How a Maine Businessman Made the AR-15 Into America’s Best-Selling Rifle
Neither a gun enthusiast nor a right-wing ideologue, Richard Dyke used political connections and lobster giveaways to build Bushmaster, the company that popularized assault-style rifles.
‘Jarring Wake-Up Call’: Hunger Surges in US After Food Aid Cuts
"Effective federal public policies over the previous few years were spectacularly successful in stemming U.S. hunger, but as many of those policies have been reversed, hunger has again soared," said…
Larry’s List: Academics on the Misuse of Holocaust Memory, History of ‘From the River to the Sea’, and More
By SP Staff ScheerPost is bringing back Larry’s List, a weekly news curation from USC communications professor Larry Gross, to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge…
Patrick Lawrence: What Died 60 Years Ago?
A President and a Nation’s Promise
Israel and the Kennedy Assassinations
The man who exposed Israel’s nuclear weapons arsenal, Mordechai Vanunu (aka John Crossman), said in 2004 that Kennedy was assassinated due to "pressure he exerted on Israel's then head of…
Norman Finkelstein Deconstructs Ben Shapiro and Challenges Him to Debate
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Environmental Pollution Lawsuit May Pump the Breaks on Cop City Construction
Activists are accusing the city of Atlanta of environmental racism in its construction of “Cop City”
On Trans Day of Remembrance, Some Advocates are Honoring Lives Lost to More Than Homicide
TDOR was formed to honor lives lost to murder. But everyday discrimination leads to transgender deaths that should be honored too, some advocates say.
To Best Serve Students, Schools Shouldn’t Try to Block Generative AI, or Use Faulty AI Detection Tools
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Generative AI gained widespread attention earlier this year, but one group has had to reckon with it more quickly than most: educators.…
Dark Money, Leonard Leo and the Anachronistic Supreme Court
When justices are for sale, can citizens rely on the Court to uphold democracy?
Farewell to the New York Times Sports Department?
Or Should It Be Good Riddance?
Gabor Maté on Trauma, Authenticity, and Israel’s War on Palestine (Part 1)
Stay tuned for Part 2 of this conversation with Palestinian doctor Tarek Loubani During his recent visit to Robert Scheer’s USC class, Gabor Maté relates the most prominent themes of…
Michael Hudson: Were the Biblical Prophets Anti-Semitic?
If the prophets were summoned to give judgment today, it is Netanyahu’s right-wing Likud Party and the steeply unequal economy of Israel that would be condemned as violating the most…
Lawsuit Against Alleged CIA Spying on Assange Visitors: A Rare Court Hearing
A federal judge pushed back when a government attorney refused to confirm or deny whether the CIA had engaged in warrantless surveillance.
ADL Data on Rise of Anti-Semitic Incidents Doesn’t Add Up
A new report from the ADL claims that anti-Semitic incidents across the US have skyrocketed by more than 400%. But as Alan Macleod reveals, the numbers do not add up…