70+ Lawmakers Demand Biden Provide Rail Workers Paid Sick Leave
"As president, you and your administration have a number of tools at your disposal to make sure rail workers are guaranteed paid sick leave," wrote the lawmakers.
Will America’s Forever Prison Finally Close on Biden’s Watch?
It’s hard to fathom how Gitmo was opened, no less how it’s lasted for 7,627 days.
Is There an Off-Ramp From the Latest Forever War?
Consider what lessons — if either our leaders or the Russian president were rational creatures when it came to such endless wars — might be drawn from America’s Global War…
The Rank Hypocrisy Behind Biden Officials’ ‘Fury’ at Mahmoud Abbas
After stabbing Palestinians in the back for decades, U.S. officials are now “offended” that President Abbas doesn’t trust them and wants Russia involved.
Eduardo Carreon: Adopting the Mindset of the Oppressor
Indigenous Los Angeles psychology graduate student Eduardo Carreon analyzes the mindset of disgraced former LA City Council leader, a Latina whose racist bile scorned Black and gay colleagues and others,…
Our Democracy Was Stolen A Long Time Ago w/ Chris Hedges and Jimmy Dore
"American democracy has been steadily eroding since the Reagan administration, Hedges says, and if you think Donald Trump’s arrival on the political scene is what killed democracy you have not…
Patrick Lawrence: In the Terrain of World War III
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) advanced decisively into Russian-held territory in northeastern Ukraine two weeks ago, exposing the weakness, incompetence, and cowardice…
‘Behind the Shield’ Documentary Challenges Idea Sports Should Be Apolitical
Dave Zirin's provocative examination of the 'Power and Politics of the NFL' foresees a day of reckoning for a sport that 'revels in the violence of the Black body for…
While Cuba Deals with Blazing Fire, the U.S. Heartlessly Watches and Waits
The Biden administration is not offering meaningful assistance to contain a potential ecological disaster 90 miles from the U.S. coastline, write Natasha Lycia Ora Bannan and Medea Benjamin.
Patrick Lawrence: 21st Century Order
As a piece of the new world order that is under construction, Putin’s trip to Tehran last week was of singular importance.
Ilhan Omar’s Meddling in Horn of Africa Earns Boos at Somali American Concert
Framed by Republican media as a backlash against Ilhan Omar’s “woke” politics, the boos of a Somali American crowd expressed growing anger over the congresswoman’s role in US meddling in…
John Kiriakou: Biden the Warmonger Gets Played by the Saudis
A fistbump with a torturer doesn’t pay off with cheap oil to grease the president’s growing lust for war.
JOHN KIRIAKOU: With President Biden in Saudi Arabia
Biden is in Jeddah to beg the Saudis to increase oil production, but will he betray his previously expressed concern over the Saudi murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi?
Mexico President To Raise Assange Case in July Meeting With Biden
By Kevin Gosztola / The Dissenter Note: The meeting between President Biden and President Obrador took place the day before this article was published on ScheerPost. More information will be…
The Dangerous US Opposition to Eurasia Integration
Washington and its allies seek either to remain hegemonic and weaken China and Russia or to erect a new Iron Curtain around these two countries, writes Vijay Prashad. Both approaches…