ScheerPost’s Top Stories of 2024
Of all our coverage in a very turbulent year, these stories were the most read.
Patrick Lawrence: Our World of Wars, Our War of Worlds
What happens when a great but declining power loses a war, the very most decisive war, it cannot afford to lose?
BBC Staffers Reveal Editor’s ‘Entire Job’ To Whitewash Israeli War Crimes
News editor Raffi Berg reportedly controls online coverage of genocide in Gaza to ensure Israeli crimes are 'watered down' or ignored.
John Pilger: Afflicter of the Powerful
John Pilger died a year ago on Dec. 30, 2023. Better than just about anyone else, he used his prodigious talents to simply do his job as a reporter, writes…
How Are States Spending Opioid Settlement Cash? We Built a Database of Answers
Where is that money going, who is getting it, and is it doing any good?
Billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy Is a Wall Street Speculator Accused of Pump-and-Dump Schemes, Not a Scientist
While he misleadingly presents himself as a “scientist”, billionaire DOGE co-chair Vivek Ramaswamy is just another Martin Shkreli-style Wall Street speculator accused of running pump-and-dump schemes.
Biden Administration Announces Nearly $6 Billion in New Ukraine Aid
Ukraine is receiving about $2.5 billion in military aid and $3.4 billion in 'budget support,' which funds government salaries and services.
Chris Hedges: Don’t Deify Jimmy Carter
Jimmy Carter may have done good works out of office, but in power he fomented a series of domestic and foreign policy disasters.
Syrian Minorities Under Threat as Security Forces Carry out Raids Against ‘Remnants of Assad Militias’
Reports of sectarian killings and ethnic cleansing of Alawites and Christians continue to emerge as Ahmad al-Sharaa's new government seeks to exert control over the country
Syria’s De Facto Leader Says It Will Take Four Years To Hold Elections
Julani has appointed other HTS members to the 'transitional government'
Other States Banned Forced Prison Labor. Why Didn’t California?
By Michelle Chen / Truthout Despite the state’s Democratic majority, more than 53 percent of Californians voted against a ban on slave labor in state prisons. Proposition (Prop) 6 would…
The Real History of How Hamas Was Created And Propped Up | Part 3
By Robert Inkalesh / MintPressNews You might have heard that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has been propping up Hamas in Gaza… but is there more to the story? Some…
Robert Scheer: Jimmy, We Hardly Know Y’all
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Playboy Magazine in November, 1976, accompanying Robert Scheer’s famous interview with President Jimmy Carter, and has been pulled from Robert Scheer’s book,…
How Ukraine is Helping the HTS Militants Who Overthrew Assad
By Stavroula Pabst / Responsible Statecraft As Islamist, al-Qaida-linked group Hayat Tahrir al Sham (HTS) overruns Syria amid President Assad’s sudden ouster, evidence suggesting Ukraine has assisted the group’s triumph…
Chris Hedges: Closing Your Heart & the Path to Self-Annihilation (w/ Gabor Maté)
By Chris Hedges / Chris Hedges Report