The Worst Countries for Women (Afghanistan Isn’t on the List)
Which nations have the worst gender inequality, according to the United Nations? A list of staunch pals of the U.S.
The Danger of an Afghanistan ‘Threequel’ from Biden
Don't assume we have left for good, says Maj. Danny, even though we haven't helped anybody by being there.
What Biden Could Really Do to Help Central America
The president’s new plan for Central America is the disappointing equivalent of ancient history when solutions are actually available.
The Pros and Cons of Bernie Sanders’ Bond with Joe Biden
For genuine progressives, the Sanders-Biden bond is both positive and negative, for all of the following reasons.
Hedges: Bless the Traitors
Daniel Hale exposed the widespread and indiscriminate murder of noncombatants in the global US drone war. For his heroism, he faces ten years in prison while those who oversee these…
America’s $1.3 Trillion National Security Budget Isn’t Making Us Safer
Despite the fact that developments of the past year and a half have underscored that the greatest threats to American lives are anything but military in nature, the Biden administration…
The Critical Lessons Biden Must Learn From FDR and LBJ
The two former presidents had domestic reform plans that were derailed by war. Will Biden learn from them that domestic and foreign policy can't help but bleed into one another?
Chris Hedges on the Ruling Class’ Revenge Against Julian Assange
Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges joins Robert Scheer to discuss the WikiLeaks founder’s plight as he languishes in a British prison.
Chris Hedges: Don’t Be Fooled By Joe Biden
What is exceptional about America is its culture of sadism.
The Director of National Intelligence’s Hypocritical Annual Threat Assessment
DNI Avril Haines' Annual Threat Assessment of the U.S. Intel Community is written in classic DC-establishment-ese but leaves room for plenty of policy indecency.
Hedges: The Unraveling of the American Empire
US leadership has stumbled from one military debacle to another, a trajectory mirroring the sad finales of other historical imperial powers.
We Should All Be Afraid of the New Cold War
2021 looks a lot like 1981—and that should scare us.
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Maj. Danny Sjursen: What Is It About the Democrats’ Love of War?
The retired army major discusses Biden’s stalling on Trump’s commitment to end the US-Afghanistan war on this week's installment of "Scheer Intelligence."
Biden Is Playing an Apocalyptic Game of Chicken With China
Could the U.S. and China face an unintended blowup in the Western Pacific in the Biden years?
Biden’s New Border Politics Are Actually Ancient History
Just like the administrations that preceded it (and not only Donald Trump’s either), the Biden administration is trying to outsource that border to Central America. It’s a grim tale of…