How Prisoner-Led Organizing Saved My Life
Joining the Black Prisoners Caucus helped me find direction and the opportunity to serve my community amidst a life-without-parole sentence.
A Vital Atlantic Ocean System Could Collapse Sooner Than Previously Thought
Climate change is slowing down the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation, a key ocean “conveyer belt.” New research finds it could collapse completely by 2060.
The Movie & the Moment to Stop Nuclear Rearmament
Oppenheimer should be required viewing by all those in Washington who are bent on spending $1.7 trillion over the next decades to build new nuclear weapons to kill us all,…
Americans With Health Insurance Are Increasingly Putting Off Important Medical Treatments They Can’t Afford
Health insurance CEOs pocket millions while citizens can’t pay the out-of-pocket.
Scott Ritter: Requiem for NATO’s Nightmare
The dysfunction of the Atlantic military alliance over Ukrainian membership was just the most public manifestation of the debacle that was the Vilnius summit.
Lawmakers Propose $45 Million in New Funding for Measures to Lower U.S. Stillbirth Rate
The legislation seeks to improve data and research, as well as develop stillbirth awareness materials. Many women interviewed by ProPublica said they didn’t know they were at risk until they…
Chris Hedges: The Forgotten Victims of America’s Class War
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost MECHANIC FALLS, Maine – I am sitting in Eric Heimel’s barbershop in the center of Mechanic Falls. Russ Day, who was the owner…
House Progressives Introduce Bill to End ‘Moral Catastrophe’ of Solitary Confinement
"Experts have condemned solitary as psychological torture—and that's exactly what it is," said Rep. Cori Bush.
There’s a Bipartisan Attack on Reproductive Rights in Louisiana
Louisiana is the only state where every Republican and Democratic woman senator voted to remove reproductive rights.
Multiple Police Oversight Bodies Refuse to Investigate Suspicious Death of Anti-Corruption Activist Sunny Sheu
The Office of the Inspector General, the NYPD’s Internal Affairs Bureau and the City Council’s Oversight and Investigations Committee all pass the buck on controversial case.
Two Republican Lawmakers Are Blocking Food From Reaching Palestinian Refugees
Senator Jim Risch (R-ID) and Representative Michael McCaul (R-TX) are blocking about $75 million in food assistance from reaching Palestinian refugees
Sinéad O’Connor Always Knew That Black Lives Mattered
The singer, who died on Wednesday, made an unforgettable protest song about the police killings of Black people 30 years before the murder of George Floyd.
Five Myths In The House Anti-Trans Hearing Against Gender Affirming Care
Republicans held a hearing today meant to raise support for banning gender affirming care. It was filled with myths, and they are outlined here.
Caitlin Johnstone: More Warmongers Elevated In The Biden Administration
The Biden administration looks set to become even more warlike than it already was if you can imagine, with virulent Russia hawk Victoria Nuland and virulent China hawk Charles Q…
I’ve Taught in Prisons For 15 Years – Here’s What Schools Need to Know as Government Funding Expands
Only 218 programs offer credit-bearing college programs in prison. That’s about to change.