Dan Siegel, Presente
After 52 years of civil rights litigation and 79 revolutions around the sun, Dan Siegel passed away on July 2, 2025.
NCAA Settlement Will Finally Bury the Myth of Amateurism in College Athletics
By Dan Siegel / Original to ScheerPost The mammoth settlement between the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the five (soon to be four) major university athletic conferences must overcome…
Being Jewish In a Time of Mass Hysteria
The “never again” faction loudly worries that Palestinian liberation is incompatible with Israeli survival and sees growing American antisemitism behind every picket sign. But support for Netanyahu and his government…
California’s Reckless Supreme Court Gambit
The state should help local governments develop reasonable short-term plans to alleviate the problem while they focus on developing the massive number of affordable housing units needed for a long-term…
Time’s Up for Netanyahu and Biden
The question for today is what the world will do to enable the Palestinian people to live in peace and security in a nation where their children enjoy the opportunities…
Built on the Bodies of Native Californians
Watch Bob Scheer’s interview w/ Tony Platt on Scheer Intelligence By Dan Siegel / Original to ScheerPost The University of California brags that it brought “light to the darkness” –…
Fascists’ Convictions Not a Cause for Celebration
Dan Siegel explains the precedent being set following arrests of Proud Boys and Oath Keepers members.
Policing Cannot Fix the Problems of Inequality and Racism
By Dan Siegel / Original to ScheerPost Millions of people hit the streets around the world when George Floyd was murdered by the Minneapolis police in May 2020. We demanded…
Trump’s Last Laugh
Trump's Supreme Court has rolled back and modified a number of important rulings, writes Dan Siegel.
Dan Siegel on Banning the Constitution
As government officials crusade to ban books, we must evaluate what from decisions by the United States Supreme Court must be erased from our history books as well.
Voting Rights Remain the Critical Barrier to Racial Equality
Voting rights advocates are now forced to focus their efforts on Congress and state legislatures to pass new laws to protect their rights
Critical Race Theory Is Dangerous. That’s Why It Should Be Mandatory in American Schools.
The right-wing leadership is correct that critical race theory could change our country permanently—just not in the way they claim.
Holding Trump and His Rioters Accountable Can — and Must — Be Done Constitutionally
Reconciliation that is an echo of the appeasement that doomed Reconstruction is unacceptable, but so is allowing social media corporations to determine what speech is allowed in the what amounts…
Will Biden Channel Franklin Roosevelt?
The incoming president would do well to study and emulate FDR's bold leadership on the same issues of spiraling inequity the country faces again.
White Supremacy Is Only Plausible Explanation for 2020 Election Results
Voter polling on racism and Black Lives Matter show it was the biggest factor in Republican victories across the country.