Fisher Stevens: Confronting Homophobic Bullying in ‘Palmer’
On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," the director explores how films like “Palmer" are redefining how global audiences understand gender constructs in previously unthinkable ways.
Finding Hope for Humanity’s Survival at a 100 Seconds to Midnight
We seemed determined to destroy ourselves, whether through the accelerating heating of the globe over decades, or a nuclear conflagration any time we choose. The good news is the flame…
The Gamers’ Uprising Against Wall Street Has Deep Populist Roots
Wall Street may own the country, as Kansas populist leader Mary Elizabeth Lease once declared, but a new generation of “retail” stock market traders is fighting back.
‘This Is for You, Dad’: Interview With an Anonymous GameStop Investor
Raised in a family devastated by bubble economics, one Reddit investor saw GameStop as a way to send a message to "cancerous rent-seekers."
The Journalistic Censorship Industry Suffers Well-Deserved Blows
The NYT's Taylor Lorenz falsely accuses a tech investor of using a slur after spending months trying to infiltrate and monitor a new app that allows free conversation.
The Folly of Backing France’s African Adventures
President Macron is apparently hoping for a Biden-bailout for France’s collapsing seven-year campaign in the Sahel. One can see why.
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Joel Whitney: The Egregious Price America Exacts for Integrity
The "Finks" author joins Robert Scheer to talk about the lives of poets George and Mary Oppen, two admirable Americans persecuted for their leftist ideals.
Battling White Supremacy in the Ring
Boxing, the historian Gerald Horne argues in his engaging and meticulously researched new book, was effectively weaponized by Blacks in the battle against white supremacy.
The Imperial Presidency Comes Home to Roost
The “costs” of our forever wars have come home imperially, believe it or not, in the very form of Grandpa Joe.
Hedges: Papering Over the Rot
The staggering concentration of wealth at the top has deformed our governing institutions — new window dressing will not end oligarchy.
Camp: It’s Now or Never — We Stare Into the Abyss
Despite millions of years of finding ways to survive, these species failed to outlast that most destructive force — unfettered capitalism.