Citations Needed Newsletter 1.23.18

Hi all! 

So we set out to do a newsletter last year but had issues maintaining quality so we ceased sending it... but now it’s back! It will go out every Tuesday and will contain, in addition to our own writing, our favorite reading from others throughout the prior week. We will work hard to maintain this and welcome any entries–tell us what you like and we can add. (Feel free to send your own work too, even if it's academic in nature!) 

We want to create a community of media criticism and broader political analysis and this is a great way to help do that. 

Thanks as always,

Florence, Adam, and Nima

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Citations Needed Newsletter 1.23.18 

Philadelphia Media Slam Newly Elected DA Krasner for Firings but House Cleaning Advances His Promise of Equal Justice 

Dan Denvir | January 16, 2018 | Injustice Today – Corporate media predictably gangs up on Krasner for doing exactly what he was elected to do.

Israel’s “Safe Zone” Is Creeping Further into Syria

Nour Samaha | January 23, 2018 | The Intercept – Israel’s efforts supporting rebels and fighting Syrian army and its Iranian and Hezbollah allies is expanding its territory. 

Stop and Frisk Apologies Prove that the Mic Must be Passed to People Most Affected by the Police

Josmar Trujillo | January 15 | Injustice Today – Friend of Citations Needed Josmar Trujillo on the total lack of accountability in the media for its decades of boosting the racist pseudoscience of Stop and Frisk.

Judging WaPo’s MLK Quotes by the Content of Their 280 Characters: Remembering a watered-down, wall calendar version of King

Adam Johnson | January 17, 2018 | FAIR  – Washington Post strips Martin Lurther King, Jr of any substance, removes racial component of slavery from the history of slavery.

Florida Prisoners Prepare to Strike, Demanding an End to Unpaid Labor and Brutal Conditions

Alice Speri | January, 14 2018 | The Intercept – Prisoners in Florida call for a general strike on MLK day.  

How to Build A Segregated City

Colette Shade | January 19, 2018 | Splinter News – Interesting history on housing and the legacy of racism. 

How Religious Health Care Hurts Women of Color

Stephanie Russell Kraft January 19, 2018 | New Republic – Friend of the show Russell-Kraft on how women of color makeup half of all women of reproductive age but 80 percent of births at Catholic hospitals, where ethics guidelines restrict reproductive health care.

No Really, Why Don’t Cities Collectively Bargain for Amazon’s HQ2?

David Banks | January 22, 2018 | Society Pages – As discussed on Lotteryism Part I and II, Banks explores why large cities don’t ban together to take on large corporations and avoid a race to the bottom. 

Senate Democrats Join Hands With Republicans to Sell You Out to Banks

Libby Watson | January 17, 2018 | Splinter News  – Trump provides cover to Democrats eroding already tepid post-Economic Crash reforms. 

Slapping an Israeli Soldier More Newsworthy Than Shooting a Palestinian Child in the Face

Gregory Shupak | January 17, 2018 | FAIR  – Former Citations Needed guest Gregory Shupak compares coverage of dead Palestinians to the coverage of slightly inconvenienced Israeli soldiers.  

Mayor de Blasio, it's not too late to honor Erica Garner's legacy

Katie Halper | January, 17 2018 | Daily News – Friend of the show Katie Halper takes the New York mayor to task for sullying the legacy of the Garner family.