Biden’s New Border Politics Are Actually Ancient History
Just like the administrations that preceded it (and not only Donald Trump’s either), the Biden administration is trying to outsource that border to Central America. It’s a grim tale of…
Lee Camp: Why Biden’s Choice to Bomb Outer Space Is So Damn Exciting
At a time of unprecedented crises, what Americans and the world needs most is obviously another arena for humans to annihilate each other in.
America’s Border Crisis Is Forever
There’s one truth seldom mentioned in the endless coverage of this country’s border crisis, already reaching a fever pitch in the early days of the Biden administration.
Congress Demands Tech CEOs Censor the Internet in Despotic Hearing
The repressive objective of the Democratic-controlled Congress is to transfer the power to police and censor political discourse from these tech giants to themselves.
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Mr. Fish: The Political Cartoon Is Dead: Long Live the Cartoonist
Political cartoonist Mr. Fish joins Robert Scheer to talk about the death of his art form and his most recent book, “Nobody Left.”
Prostitution Is a Racialized Hate Crime Against Women
The violence, racism and misogyny targeting Asians in North America--as we've seen most recently in Atlanta--is distilled and intensified in the racism of sex buyers at Asian massage parlors.
CNN’s Defense of Chris Cuomo’s Special COVID Privileges is Grotesque
How can a media outlet credibly claim to denounce abuse of power by political officials when they defend and glorify their own anchor's participation in it?
Hedges: The Evil Within Us
Millions of largely white Americans, hermetically sealed within the ideology of the Christian Right, yearn to destroy the 'Satanic' forces they blame for the debacle of their lives. And one…
[rewind] Janet Yang on the Power and Pain of Being Asian American During the Coronavirus Crisis
In this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” host Robert Scheer speaks with Janet Yang, the legendary film producer of “The Joy Luck Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt,” among…
Tillman: How America’s Forever Wars and Interventions Fueled the Assault on the Capitol
B Kevin Tillman / TomDispatch Just about everyone was shocked by what happened at the Capitol building on January 6th. But as a former soldier in America’s forever wars, horrifying…
A Brief List of Official Russia Claims That Proved to Be Bogus
The Director of National Intelligence releases a report, and the press rushes to spread the propaganda again.
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Ralph Nader: Democrats Ushered in an Era of Corporate Fascism
The consumer advocate, author and former presidential candidate refuses to mince words about Democrats and their corporate bedfellows in a new interview with Robert Scheer.
Wise Observations on White Racism
By Paul Von Blum / Original to ScheerPost A review of Dispatches from the Race War, by Tim Wise On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by white police…
MSM Journalists Double Down on Russia Lies
Eager to obtain vindication for the pre-election falsehood they spread about the Hunter Biden story, they falsely claim on Twtter the CIA blamed Russia for it.
Ralph Nader: Democrats Are Betraying Voters on Medicare
Where is the outcry among Democratic politicians to reverse completely the corporate takeover of Medicare?