US Strikes in Iraq and Syria Kill About 40, Including Civilians
Biden ordered over 100 bombs dropped on dozens of targets across Iranian-linked targets in Iraq and Syria. No Iranians are reported to be among the dead.
Wisconsin’s Prison Lockdowns: No Visitors, Few Showers, and No End in Sight
Deprived of visitors, programming, and time outside their cells, incarcerated people have been put into a hellish limbo by measures ostensibly taken to combat overpopulation in state prisons.
Patty Hearst Was Treated Gently At a Time When “Tough On Crime” Was Taking Hold
Listen to Roger D. Rapoport discuss his latest book on Patty Hearst on Scheer Intelligence By Roger D. Rapoport / CounterPunch On February 4, 1974, a group of ragtag revolutionaries…
U.S. Admits It Hasn’t Verified Israel’s UNRWA Claims, Media Ignores It
Secretary Blinken admits that the U.S. has been unable to investigate the “evidence” presented by Israel claiming 13 of UNRWA’s 13,000 Gaza employees participated in October 7. Biden took Israel’s…
Congress Poised to Cede More Foreign Weapons Oversight. Why?
New bill would speed up the delivery of deadly arms while scaling back the ability of elected representatives to monitor the implications.
For the First Time, Black Women Are Leading Democrats in Early Primary States
The women serve as the public face of the Democratic Party in South Carolina, Nevada and Michigan. Here's what they have planned for 2024.
Palestinians Uncover Dozens Killed Execution-Style in Schoolyard in Gaza
Palestinian civilians discovered bodies blindfolded and with their legs and hands tied back.
Why the Market—Not to Mention the Billionaires—Cannot Save Journalism
This isn’t just a journalism crisis: it’s a democracy crisis. And it’s a problem that we must collectively confront as a society.
White Man’s Justice Is Black People’s Grief: A Black History Month Truth
By Kevin Cooper / Original to ScheerPost “It’s not whether you win or lose that counts, but how you play the game that matters.” That’s what my people are often…
US Is Underwriting Israel’s Crimes — Americans Can No Longer Claim Ignorance
Many of us in the Global South are watching the 2024 election to see if US voters implicitly endorse war crimes in Gaza.
How the Genocide in Gaza Shattered My Family
I have lost my father, my uncle’s entire family, and know many others who have been injured. I can barely imagine the grief I will feel when the attack ends…
The Alabama State Government’s Killing of Kenneth Smith
The State of Alabama has become the very thing it claimed to be punishing: a contract killer.
More ‘Navigators’ Are Helping Women Travel to Have Abortions
By Lillian Mongeau Hughes / KFF Health News Chloe Bell is a case manager at the National Abortion Federation. She spends her days helping people cover the cost of an…
Israel Bombed Belgian Aid Office in Gaza After Nation Refused to Halt UNRWA Funding
"This is a direct result of the impunity Washington has provided Israel," said one analyst.
After Historic Strike, UAW Bureaucrats Sit By As Stellantis Lays Off Hundreds of Workers
Only a few months after a historic contract struggle and strike, Stellantis announced job cuts in early December that have begun and will continue to take effect this month. A…