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.
Donald Trump May Face 4 Indictments by Election Day. Here’s the Breakdown.
A federal indictment stemming from the January 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol is expected this week.
[rewind] Norman Lear: Honoring One of America’s Greatest Patriots on His 101st Birthday
ScheerPost wishes Norman Lear a happy birthday and commemorates this occasion with two SI rewinds.
Patrick Lawrence: No, The Truth About Biden Is Not Democratic
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Let us cast our minds back just briefly to the very fine afternoon of July 22, 2016. It was an especially bright Friday,…
The Chris Hedges Report: Remembering Staughton Lynd’s Life of Defiance
Alice Lynd and Luke Stewart recall the life of historian, lawyer, and activist Staughton Lynd, whose writings and speeches on the Vietnam War were recently published in a collection called…
Patrick Lawrence: The US Press, Spooks & the Church Committee
Nineteen fifty-three was a peculiar year for The Washington Post to question the C.I.A.’s drift into activist intrigues, writes Patrick Lawrence in this excerpt from his forthcoming book, Journalists and…
New Files Reveal MKUltra’s Terrifying Reach: Ethnic Bioweapons, Mind Control and Disturbing Experiments
By Kit Klarenberg / MintPress News In a groundbreaking investigation, renowned anthropologist Orisanmi Burton has blown the lid off a dark chapter in CIA history. Classified Agency files, recently obtained…
The Afghanistan Lithium Great Game
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch While the United States, along with its allies, left Afghanistan in August 2021 in spectacularly humiliating circumstances, the departure was never entirely complete, nor bound…
Beijing Vows Countermeasures After CIA Says It’s Rebuilding Spy Networks in China
CIA Director William Burns says the spy agency is 'making progress' in China.
If Everybody’s Going to Join NATO, Then Why Have the United Nations?
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research The North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) held its annual summit on 11–12 July in Vilnius, Lithuania. The communiqué released after the…