How We Get To Medicare For All
Nancy J. Altman, Portside Health care should be available to everyone in America as a right—automatic and free of charge when we need it. Rich or poor, sick or healthy,…
My Ayn Rand Phase: The Dangers of ‘Dead Dogma’
Robert Jensen ScheerPost Book Excerpt for This I Don’t Believe: A Fulfilling Life without Meaning John Stuart Mill long ago warned that when we are so certain of the truth…
The Free Market Creates Freedom: Do You Believe It?
Charles Derber Editor’s Note: The following is adapted from Charles Derber’s newest book, Wired for Authoritarianism: American Oligarchies and How to Re-Wire America for the People. Readers can also listen…
How the Yellow Vests Attempted to Rebuild the Urban Periphery of Paris: A Book Excerpt
Ida Susser Adapted from The Yellow Vests and the Battle for Democracy: Taking to the Streets of Paris in the 21st Century. In June 2019, a group of Yellow Vests,…
How Mamdani Beat Murdoch
This time around, a next-generation leftist ran circles around Rupert’s wounded attack dog.
The Life and Public Assassination of President John F. Kennedy
By Edward Curtin / Original to ScheerPost In light of the news that President Trump has signed an executive order for a “plan” (as if one were needed) for the…
‘Oppenheimer,’ J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the University of California
By Tony Platt / Original to ScheerPost This is an excerpt from Tony Platt’s new book “The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley.” The…
Patrick Lawrence: Independent Journalism as It Was
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost This is an extract from Lawrence’s Journalists and Their Shadows, available now from Clarity Press, or as a pre-order from Google Books or…
Patrick Lawrence: The US Press, Spooks & the Church Committee
Nineteen fifty-three was a peculiar year for The Washington Post to question the C.I.A.’s drift into activist intrigues, writes Patrick Lawrence in this excerpt from his forthcoming book, Journalists and…
From Media Outlet to ‘Non-State Hostile Intelligence Service’
By designating WikiLeaks a spy outfit, the U.S. government has stacked the deck against Julian Assange and leveled an unprecedented threat against journalism.
Hedges: ‘The Greatest Evil is War’ Excerpt Details the Horrors of a Post-War Life
Chapter X: Wounds That Never Heal
The Call
This excerpt is from Chris Hedges' newest book, "Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison."
Hedges: Why They Hate Us
Book excerpt explores the rupturing of social bonds, despair and rage that come from being cast aside by the ruling elites and that define the deep animus of the radical…
What Patriotism Means to a Veteran of America’s Forever Wars
The following excerpt from Maj. Danny Sjursen’s new book, “Patriotic Dissent” is printed with permission from Heyday Books and is available for purchase on their site. Patriotism is one of…
Gift Idea: A Book That Explains Trump to Your Kids
A cute yet educational counterpoint to the intolerance and cruelty coming down from the top.