White House Official Says Biden’s Comments on Defending Taiwan ‘Speak for Themselves’
Kurt Campbell, the top Asia official on the NSC, says the White House didn't walk back Biden's comments.
Number of Ultrarich Hits All-Time High as Someone Dies From Hunger Every 4 Seconds
"Those with the power and money to change this must come together to better respond to current crises and prevent and prepare for future ones," a coalition of charities asserted.
Banned in the USA: Banned Books Week Celebrates Its 40th Anniversary
It’s time to unequivocally condemn censorship.
Chris Hedges: Strike, Strike, Strike
The mounting social inequality is fueling protests around the globe. The global ruling class is determined to prevent these protests from employing the weapon that can bring them down —…
Biden Doubles Down on Defending Taiwan From Potential Chinese Invasion
President Biden says he doesn't encourage Taiwanese independence but also says US forces would defend the island in the case of a Chinese invasion.
As Falls Russia, So Falls the World
North Korea has been driven ever closer to fellow nuclear powers Russia and China, and is poised to become a leading member of a possible future “Eurasian Union of autocracies.”
How Humans Are Making Pandemics Three Times More Likely
By Mitchell Beer | The Energy Mix Habitat loss and global heating are making extreme epidemics like COVID-19 three times more likely, finds a new study. The yearly probability of…
Zelensky and NATO Plan to Transform Post-War Ukraine into Hyper-militarized Police State
The NATO-backed Atlantic Council has proposed apartheid Israel as a blueprint for a hyper-militarized Ukraine. The paper was authored by Obama’s former ambassador to Tel Aviv, now an Israeli spy-tech…
Democracy Now Interviews Dr. Gabor Maté on New Book, “The Myth of Normal”
Dr. Gabor Maté discusses how the healthcare system has harmfully promoted the "mechanization of birth," how the lack of social services for parents has led to "a massive abandonment of…
Patrick Lawrence: Atrocity Porn
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The Russian army shelled its own detention center in the east of Ukraine. The Russian army shelled a nuclear power plant it has…
Corporate Media Is Trying to Convince People Student Debt Forgiveness Is Bad
By trying to convince voters that debt relief will cost them, and that a more egalitarian society is impossible, corporate media are defending America's ruling class from an educated working…
Shift from Fossils to Renewables Will Save $12 Trillion by 2050
The green transition just became an even bigger no-brainer.
“Death By Incarceration”: Human Rights Groups Urge UN to Call for Abolition of Life Without Parole Sentences
The United States condemns one out of every seven prisoners — or more than 200,000 people — to die in prison. Over two-thirds are people of color.
Chomsky and Ellsberg on the Death of Gorbachev (video)
By Paul Jay / theAnalysis.news Noam Chomsky and Daniel Ellsberg discuss the significance of the life of Mikhail Gorbachev and what the deconstruction of the Soviet Union means for today’s…
In a Major Reversal of Fortunes Google Gets Slapped Down Hard By Europe’s Top Regulatory Court
Original to ScheerPost Google lost its appeal against the $4.125 billion antitrust fine filed by the European Union’s General Court after the court’s regulators uncovered huge infringements in how Google…