Mark Fiore: Diplomacy Dismembered
By Mark Fiore / Original to ScheerPost President Joe Biden was caught off guard when Saudi Arabia and Russia joined together to lead OPEC to cut oil production by 2…
1 in 3 of World’s Poorest Countries Spend More on Debt Repayments Than Education
"There is clearly a moral imperative for the world to act now to ensure that all children are in school and learning," says a new report from Save the Children.…
The World’s Other Nuclear Flashpoint
As Ukraine burns, the U.S. and China are playing with fire in Asia.
What an Alabama Prisoners’ Strike Tells Us About Prison Labor
Exploitation of incarcerated people isn’t limited to lockups. Voters in some states have a chance to curtail it.
‘We Are Not Done Yet’: Railroad Track Workers Reject New Deal
With 56 percent of BMWE's members voting against the new deal, leaders hope they can return to bargaining table.
Hopes of Peace in Yemen Are Fading
Congress has the power to end the war in Yemen, but how likely is that?
Big Tech: Not Only Market but Also Knowledge and Information Gatekeepers
How do we regulate an information utility?
Patrick Lawrence: Our Shared Addiction to Empire
"If the Columbus myth has been thoroughly discounted, what is it that causes us to continue closing the banks, stopping the mail, and marching in parades on a Monday around…
Why the Chair of the Lancet’s COVID-19 Commission Thinks the US Government Is Preventing a Real Investigation Into the Pandemic
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs sheds light on the "alternative hypothesis" that COVID could be a biotech blunder.
Jeffrey Sachs: US Biotech Possibly Behind Covid Origins and Cover-Up
Jeffrey Sachs alleges a vast cover-up of Covid origins, including by former members of his commission, and details the personal attacks he has incurred for speaking out.
How the West’s Sanctions on Russia Boomeranged
If the damage inflicted by sanctions on the regime in Moscow is less than expected, the self-harm to the rest of Europe and to a lesser degree the US, has…
Safe Tap Water Should Be a Human Right
From Michigan to Mississippi to Tribal communities in the West, millions of Americans don’t have it.
The Never-Ending Impact of a Forgotten Blitzkrieg Against the American Left
How might the United States be different today if, a century ago, the leadership of this country had not acted both so ruthlessly and in such an eerily Trumpian way?
Kevin Cooper: My Experience with the Death Penalty
On February 9, 2004, Kevin Cooper came within 3 hours and 45 minutes of being murdered by the state of California. In this essay, Cooper recounts his experience with the…