Patrick Lawrence: The Murder of Ismail Haniyeh
Important as this conclusion is, one must view Haniyeh’s murder in its larger context. From this perspective we can come to some useful understandings. A few scales may now fall…
Michael Brenner: CHAPTER & VERSE
By Michael Brenner On a whim over the July 4 holiday, I wrote to a cross-section of our leaders and celebrities requesting that they tell us what passage of the…
UN Report on Arbitrary Detention and Abhorrent Abuse of Palestinian Prisoners
By Talia Mullin / Original to Scheer Post A new report has been released from the UN Human Rights department detailing the arbitrary detention of thousands of Palestinians and subsequent…
A Diary of Genocide w/ Atef Abu Saif | The Chris Hedges Report
By Chris Hedges / Substack Those that attempt to transmit the truth from war zones — whether factual or artistic — in the face of death, violence and sickness vanquish…
French Police Arrest Journalists Covering Anti-Olympics Activism
Two journalists on a critical tour of the Olympics with the activist group Saccage 24 were arrested and interrogated by Parisian police, along with one activist. Is the Olympics destroying…
Israel Bombs Beirut, Claims It Targeted a Senior Hezbollah Commander
Hezbollah has warned of a big response to any strikes deep inside Lebanon.
Efforts to Release Prisoners From Long Sentences Draw New Interest
But many of the proposed policies have failed this year.
Iowa’s Six-Week Abortion Ban Called ‘Cruel Future’ GOP Wants for Entire Nation
Denouncing "extremist Republicans," EMILY's List says the new state law exemplifies why voters "have to stop them at the ballot box this November."
For Lewis Lapham
By Mr. Fish / Original to ScheerPost Lewis Lapham, former editor of Harper’s Magazine, founder of Lapham’s Quarterly and longtime commentator and essayist on both America’s shortcomings as a scrappy…
Lame Ducks Can Stop Wars, Mr. President
By Ray McGovern and Robert Scheer / Original to ScheerPost In this week’s episode of “Playing President,” Ray McGovern, 27-year CIA veteran and briefer of five presidents, continues to make…
From the Ground in Gaza
By Talia Mullin / Original to ScheerPost I want to introduce two Palestinian photojournalists who have deeply inspired me, and who I hope to meet someday. I have been lucky…
Will Leonard Peltier Die In Prison?
After being denied parole yet again, one of America’s longest-serving political prisoners is running out of options.
Israel Bombs Girls’ School in Gaza, Killing 30 and Wounding Over 100
The school was sheltering roughly 4,000 Palestinians and was also acting as a field hospital.
‘Violence Has No Place in American Life.’ Except, Like, Everywhere You Look
By Phil Wilson / CounterPunch The U.S. political system runs on the fuel of euphemism—the ability to conceal nefarious aspirations beneath the facade of idealistic slogans. Consider the U.S. Department…
‘Unspeakable’: Doctors Back from Gaza Say Death Toll ‘Much Higher,’ Push Harris, Biden for Ceasefire
By Amy Goodman / Democracy Now! We speak to two doctors who are part of a group of 45 U.S. doctors, surgeons and nurses who have volunteered in Gaza since…