Trump Declares ‘Cuba Is Finished’ While Letting Russian Oil Tanker Break Illegal US Blockade
Jake Johnson for Common Dreams President Donald Trump said Sunday that his administration would let a Russia-owned tanker carrying an estimated 730,000 barrels of oil to reach Cuba, loosening the…
“ICE Wants Unpaid Volunteers—The U.S. Military is at a Breaking Point”
ScheerPost Staff In a shocking revelation straight out of a dystopian satire, the Pentagon has quietly begun asking civilian employees to volunteer for the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).…
Pope Leo XIV Delivers Anti-War Rebuke as Trump Marches Toward Armageddon
Joshua Scheer As tensions with Iran escalate, Pope Leo XIV used this year’s Palm Sunday mass to deliver a pointed moral rebuke—one that lands directly on the political stage. Speaking…
War, Oil, and Blowback: Why Critics Say Trump’s Iran Offensive Is Reshaping the Global Economy
ScheerPost Staff What began as another military escalation in the Middle East is now being framed by some economists and geopolitical analysts as something much larger: a potential turning point…
The Palestine Exception: Why Academic Freedom Stops Here
A tenured professor can spend decades building a career, win awards, earn lifetime recognition, and still be discarded the moment political speech crosses an invisible line. That is what happened…
Who’s Behind The Mysterious ‘Iran-Backed Terror Cell’ Haunting Europe?
Wyatt Reed·The Grayzone Claims that an Iran-backed group is carrying out attacks in European cities raise questions about why they’re not targeting countries directly involved in the US-Israeli war, and…
Here Is Bernie Sanders on Cutting Off Arms to Israel
Joshua Scheer Here is Bernie Sanders discussing cutting off arms to Israel. “In the last year, I must confess, I’ve been thinking a lot about American history—about the men and…
Holy Week Under Lockdown: Israeli Police Stop Catholic Leaders in Jerusalem
ScheerPost Staff In Jerusalem this year, Palm Sunday didn’t begin with hymns or palm branches. It began with police barricades, armed officers, and the unprecedented sight of Christian leaders being…
Lawrence Wilkerson Warns Israel Faces Collapse as War With Iran Nears Nuclear Edge
ScheerPost Staff Retired Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson is not known for understatement, but his latest warning may be among his starkest yet: if the current war trajectory continues, Israel could face…
Inside the Grassroots Campaign That Pushed a Drone Company Out of Brooklyn
Joseph Mogul for Truthout n the morning of February 11, the Brooklyn Navy Yard Development Corporation (BNYDC), a non-profit landlord responsible for developing the Brooklyn Navy Yard, convened a closed-doors…
Trump Has No Soul
Chris Hedges Substack The most profound realities of human existence are often the ones that can never be measured or quantified. Wisdom. Beauty. Truth. Compassion. Courage. Love. Loneliness. Grief. The…
“Gaza Is Only the Beginning”: Chris Hedges Warns of a New Age of Barbarism
ScheerPost Staff Chris Hedges’ recent speech at Princeton is not simply a commentary on the wars in Gaza, Lebanon, and Iran — it is a sweeping indictment of a global…
‘No Kings!’ 8 Million Rally Against Trump in Largest Single-Day Protest in US History
Brad Reed for Common Dreams Millions of American across all 50 states on Saturday rallied against President Donald Trump and his authoritarian agenda during nationwide No Kings protests. The flagship…
Iranians Grapple With Grief While Observing Their New Year During War
Meant to be a time of celebration and renewal, Nowruz has taken on a different tone under US-Israeli attacks. Kourosh Ziabari for Truthout For millennia, Iranians have marked the first…