The Death Penalty for Homelessness
By Eve Ottenberg / CounterPunch You can measure the depth of a civilization by how it treats its poor, very young, elderly and mentally ill. By any such metric, ours…
A NOTE TO OUR READERS: Expanding our Communities
ScheerPost is now on Facebook Groups and Twitter Communities.
State Department Won’t Say If It’s Working to Free US Citizen Detained in Ukraine
Gonzalo Lira, a popular YouTuber and writer, was arrested by the SBU for his political views on the war
Our Fight Against Censorship Must Go Beyond Resisting Book Bans
In the chaotic fight against historical and cultural erasure, we must remember that we, ourselves, have stories to tell.
If You Wish Someone a Happy Memorial Day, You Fail to Understand Its True Meaning
The mythology perpetuated at Memorial Day benefits no one save the militarists and war profiteers.
Progressives Condemn Biden-GOP Debt Ceiling Deal as ‘Cruel and Shortsighted’
"For no real reason at all, hungry people are set to lose food while tax cheats get a free pass."
Chris Hedges: The Democratic Party’s Crucifixion of Matt Taibbi
Extensive government blacklists, revealed by the Twitter Files, are used to censor left-wing and right-wing critics. This censorship apparatus has been turned on the reporter who exposed them.
[rewind] Ron Kovic and Maj. Danny Sjursen: The Great Con of American Patriotism
The two veterans trace the United States' violent trajectory since the Vietnam War.
Elon Musk is Right: Bellingcat is a Western ‘Psy-Op’
The Twitter CEO draws establishment media outrage for criticizing a NATO state propaganda outfit.
Kissinger vs. ‘The Most Dangerous Man in America’
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter “Daniel Ellsberg is the most dangerous man in America. He must be stopped at all costs.” —Henry Kissinger In 1970, before whistleblower Daniel Ellsberg…
‘Not on Our Dime’: Why Democrats are Finally Challenging Israel
By Ramzy Baroud / MintPressNews Though the United States remains a strong supporter of Israel, there are some indications that the supposed ‘unbreakable bond’ with Tel Aviv is faltering, though…
Glenn Greenwald: Jeffrey Sachs on US Provoking Ukraine War
By Glenn Greenwald / Rumble Jeffrey Sachs and Glenn Greenwald discuss the role of the U.S. in provoking the proxy war in Ukraine, and how the war could have been…
What’s the Use of William Blake?
By Stephen F. Eisenman / CounterPunch Fire In the Museum What’s the use of William Blake? Or for that matter, what’s the use of any art and literature in an…
ICE, Homeland Security Accused Of Targeting Outspoken Migrant Worker For Deportation
Deporting migrant activists or whistleblowing migrant workers, like Orozco Juarez, ensures that migrants will stay silent when they observe abuse, discrimination, and retaliation in the workplace.