Post-Conviction Review Could Correct Three-Strike Law Injustices
Incorporating newer research about post-adolescent brain development would help those sentenced under outdated, racist policies.
Sexual Violence is a Pervasive Threat for Female Farm Workers – Here’s How the US Could Reduce Their Risk
By Kathleen Sexsmith, Francisco Alfredo Ryes, and Megan A.M. Griffin / The Conversation Television crime shows often are set in cities, but in its third season, ABC’s “American Crime” took…
Matt Taibbi: Campaign 2024, Officially Chaos
America enters an unprecedented political unknown, and our leaders appear helpless to find a way out.
Scott Ritter: The Executioner’s Lament
While the world focuses on the trials and travails of the scientists who invented the atomic bomb, little attention is paid to the hard positions taken by the nuclear executioners,…
Israel Expanded an Apartheid Law Last Week. No One Is Talking About It
Israel broadened a racist law that allows communities to exclude non-Jews based on "social and cultural cohesion." Whereas judicial overhaul laws have caused an uproar, this passed with hardly any…
The Forever War’s Forever Legacy
Shutting Down Gitmo Is Hardly the Last Step.
Patrick Lawrence: Reading the Mess the Democrats Have Made
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost At writing, we are 16 months and five days from the 2024 presidential election. If a week is a long time in politics,…
Trump Indicted for Trying to Overturn 2020 Election
"Holding Trump accountable for his crimes pulls our democracy back from the precipice and prevents his criminal attempt to overturn an election from being forgotten or normalized," said one watchdog…
Australian MPs Blast Blinken Over Assange
The MPs called the U.S. secretary of state’s remarks that Julian Assange threatened U.S. national security “nonsense” and said the U.S. is only bent on revenge, reports Joe Lauria.
How to Ignore 4.5 Million Deaths
A review of Norman Solomon’s War Made Invisible.
‘Will Literally Change Lives’: Massachusetts Legislature Approves Universal Free School Meals
"Congress must follow suit and make this a reality for every child who calls America home," said U.S. Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
Africa: Untapped Ally for the Palestinian Cause – Israel’s Awareness and Africa’s Orphaned Status
By Miko Peled / MintPress News Africa could potentially be the much-needed ally for the Palestinian cause, and Israel is well aware of this fact. However, the issue lies in…
Military.com Op-Ed Calls for Military Draft
The op-ed comes as the US military is facing a recruiting crisis.
Another North American Church Names Israeli Apartheid
The Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) has declared that “many of the laws, policies and practices of the State of Israel meet the definition of apartheid as defined in international…
What Are the Real Reasons for the Global South Food Crisis?
Don’t ignore the role of financial speculation