Why Corporate Media Needed to Misrepresent Jesse Jackson
The Rev. Jesse Jackson’s kind of politics terrified an elite that thrives on keeping the 99 Percent divided and conquered.
‘Keep Hope Alive’: Remembering Rev. Jesse Jackson, Civil Rights Icon Who Twice Ran for President
In the 1960s, Jackson worked closely with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in the Southern Christian Leadership Conference. Jackson was with King when King was assassinated in Memphis on April…
Michael Parenti (1933-2026): 1918
On Memorial Day 2018, in the year marking the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I, Michael Parenti contemplates the trenches and the oligarchs who caused so much…
Learning From Assata: A Young Black Socialist on Duty and Discipline
Black grassroots organizer and visual artist Rachel Domond speaks on the legacy and influence of Assata Shakur.
Jane Goodall, the Gentle Disrupter Whose Research on Chimpanzees Redefined What It Meant To Be Human
Without formal scientific training, Goodall upended the study of animal behavior. She also inspired countless people to protect nature.
Black Liberation Activist Assata Shakur, 78, Dies in Cuba After Decades in Exile
In her autobiography, Shakur wrote: “It is our duty to fight for our freedom. It is our duty to win. We must love each other and support each other. We…
Dan Siegel, Presente
After 52 years of civil rights litigation and 79 revolutions around the sun, Dan Siegel passed away on July 2, 2025.
On 100th Birthday of Malcolm X, Family Presses Trump to Release Gov’t Files on Assassination
In 2023, the family of Malcolm X filed a $100 million wrongful death lawsuit against various government bodies, including the FBI, CIA and NYPD, for concealing evidence of their involvement…
John Pilger: Afflicter of the Powerful
John Pilger died a year ago on Dec. 30, 2023. Better than just about anyone else, he used his prodigious talents to simply do his job as a reporter, writes…
My Final Moments With Refaat Alareer
He endured great hardship juggling his family responsibilities with his commitment to telling the world what was happening in Gaza.
‘Text Me You Haven’t Died’ — My Sister Was the 166th Doctor To Be Murdered in Gaza
Dr. Soma Baroud’s life was dedicated to healing the wounded in Gaza. Her tragic death in an Israeli airstrike on October 9 is a reminder of the relentless violence faced…
Phil Donahue Changed My Life and Millions of Others
Donahue was a trailblazer in bringing social issues to a national audience as a daytime broadcast TV host, writes Jeff Cohen.
Patrick Lawrence: James Baldwin at 100
Things got lost in our remembrances.
For Lewis Lapham
By Mr. Fish / Original to ScheerPost Lewis Lapham, former editor of Harper’s Magazine, founder of Lapham’s Quarterly and longtime commentator and essayist on both America’s shortcomings as a scrappy…
A Voice for the Oppressed: John Pilger, Radical Journalist and Documentarian
By KJ Noh / CounterPunch A bright star in the firmament of justice has gone out. One of the greatest journalists of our era has passed away. John Pilger was…