Five Myths In The House Anti-Trans Hearing Against Gender Affirming Care
Republicans held a hearing today meant to raise support for banning gender affirming care. It was filled with myths, and they are outlined here.
Caitlin Johnstone: More Warmongers Elevated In The Biden Administration
The Biden administration looks set to become even more warlike than it already was if you can imagine, with virulent Russia hawk Victoria Nuland and virulent China hawk Charles Q…
I’ve Taught in Prisons For 15 Years – Here’s What Schools Need to Know as Government Funding Expands
Only 218 programs offer credit-bearing college programs in prison. That’s about to change.
Resisting Abortion Bans a Year After Dobbs
A nurse midwife discusses how health care providers and movements connect in the fight for reproductive justice after the upending of abortion rights.
American Anthropological Association Votes to Boycott Israeli Institutions, BDS Hails Decision
Besides the AAA, several other US academic institutions have in the recent past passed similar resolutions to boycott Israel. These include the American Studies Association, Association for Asian American Studies,…
Teen’s Death in Atlanta’s Fulton County Jail Exposes ‘Repulsive’ Conditions
Noni Battiste-Kosoko was being held on misdemeanor charges in Atlanta, Georgia’s notorious Fulton County Jail.
As Book Bans Sweep the US, Incarcerated People Face the Worst Censorship
The freedom to read for everyone requires an end to prisons.
Could Europe’s Next War Start Here?
With tensions between Serbia and Kosovo reaching dangerous levels, Declassified visited disputed towns in northern Kosovo to see if another war could break out, which would likely draw in British…
The UK Government Is Very Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide
By Joe Mullin / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people…
UPS & Teamsters Reach Tentative Deal, Averting Strike
As the deal reached Tuesday goes out to union members for approval, Natalia Marques points out four things about the last-minute talks.
Ignoring Warnings of Mass Job Loss, Fed Hikes Rates to Highest Level in Decades
"The dangerous reflex to hike rates, no matter the causes of inflation, is both a policy failure and a failure to imagine a world in which workers are anything other…
70 Years Later, The Korean War Must End
A fragile ceasefire halted the Korean War 70 years ago. With nuclear tensions rising and the environment under threat, it’s time to end it for good.
Ralph Nader: Open Letter to Members of Congress: Crises Demand More Time Shorter Vacation
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org The Congress is about to embark on the longest of its numerous annual “recesses” – some would call these five weeks until after Labor Day…
The Los Alamos Scientist Who Gave the Bomb to the Soviets
Academy Award nominated director Steve James and esteemed journalist David Lindorff join Scheer Intelligence to discuss their new film on the atomic bomb that focuses on an unknown yet critical…
‘Concrete Coffins’: Surviving Extreme Heat Behind Bars
Record temperatures in much of the U.S. threatening more people in prisons.