McGovern Warns of Iran War Hype as Intelligence Pushes Back on Nuclear Claims
Posted by Joshua Scheer As Washington debates Iran, Ukraine, and nuclear red lines, Ray McGovern argues the real battle isn’t on the battlefield — it’s over intelligence, narrative, and whether…
Pentagon Can’t Even Figure Out How to Spend the Extra $500 Billion More Trumpfare
Posted by Joshua Scheer I was about to share this Common Dreams piece on the astounding fact that the Pentagon doesn’t even know what to do with the extra money…
The Week That Will Decide Years
By Nate Bear for Do Not Panic Lenin’s refrain that “there are decades when nothing happens, and weeks when decades happen” is overused because it’s true. And I have a…
Marco Rubio’s Cecil Rhodes Moment
The U.S. secretary of state is reviving the language and intent of 19th century colonialism to deter what he sees as “the forces of civilizational erasure that today menace both…
Suppressed DNC Autopsy Found Biden Admin’s Support for Gaza Genocide Cost Harris Votes
By Jake Johnson for Common Dreams Democratic National Committee officials who crafted the party’s postmortem on its loss to President Donald Trump in the 2024 election reportedly determined that the…
The PayPal Mafia vs. Beijing: How U.S. Oligarchs Sparked a New Cold War
Posted by Joshua Scheer In this powerful analysis from Geopolitical Economy Report, editor-in-chief Ben Norton examines what many in Washington now openly call a “Second Cold War” — a sweeping…
How a Groundbreaking Indigenous Treaty on Whales’ Rights Could Change National Laws
By Katie Surma for Inside Climate News In one of his final acts before his death in 2024, Māori King Tūheitia Pōtatau Te Wherowhero helped galvanize Pacific Indigenous leaders to…
As war in Ukraine enters a 5th year, will the ‘Putin consensus’ among Russians hold?
By Peter Rutland and Elizaveta Gaufman for the Conversation Perceived wisdom has it that the longer a war goes on, the less enthusiastic a public becomes for continuing the conflict.…
Israel Is Expanding Control in West Bank Under Guise of “Heritage Preservation”
By Theia Chatelle for Truthout Ramallah — On February 8, the Cabinet of Israel approved a slew of changes to further undermine Palestinian self-rule in the West Bank. While still…
Health and Climate Consequences of EPA’s Endangerment Finding Repeal ‘Cannot Be Overstated’
Interview by Jenni Doering, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner Living on Earth, public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview by Jenni Doering with Pat Parenteau, an emeritus professor…
Israel and American Hawks are pushing US to Iran War with Catastrophic Consequences
By Hugh J. Curran for Informed Comment It seems clear that Israeli proponents of conflict in the Middle East, as well as supporters in the US media and politics, are…
The Black Anti-Fascist Tradition Recognized Fascism Didn’t Begin in Europe
By George Yancy for Truthout Back in 2016, I was asked what I thought about Donald Trump. Even back then, I saw him as an aspiring fascist, and I responded:…
Abby Martin on the Democratic Party, Imperialism & the Crisis of the U.S. Left)
Posted by Joshua Scheer We did an amazing podcast with the incomparable journalist Abby Martin, but this clip started playing through my phone speakers and it was pretty brilliant and…
Fired for Doing Journalism? Inside the Crackdown on Student Press at UT Dallas
For ScheerPost’s Academic Freedom Project, we are looking to speak with both professors and student journalists covering what’s happening on their campuses and the attacks on the freedoms we hold…
A Dangerous Equation: Trump’s Iran Plans and the Democrats Who Expect to Benefit
Posted by Joshua Scheer Recent reporting suggests that former President Donald Trump privately envisions a bold “regime change” in Iran, seeing it as a historical legacy project. Sources indicate he…