Juan Cole Informed Comment Hafiz Rasheed at The New Republic writes that the Democratic senatorial candidate for Michigan, Abdulrahman “Abdul” El Sayed, faced a barrage of racist attacks as soon…
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…
Trump’s White House runs a mob-style extortion racket that will bankrupt the country the way Trump bankrupted his casinos Chris Hedges ScheerPost I visited Donald Trump’s Taj Mahal Casino in…
Austin Sarat When things don’t go well for President Trump, his usual response is to search for someone or something to blame. Rigged elections, weaponized prosecutions, and the deep state…
Joshua Scheer President Donald Trump calls his Gaza agreement a “major milestone” toward peace. For Palestinians living beneath Israeli aircraft and beside an ever-advancing military boundary, that triumphal language bears…
Joshua Scheer Ukraine’s role in the Western war machine is expanding far beyond its borders. After years of serving as Washington and NATO’s proxy against Russia, Kyiv is now accused…
Anthony Fauci was once presented as the unimpeachable voice of science. Now, confronted with questions about gain-of-function research, the Wuhan laboratory and what government officials knew about COVID-19’s origins, he…
In Abby Martin’s new film, ‘Earth’s Greatest Enemy,’ she exposes how the US military has unleashed death, devastation and more pollution than any other institution in the world on the…
Edward Curtin If you spent one to two years when you were 16-17 years old and full of wild physical and sexual energy assiduously translating Homer’s The Odyssey from the…
Austin Sarat ScheerPost When the Congress of the United States appropriates funds for a particular purpose, it is the president’s job to expend those funds as directed by Congress. Seems…
Joshua Scheer For much of American history, moments of political crisis have been accompanied by campaigns to silence dissent. From the Palmer Raids and McCarthyism to COINTELPRO, governments have repeatedly…
Joshua Scheer For decades, Americans have been told that rising crime, political polarization, and Donald Trump’s ascent are separate crises requiring separate solutions. Political scientist Marie Gottschalk argues they are…
The Trump administration is laying the groundwork for blacklisting and criminalizing all left-wing, progressive, anti-war and anti-imperialist dissent. Chris Hedges ScheerPost The State Department’s 100-page report on Cuba’s “campaign of…
Edward Curtin By Edward Curtin and Sophie Michel “A bird does not sing because it has an answer. It sings because it has a song.” – A Chinese Proverb The…
The Department of Homeland Security is preparing to spend $125 million on access to a vast commercial database containing personal information on millions of Americans—including names, addresses, Social Security numbers,…
