East Palestine, 100 Days Later
Months after an explosive Norfolk Southern train derailment changed their lives and communities forever, residents of East Palestine, Ohio, and the surrounding area feel “numb,” lied to, and abandoned… and…
The Human Consequences of Economic Sanctions: Event Summary
By Francisco R. Rodríguez and Mark Weisbrot / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) On May 19, 2023, the Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) brought together leading…
The Post Office Can Bring People-Centered Public Banking to Every ZIP Code
The private banking industry either can’t or won’t do what needs to be done to stop preying on vulnerable people.
The War in Ukraine Was Provoked—and Why That Matters to Achieve Peace
By recognizing that the question of NATO enlargement is at the center of this war, we understand why U.S. weaponry will not end this war. Only diplomatic efforts can do…
Chris Hedges on Weapons to Ukraine, Military Buildup to China and Pentagon Spending
By Mnar Adley and Alan MacLeod / MintPress News The war in Ukraine is well into its second year, and the United States is insistent on pumping billions more into…
The Limits of Saudi Normalization With Israel
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Biden administration is devoting what energy the State Department has aside from the effort to defend Ukraine to…
Patrick Lawrence: John Durham and the Burying of American History
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost There are certain things I do not quite get since Special Counsel John Durham’s report on the epically corrupt conduct of Donald Trump’s…
Corporate Media Ignores True ‘Crisis of Democracy’ in Israel: That It Isn’t One
What mainstream outlets just can't seem to see that is so glaringly obvious.
10 Years After Snowden: Some Things Are Better, Some We’re Still Fighting For
By Matthew Guariglia, Cindy Cohn and Andrew Crocker / Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) On May 20, 2013, a young government contractor with an EFF sticker on his laptop disembarked a…
WSJ Worries Debt Limit Fight Could Jeopardize Military Contractors’ Profit
The Wall Street Journal hand-wrings about the area of the discretionary budget that appears least likely to face cuts.
Imperial Protectionism: US Foreign Policy for the Middle Class
By Binoy Kampmark / CounterPunch What does a “foreign policy for the middle class” of the United States entail? President Joe Biden’s national security adviser is rather vague about this.…
The Two Decades That Created Our World’s First Mass Middle Class
If we take on our rich, we can recreate that success.
US Labor Agency Rejects Starbucks’ Effort To Obtain Records of Worker Communications With Media
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter A judge for the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) determined it was unlawful for Starbucks to request records of communications between unionized workers and…
Missing Links in Textbook History: Ethnic Studies
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost This is the sixth in a series of columns exposing “Missing Links” in high school history textbooks. Previous columns have focused on Indigenous…
EPA Press Conference Addresses Climate Impacts to Children’s Health
As climate changes in the United States, so does the health of the country’s children.