destroy the department she’s charged with leading.
‘These Strikes Are a Good Example of Why We Shouldn’t Just Succumb to Despair’CounterSpin interview with Eric Blanc on worker-to-worker organizing

1 month ago | fair.org | Janine Jackson

Janine Jackson interviewed Rutgers University’s Eric Blanc about worker-to-worker organizing as a key force of resistance for the March 7, 2025, episode of CounterSpin. This is a lightly edited transcript. https://media.blubrry.com/counterspin/content.blubrry.com/counterspin/CounterSpin250307.mp3Janine Jackson: The difficult and disturbing political moment is throwing some underlying fissures in US society into relief.

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Janine Jackson

Articles

‘They’re Doing Their Best to Turn People Who Have Not Committed Any Crime Into Criminals’: CounterSpin interview with Dara Lind on criminalizing immigrants

‘This is an all-out war on the First Amendment’

This Is An All-Out War On The First Amendment

‘This Is an All-Out War on the First Amendment’: CounterSpin interview with Jessica González on Trump's FCC

‘The Great Educator, Sadly, Is Going to Be These Viruses’: CounterSpin interview with Paul Offit on RFK Jr. and measles

‘Momentum Is on the Side of the People Protesting on Behalf of Palestine’: CounterSpin interview with Michael Arria on Gaza pushback

‘A small group of people wanted to do away with Social Security from the beginning’

‘A Small Group of People Wanted to Do Away With Social Security From the Beginning’CounterSpin interview with Nancy Altman on Social Security attacks

‘Anti-Disability Rhetoric and Policy Lies at the Heart of the Second Trump Administration’CounterSpin interview with David Perry on MAGA and disability

‘These Strikes Are a Good Example of Why We Shouldn’t Just Succumb to Despair’CounterSpin interview with Eric Blanc on worker-to-worker organizing

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