Ezra Young on Trans Rights Law, Anne Sosin on RFK Jr. and Rural Health

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Right-click here to download this episode (“Save link as…”). This week on CounterSpin: We know that once corporate news label something “controversial,” we’re in for reporting with a static “some say/others differ” frame—even if one “side” of the “controversy” is a relatively small group of people who don’t believe in science or human rights or democracy. But to resist Kennedy, we need to understand what fuels those who, even if they don’t like him, believe he might be a force for good in their lives. Anne Sosin is a public health researcher and practitioner based at Dartmouth College, who encourages looking around RFK Jr. to the communities that imagine he’s speaking for them. Transcript: ‘We Need to Understand the Political Economy That’s Given Rise to RFK’