A blog by Josh Scheer
Joshua Scheer “The word genocide has implications and obligations. It’s not just a buzzword.” The bombs come from Washington. The justifications come through the news. As Israel devastated Gaza, leading…
Joshua Scheer Europe’s leaders are gambling with their people’s future—and, Jeffrey Sachs warns, with the survival of the world. Speaking to members of the European Parliament, the economist delivers a…
Coleen Rowley and Thomas Drake Consortium News Can the words “integrity” and “media” even be mentioned in the same breath? ask whistleblowers Coleen Rowley and Tom Drake. In the formal…
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…
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…
It is extremely difficult for ordinary people, myself very much included, to assess what is at stake with the rapid advances in AI. But then again, as becomes clearer by…
Jon Queally Common Dreams “Most tech geeks don’t resign from their roles because…the tech they’re building could end humanity,” said Dr. Abdul El-Sayed, running for US Senate in Michigan. An…
A.J. Schumann Inequality.org The attempt to revive the McCarthyist witch hunts of yesteryear is, at its core, a reaction to the working-class rightfully demanding its fair share of the economic…
“I don’t think we live in a functioning democracy—and that has been true for some time.” Hedges Joshua Scheer Six months into the disastrous U.S.-Israeli war on Iran, the fantasy…
From Gavin Newsom in California to Gretchen Whitmer in Michigan, the debate over Medicare for All continues to expose the tension between campaign promises, corporate influence, and the political power…
For over 670 days, refugees trapped in a UN camp have maintained a daily sit-in in the Sahara Desert to demand basic human rights. Editors Note: For more than 670…
Craig Mokhiber, Mondoweiss. Quite the contrary, actually. Unlike the Zionist claim that “Israel has a right to exist,” my assertion is rooted in international law. Of course, given Israel’s propensity…
“Don’t look towards the politicians or the elected officials to be your savior,” Jenkins says. “You are your savior. Your people are your savior.” Joshua Scheer Masked white supremacists marching…
Vijay Prashad, The Tricontinental Institute for Social Research. Every year, unsafe food causes 866 million illnesses and 1.5 million deaths, with young children suffering nearly a third of all cases…
Maurizio Guerrero Prism Abetted by surveillance tools created by a power-hungry tech oligarchy, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is laying the groundwork for an authoritarian state that is dismantling…
