The True Cost of Julian Assange’s Persecution: An Exclusive Interview With Stella Assange
By Lowkey / MintPress News It is now four years since Julian Assange was imprisoned in Belmarsh’s high-security prison in London and eleven since he was forced into hiding in…
‘An Abomination’: Today Marks 14 Years Since the Last Federal Minimum Wage Increase
"$7.25/hour, in 2023, is a poverty wage," said the AFL-CIO.
‘We’re Huge in Learning Loss!’ Cashing in on the Post-Pandemic Education Crisis
Test scores are plummeting while tens of billions in federal aid flows to schools. A visit to a recent education technology convention provides a glimpse of the frenzy to profit…
Thanks a Million… Times 10
This independent news site’s articles and art have been viewed more than 10 million times since its inception.
CIA-Linked Security Company Targeted Former Ecuador President Who Granted Assange Asylum
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter In addition to targeting WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, a CIA-linked private security company based in Spain allegedly spied on former Ecuador president Rafael Correa.…
The Climate Crisis Is Most Detrimental to the Black Community
As the only key to being insulated from the worst aspects of climate change in its current form is through financial stability, the economic fragility that has been a hallmark…
Why Capitalism Is Leaving the US in Search of Profit
By Richard Wolff / CounterPunch Early U.S. capitalism was centered in New England. After some time, the pursuit of profit led many capitalists to leave that area and move production…
House and Senate Set Up for Fight Over How Much Military Aid to Give Taiwan
Senate appropriators granted $113 million in Foreign Military Financing for Taiwan while House appropriators granted $500 million.
Ralph Nader: The Cost of Re-Enforcing Political Monocultures
By Ralph Nader / Nader.org In nature, monocultures are not so resilient to predators or other ravages that exploit their inherent vulnerabilities. Farmers have known this characteristic of monocultures forever.…
Chasing Clicks Through Ad Money, Media Does PR for Amazon While Ignoring Human Costs of ‘Prime Day Deals’
This year, like every year, Amazon workers’ attempts to draw attention to their exploitative conditions were largely drowned out by hundreds of fawning PR press releases thinly disguised as articles…
Chris Hedges: There Are Very Few Good Films About War. ’20 Days in Mariupol’ Is An Exception
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Films about war, shorn of the bone crushing fear, the putrid stench of the corpses, the deafening noise of explosions, the constant exhaustion…
Young Arab and Black Men Jailed and Fined in France’s Riot Trials
Fast-track trials deliver hefty sentences for petty crimes committed during riots sparked by police killing teenager
People’s Summit in Brussels Calls for Respect of Democracy and Self-Determination
Over 1,000 people participated in the People’s Summit that brought together the people of Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe.
Young People Should Oppose the Kids Online Safety Act
By Jason Kelley / Electronic Frontier Foundation Next week, Congress plans to move a bill forward that is opposed by dozens of organizations, digital rights protectors, LGBTQ+ activists, and human…
Oppenheimer’s Deadly Legacy of Nuclear Terror
For every second you sit in the air conditioned theater with a warm buttery popcorn bucket in your lap, 18 people dead in the blink of an eye. Thanks to…