Kali Nicole Gross: Dissecting a Startling Crime
The author of "Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso" discusses a lurid crime that took place in Philadelphia in 1887.
Robert Scheer
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SI: Autobiography
SI: Democracy & Media
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Rebecca Carroll: Writing as a Way to Figure Things Out
The author talks about how her early childhood in New Hampshire was idyllic but changed with adolescence as she was alienated because of her race.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Eddie Conway: Making Real News After Prison
The former Black Panther talks about the plight of African Americans and his involvement in the Real News Network.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Gary Tyler’s Life Matters: Framed for Murder by Cops at 16, Exonerated 4 Decades Later
The play he directed in Louisiana, where he was incarcerated, became the subject of the documentary "Cast the First Stone."
Melina Abdullah: The Only Way White Supremacy Is Defeated
The professor and activist dissects the dangers of Donald Trump's presidency, the legacy of the Black Power Movement and more.
Darnell Hunt and Ana-Christina Ramon on Hollywood’s Love Affair With Racism
When it comes to matters of race, the entertainment industry fails its increasingly diverse audience time and again.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
SI: Race, Class & Gender
Susan Burton: Creating a Crucial Path Forward After Prison
After every system failed her, Susan Burton became the helping hand she and so many other formerly incarcerated women needed.
Kevin Cooper
Robert Scheer
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SI: Autobiography
SI: Justice & Injustice
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
Kevin Cooper: Is California About to Execute an Innocent Man?
Kevin Cooper was convicted of a 1983 quadruple murder and sentenced to death in a trial in which evidence that might have exonerated him was withheld from the defense. Visit…
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: Democracy & Media
SI: Human Rights & Civil Rights
SI: Justice & Injustice
Dr. Margaret Flowers: Does Medicare for All Await Us at the End of This Viral Massacre?
The Popular Resistance co-founder predicts how the coronavirus pandemic will impact the ongoing struggle for universal health care in the U.S.
Ellen Brown: Coronavirus Proves Capitalism Has Always Been a Lie
Economist Ellen Brown sheds light on the intricacies of an economic system that is being unmasked by the government’s pandemic response.
Janet Yang: The Power and Pain of Being Asian American During the Coronavirus Crisis
In this week’s installment of “Scheer Intelligence,” host Robert Scheer speaks with Janet Yang, the legendary film producer of “The Joy Luck Club" and "The People vs. Larry Flynt,” among…
Aaron Glantz: The Bipartisan Profiteers Who Demolished the American Dream
The 2008 housing meltdown that effectively busted the American dream of homeownership has morphed into a new heist based on corporate rental empires with all the same culprits. The answer…
Jule Hall and Lynn Novick: The Greatest Threat to the Prison Industrial Complex
"College Behind Bars" director Lynn Novick and former inmate Jule Hall examine how prison education can be used to combat recidivism.
Tommy Newman: The Homegrown Crisis California Refuses to Own
One of the wealthiest, most liberal states in America has created a humanitarian emergency that only those who caused it can address.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: History
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SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
[rewind] Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz: Lies Liberals Tell Themselves About the Second Amendment
A deep-seated denial about the colonial ideology undergirding gun rights in the U.S. has hampered the left's approach to arms control.