Episode 106: The Sanitization of Sanctions
As COVID-19 continues to endanger the health of people throughout the world, it also magnifies a long-existent global humanitarian crisis: The use of sanctions by the United States and other powers as...
15 Huhti 20201h 30min
News Brief: Widespread Indifference to Covid-19 in Prisons
In this extended News Brief, we discuss how the rapid increase of Covid-19 in prisons and jails is being met with indifference by lawmakers and US corporate media.
8 Huhti 202059min
News Brief: Top 10 Worst Covid Crisis Takes (So Far)
After over 100 episodes, scores of News Briefs, and almost three years of content production, Citations Needed has finally done it: reduced itself to a listicle. On this News Brief, we examine the top...
29 Maalis 202042min
News Brief: As a Social Democracy Response Fails, Likelihood of Martial Response to Covid19 Rises
In this News Brief, we detail recent reports the National Guard and US military may be used in a law enforcement capacity and what this says about the failures of the liberal state. With unemployment ...
23 Maalis 202027min
Episode 105: Pandemic, Pelosi, and the People We Consider Human
The COVID-19 pandemic is ravaging the globe, leaving immeasurable human suffering in its wake. Who is left behind, struggling to survive on the frontlines of precarity, is – as with all things – deter...
18 Maalis 202039min
Episode 104: The Pete Peterson Austerity Empire and the "How Will You Pay For It?" Lie
"According to the Bipartisan Policy Center," "a recent study by the Concord Coalition disagrees," "One review of your budget by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget says." We've seen these s...
11 Maalis 20201h 14min
Episode 103: The Glib Left-Punching of "Purity Politics" Discourse
"Obama Warns Against 'Purity Tests' In Democratic Primary," Spectrum News reports. "Spare Me the Purity Racket," Maureen Dowd opines in The New York Times. "'Purity Tests' Divide Democrats," US News &...
4 Maalis 20201h
Episode 102: The Conservative Sanctimony of Journalistic Impartiality
One of the most prized professional norms for journalists, particularly the United States, is the preservation of neutrality in reporting. While the concept of "objectivity" has fallen out of fashion ...
26 Helmi 20201h 16min
