Netanyahu Warns of a “Second Holocaust” While Unleashing One in Gaza
Joshua Scheer Just woke up to this in my inbox from the Haaretz feed, reporting on a post shared by Netanyahu. Words fail. But when confronted with genocide—and the propaganda…
When You Find Yourself Lost and Walking Ass-Backwards For No Reason
Edward Curtin Take baby steps. “The modern version of hell is purposelessness,” wrote the English novelist John Fowles in a brilliant essay accompanying photographs of individual trees in an oddly…
While Trump Goes to Court and Tries New Tricks to Interfere In The Election, The Rest of Us Should Go To The Polls
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Elections are supposed to be decided at the ballot box. And the right to vote has long been recognized as the basis of all other rights. As…
Adam Johnson: How U.S. Media Helped Sell Israel’s Genocide in Gaza
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…
Katie Halper and Karen Ortiz Challenge Mamdani Over Public Housing Demolition
Joshua Scheer In this segment of The Katie Halper Show, Katie speaks with congressional candidate Karen Ortiz about Chelsea public housing residents fighting to save their homes—and challenges Zohran Mamdani…
How the GOP Is Working to Steal the Midterms (w/ Joel McCleary and Mark Medish) | TCHR
Chris Hedges As the midterm elections loom, analysts Joel McCleary and Mark Medish warn about the panoply of tools the Trump administration is putting in place to potentially control the…
Chris Hedges And Joe Sacco: Bearing Witness To Gaza As The World Looks Away
Joshua Scheer In Requiem for Gaza, the veteran reporter and comics journalist preserve the stories of Palestinian survivors—and confront the Western institutions that have enabled their destruction. The destruction of…
Marco Rubio Delivers a Scathing Indictment of the Administration in Which He Serves
Austin Sarat ScheerPost On October 7, Secretary of State Marco Rubio used the occasion of a visit to Greece to deliver an elaborately staged speech about the virtues of and…
Background Assumptions
Edward Curtin What is the explanation for the brainwashing of so many Americans when it involves the nefarious, unspeakable deeds of their government? Why are so many so easily duped…
Trump Is Building the Machinery to Make Defeat Impossible
Joshua Scheer When Volodymyr Zelenskyy, whose presidential term ended in May 2024, informed Trump that elections would not be held in Ukraine because of the war, Trump responded: “So you’re…
TACO Strikes Again. Trump Backs Out Of Livestreaming Hasan Execution
Austin Sarat ScheerPost Last week, the Trump Administration dropped a bombshell when it announced its plan to livestream the firing squad execution of Nidal Hasan on December 3. Hasan had…
The Mamdani Era: The Pied-à-Terre Tax
Danny Goldberg ScheerPost It is a truism among pundits that political trends in New York City are not relevant nationally because those of us who live and work here are…
How the Trump Admin. Is Expanding the Definition of ‘Terrorism’ — and What It Means (w/ Dan Boguslaw) | TCHR
Chris Hedges Report Investigative journalist Daniel Boguslaw uncovers collusion between law enforcement, Corporate America and academics to create new targets for the expanding US security state. In communities throughout the…
Lee Camp: An Empire That Values Oil Over Lives—and Silence Over Truth
The empire’s priorities become clearest when something threatens its bottom line. Human lives are expendable; oil supplies are sacred. In this episode of Dangerous Ideas, Lee Camp takes aim at…
Chris Hedges: “Requiem for Gaza” Bears Witness to a People Israel Cannot Erase
Joshua Scheer Genocide seeks to destroy more than lives. It seeks to erase a people’s history, culture and memory—and bury the evidence beneath the rubble. At the launch of Requiem…