Letter from Germany
Steve Wasserman ScheerPost An ill wind is blowing through Europe (and not only there, as we know from these last frightening years in America). It is possible to travel through…
Donald Trump and the Age of Evil
Chris Hedges ScheerPost By any standard of morality, Trump is depraved. But adorned with the power of the state, he descends to another level — the level of evil. Donald…
Banning CNN, MS Now, And Politico From The White House Is Trump’s Most Brazen Attack On the First Amendment
Austin Sarat The principle is simple. Just like politicians are not supposed to pick their voters, government officials don’t get to pick the reporters who cover them. If they did,…
Ed Sheeran Wants His Music to Be About Unity. But Silence Is Also a Political Choice
Joshua Scheer Ed Sheeran says he has never wanted to be a political musician. He wants his concerts to be about “unity, not division” and “humanity, not politics.” But after…
FBI Director Kash Patel’s Bizarre Sympathy for “Victims” of Bestiality Highlights the Administration’s Warped Priorities
Austin Sarat It is not often that members of the United States Senate spend time talking about bestiality. But they did on Tuesday when, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing,…
UCLA Faculty Push Back As Chancellor’s 9/11 Statement Raises New Questions About Academic Freedom
A growing controversy over a UCLA law school symposium is rapidly becoming a larger confrontation over the meaning of academic freedom, opening a broader fight over whether university administrators can…
Fast Food Got Worse While Prices Exploded — Here’s How McDonald’s Broke the System
Joshua Scheer McDonald’s used to once sold the illusion that capitalism could at least give working people something cheap, a meal for people who didn’t have much money or much…
Exceptional Hatred: Free Speech, Fear, and the Fight Over Jewish Identity in America
For decades, the American political establishment has treated antisemitism as a moral absolute—something that must be confronted wherever it appears. It should be. But what happens when the language meant…
Georgia Death Case Highlights The Urgent Need For The Supreme Court To Take A New Look At The Clemency Process In Death Penalty Cases
Austin Sarat ScheerPost The state of Georgia plans to execute Stacey Humphreys on September 16. He was convicted and sentenced to death for a double murder that occurred in 2003.…
President Trump Wants to Give This Country A New Pledge of Allegiance
Austin Sarat ScheerPost When I grew up, the school day always started the same way, with children standing hands over their hearts, reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. We said in…
Osama Bin Trump
Chris Hedges ScheerPost Donald Trump, whose war on Iran is the greatest strategic blunder in United States history, is not responsible for triggering the decline of the American empire, but…
W.E.B. Du Bois, the Cold War and the Forgotten Politics of Black Internationalism
Joshua Scheer Gerald Horne argues that understanding Du Bois’s radical internationalism is essential to understanding the political crisis—and ideological confusion—of our own time. W.E.B. Du Bois did not suddenly become…
On Suicide Prevention Day, Reflecting On The Crisis Inside Prisons And Jails
Victoria Valenzuela Substack Suicide is a leading cause of death in prisons and jails. Advocates say most people experience trauma, substance abuse or mental illness prior to prison, and conditions…
Why I Still Don’t Talk About 9/11 While Talk of Trump Using Nukes Increases
Edward Curtin With the twenty-fifth anniversary of “9/11” this week, it is important to remember all the warning signs that were evident in the months leading up to the events…
Twenty-Five Years After 9/11, More Has Fallen in the United States Than the Twin Towers
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Twenty-five years ago, on September 11, 20001, the United States suffered a tragic, surprise attack from the Afghanistan-based terrorist group, Al-Qaeda. Their coordinated efforts caused devastating losses…