Trump’s Iranian Nightmare
Trump’s catastrophic miscalculation in Iran and refusal to accept the inevitability of defeat is pushing us towards a global depression and ensuring the suffering and immiseration of millions. Chris Hedges…
Lawrence Wilkerson: Trump-Xi Meeting After U.S. Defeat in Iran
ScheerPost Staff Drawing on Colonel Lawrence Wilkerson’s stark assessment of Donald Trump’s Beijing summit with Xi Jinping — and the broader collapse of U.S. geopolitical dominance after the disastrous Iran…
Column – State of Inequality: The Real Stakes Behind California’s Billionaire Tax Fight: Health Care Access
A hospital CEO says looming Medicaid reductions threaten vulnerable residents and the state’s health system. Mark Kreidler for Capital and Main Just as California’s billionaires would prefer, the public conversation…
Araghchi: BRICS look at Iran with Different Eyes after “American Failure”
Juan Cole for Informed Comment The BRICS (a broad geopolitical group including Brazil, China, Egypt, Ethiopia, India, Indonesia, Iran, Russia, Saudi Arabia, South Africa and United Arab Emirates) held a…
For Palestinians, the Nakba Isn’t Just History. It’s Also Our Present.
By Hend Salama Abo Helow This article was originally published by Truthout Some Palestinian doctors argue there’s no PTSD in Gaza because the traumatization of genocide and survival is ongoing.…
Trump‑Xi summit: Cautious Progress On Trade, Ties And Some ‘Win‑Wins’
Yan Bennett for the Conversation President Donald Trump departed China on May 15, 2026, after a two-day summit with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that was scrutinized from every angle for…
Nakba Day: Muhammad Shehada on Israel’s Ethnic Cleansing in Gaza & Ongoing Palestinian Resilience
Democracy Now Palestinians around the world are marking Nakba Day, 78 years after their forced mass displacement led to the establishment of the Jewish-majority state of Israel. Decades later, Palestinians…
Autocracy, Confusion and Teaching History Part Two
Jim Mamer ScheerPost History is not old, especially with people still living with its consequences. Delicia Turner Sonnenberg Comments on Directing August Wilson’s Fences 2026 Part One Available Here Part…
While Pentagon Spends Billions on War, Military Families Say They’re Getting Short-Changed
Marcus Baram for Capital & Main On April 21, nearly two months into the Iran war, the Pentagon unveiled a $1.5 trillion budget request that promised to bolster services for…
The Fuel to My Revolutionary Optimism
Jenin M for Codepink As a Palestinian born in the 21st century, I am the generational product of Nakba survivors and the trauma that came with it. As distant as…
Reaching Red America
Les Leopold Substack When the polls close next November, about half the country will flash red within seconds. That’s because there are more than 130 congressional districts where Democrats lose…
This Is The REAL Reason For Trump’s Visit To China
Joshua Scheer Donald Trump didn’t arrive in Beijing as the leader of a confident superpower. He arrived like a salesman carrying a collapsing empire on his back — flanked not…
Trump GLAZES XI As US Intel Says China Stronger Than Ever
ScheerPost Staff Donald Trump’s high‑stakes trip to Beijing has produced one of the most lopsided diplomatic spectacles in recent memory. As U.S. intelligence quietly concludes that China has emerged from…
Trade War, Tech War, Energy War: Xu Qinduo Breaks Down the Trump–Xi Negotiations
Josh Scheer As Donald Trump meets Xi Jinping in Beijing, the world’s two largest powers attempt to choreograph stability atop a decade of escalating economic warfare, military brinkmanship, and mutual…
Trump Lands In Beijing With Over A Dozen Western Moguls In Tow
News Desk, The Cradle. Ahead of high-stakes talks with President Xi. Elon Musk, Tim Cook, and top executives from Nvidia, Qualcomm, BlackRock, Goldman Sachs, Mastercard, Visa, Boeing, and Meta joined…