Just 2 Days After Shooting, Republicans Vote to Loosen Gun Law in North Carolina
Republicans announced the veto override effort just hours after the elementary school shooting in nearby Nashville.
The European Union’s Digital Trade Rules: Undermining European Policy to Rein in Big Tech
By Deborah James / Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) Executive Summary This report shows how Big Tech companies are working to constrain the ability of EU democratic bodies…
Covering (Up) Antiwar Protest in US Media
March 18 DC peace march almost completely blacked out in US corporate media.
Reagan’s Treason, Two Bushes and the $23 Million Payoff
By Greg Palast / CounterPunch Last week, a Texas pol, Ben Barnes, confessed that he was personally involved—and therefore an eyewitness to–high treason: The Ronald Reagan campaign’s successful secret deal…
The US War Drum Against China Sounds Like: Tik. Tok.
The ongoing effort to investigate and ban TikTok is not about our privacy, but about fueling more aggression against China.
America’s Slavery-Ridden Origin Story: Facing the Uncomfortable Reality
Writer Dionne Ford dives deep into her ancestry and confronts the complexities of being a Black woman in America with the blood of both the enslaved and the enslaver.
America’s Remarkable Unwillingness to Support Its Veterans
Andrea Mazzarino explores how so many of the American military personnel dispatched to fight it and the rest of the disastrous Global War on Terror have suffered until this very…
Patrick Lawrence: French Streets and American Sofas
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost You might be Brazilian or Malian or Singaporean, it is remarkable the world over to watch the French explode into the streets of…
Chinese Official Warns McCarthy Meeting With Taiwanese President Would Be ‘Provocation’
A potential visit with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen "seriously violates the One China principle, harms China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and destroys peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait," said…
FDA Approval of Over-the-Counter Narcan Is an Important Step in the Effort to Combat the US Opioid Crisis
By Lucas Berenbrok, Janice L. Pringle and Joni Carroll / The Conversation On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Narcan for over-the-counter sale. Narcan is the…
Zelensky Says if He Loses Bakhmut, He Will Be Pushed To ‘Compromise’ With Russia
The Ukrainian leader told AP his country will lose without US support.
Renewables Outstrip Coal in US For First Time, With 50% of New Power Being Solar
By Juan Cole / Informed Comment Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – The Energy Information Agency of the US Department of Energy announced this week that for the first time in…
Starbucks’ Howard Schultz Called Before Senate
By Jenny Brown / Labor Notes Starbucks projects the image of an employee-friendly company, but its workers have been exposing the contradiction between the company’s words and its actions. On…
John Kiriakou: US Solitary Confinement
Most states have at least considered initiatives to do away with, or to reduce the use of, isolation in their prison systems, according to the latest major report on the…
UN Security Council Won’t Probe Nord Stream Bombing
The only members who voted in favor of investigating the sabotage were Russia, China, and Brazil.