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Project Censored’s mission is to promote critical media literacy, independent journalism, and democracy. We educate students and the public about the importance of a truly free press for democratic self-government. Censorship undermines democracy.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialIn 2025, the ALA tracked 4,235 unique titles challenged—the second-highest number ever recorded. Co-host Mickey Huff speaks with ALA President Dr. Maria McCauley about the history of Banned Books Week and how today’s wave of book challenges is affecting libraries and readers across the country.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialThis week on the show, we mark the 44th annual Banned Books Week, celebrating the freedom to read and the public’s right to know.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialIn 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.
@austinkocher.comReposted by @projectcensored.bsky.socialICE 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.
@austinkocher.comReposted by @projectcensored.bsky.socialOn 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.
@austinkocher.comReposted by @projectcensored.bsky.socialAn 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialDr. 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialNational 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.
@austinkocher.comReposted by @projectcensored.bsky.socialThe 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialCatch 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialEleanor 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.”
@projectcensored.bsky.socialSteve 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialThey also dig into some recently released documents that show how the powers that be were well aware of the toxicity of Ground Zero after 9/11, but hid it so that Wall Street could reopen.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialMickey and Eleanor discuss how Congress is blackmailing universities to swear loyalty to Israel, the attacks on journalists abroad and at home, and how DHS is using a customs law to obtain the private data of journalists, non-profits, and unions.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialEleanor 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialAs the government increases its use of AI, data documenting inequality is disappearing. avram anderson examines what that means for marginalized communities.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialEleanor 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialThis 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.
@projectcensored.bsky.socialKevin 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.
