The Data Center Backlash That’s Uniting America
The passage of New York’s statewide moratorium marks the speed at which the movement is growing — and winning — in both blue and red parts of the country. Nick…
Juneteenth Beyond the Celebration: Freedom Delayed, Freedom Denied, Freedom Still Demanded
Joshua Scheer As Americans gather for Juneteenth celebrations across the country, it is worth remembering that the holiday commemorates not merely the end of slavery, but also the unfinished struggle…
Throughout the US-Israeli War, Iranians Refused to Be Owned
By Elham Rahmati & Sahand Saadatmandi This article was originally published by Truthout In a war of aggression, our people refused to disappear and earned something no diplomatic text can…
Iranian Officials Say Psychologists Helped Craft Messages to Trump During Negotiations
Joshua Scheer Just a few months ago, investigative journalist Jeremy Scahill was reporting that the Trump administration appeared determined to force Iran into submission through military pressure, economic warfare, and…
The Obama Center is a Monument to the More Effective Evil
Margaret Kimberley, Black Agenda Report Executive Editor and Senior Columnist Barack Obama bailed out the banks, deported millions, and devastated nations and millions of people through wars of aggression. The…
The Future Zionism Buried: How Anti-Zionist Jews Once Fought Oppression Without Colonizing Another People
Joshua Scheer This conversation strikes close to home. My grandmother was part of the Bundist tradition discussed here, a movement that offered a radically different vision of Jewish life—one rooted…
CBS’s Purge of 60 Minutes Sends a Chilling Message to Legacy Journalists Everywhere
Joshua Scheer For decades, 60 Minutes stood as one of the last surviving institutions of broadcast journalism willing to challenge power, confront corruption and occasionally remind Americans what reporting looks…
Israel’s LGBTQ+ Safe Haven Has a Catch: Inform, Comply, or Remain in Limbo
Joshua Scheer Based on reporting by Theia Chatelle at The Intercept, the story of Kareem exposes the contradiction at the heart of Israel’s claim to be a safe haven for…
Trump Finally Admits Aloud: “We Shouldn’t Have Been in Iran”
Joshua Scheer Donald Trump may have delivered the most honest assessment of the Iran War yet — entirely by accident. In an interview conducted not by a journalist but by…
Can the Imperial Core Be Reformed? Chris Hedges and Aaron Maté on the Collapse of the Global Order
Joshua Scheer At the Vancouver Web Summit, Chris Hedges and Aaron Maté examine Gaza, the erosion of international law, AI-powered warfare, media censorship, and whether meaningful reform is still possible…
Claire Valdez: Can Democrats Win the Working Class?
Joshua Scheer As economic desperation deepens and both major parties continue to hemorrhage working-class trust, conversations once dismissed as fringe are moving back toward the political center. In this wide-ranging…
Barbarism With Better Software: Pope Leo Warns of the AI Future
Joshua Scheer Pope Leo XIV is warning that artificial intelligence, if left in the hands of profit-hungry corporations and unaccountable tech oligarchs, could unleash a “social calamity” by replacing human…
Democrat in Name Only
The Party cannot defend workers, voting rights, and Confederate traitors at the same damn time. Desi Cortez LA Progressive Democrat?” Hell no. That’s an endangered species of public nuisance: the…
Resistance to Flock Cameras and Police Surveillance Is Exploding
By Mike Ludwig This article was originally published by Truthout Backlash to Flock cameras and AI systems is exploding after scandals, including police using the tech to stalk women. In…
Ron Kovic: From Vietnam’s Horror to a Lifelong Fight Against the Madness of War
Joshua Scheer Ron Kovic’s life is more than a story about Vietnam — it is a brutal indictment of the machinery of war itself. A young man raised on Hollywood…