Eleanor Goldfield

Welcome to the Project Censored radio show on Pacifica Radio.

I am your co-host, Eleanor Goldfield.

In this segment of the radio show, my co-host, Mickey Huff, sits down with Kasey Meehan, the director of the Freedom to Read at PEN America, to discuss her most recent co-authored report, A Spotlight on School Book Bans, published just in time for Banned Books Week that was just October 4th through October 8th.

And given the rise in book challenges and bans in the U.S. the past few years, Banned Books Week should really be every week.

And right now, over to Mickey and Casey.

Welcome to the Project Censored Show on Pacifica Radio.

I'm Mickey Huff with Eleanor Goldfield.

Recently, we celebrated the 44th annual Banned Books Week with the Banned Books Week Coalition and the many members of it, celebrating the right to read and raising awareness around why we need to protect First Amendment rights, academic freedom, and students' rights.

How's everybody doing? Welcome.

I am sorry that Eleanor Goldfield is not here today.

I wanted it.

I wanted it to happen.

Welcome to the show.

The always amazing Eleanor Goldfield is only going to be here for the first 20 or so minutes.

Not here for a long time.

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Welcome to the Project Censored radio show on Pacifica Radio.

I'm your co-host, Eleanor Goldfield.

First up this week, journalist Stephanie Koithan comes back on the program to give updates from the Lone Star State, and how what's going on in Texas should be viewed as a canary in the coal mine for where the nation as a whole is headed.

Stephanie talks about how ICE is adapting to a dissenting climate, and how Big Tech is finding nefarious loopholes around data center moratoriums.

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Thanks, everyone, for joining us at the Project Censored radio show on Pacifica Radio.

I'm your co-host, Eleanor Goldfield, and we're very glad right now to welcome back on the program Stephanie Koithan, who's the digital editor of the San Antonio Current, where she covers politics, music, and other topics for the leftist alternative weekly.

She also covers voter suppression, homelessness, and ICE actions in the area, among other areas of focus.

Sam Husseini, excellent journalist, world-renowned journalist, and running for all.

He has thrown his hat into a ring that is, as Eleanor Goldfield said, notorious for eating hats.

So it's not an easy task.

Hello, Sam.

Okay.

I'm Eleanor Goldfield, and this is Common Censored, and we have a lot of shit to cover today.

And don't worry, there is a little bit of goodness and heartwarming solidarity at the end.

So if you can stay with me through all of the bullshit, there will be a little glimmer at the end.