American Fascism on Trial in Kenosha
Kyle Rittenhouse acted as a tool and expression of a fascist movement bigger and more organized than him.
A Staggering Number of Inmates Have Died in Louisiana Prisons
Hundreds of incarcerated people have died between 2015-2019 in Louisiana jails and prisons due to lack of government oversight and accountability.
ScheerPost Contributors Honored Eight Times Over at L.A. Press Club Awards
By ScheerPost Staff Los Angeles-area journalists gathered together once again on Oct. 16 for the Los Angeles Press Club’s annual SoCal Journalism Awards, the LAPC’s first in-person awards event since…
Why Lindsey Graham Is Trying to Rescue Rahm Emanuel
Disgraced Democrat seeks support from GOP to outflank progressive opposition
Mobalaji Olambiwonnu: The Price of Ignoring the Ferguson Uprising
Throughout the uprisings inspired by the killings of Eric Garner, Breonna Taylor, Freddie Gray and so many other Black victims, white leaders refused to learn from Black Lives Matter, a…
Why the ACLU Abstained From the BLM Censorship Controversy
The once-principled group issues P.R.-scripted excuses or engages in obfuscation to avoid taking stances that would offend its liberal donor base.
Melina Abdullah: ‘When We Fight, We Win’
As the jury was deliberating its verdict in George Floyd’s murder by former police officer Derek Chauvin, BLM co-founder Melina Abdullah spoke with Robert Scheer about the movement’s enormous impact…
Lee Camp: How Corporate America Supports Racism, Hatred & Exploitation (in New & Fun Ways!)
Corporations like General Mills and ExxonMobil aren’t going to save us from white supremacist violence or climate annihilation with their piddly tweets.
Wise Observations on White Racism
By Paul Von Blum / Original to ScheerPost A review of Dispatches from the Race War, by Tim Wise On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by white police…
Battling White Supremacy in the Ring
Boxing, the historian Gerald Horne argues in his engaging and meticulously researched new book, was effectively weaponized by Blacks in the battle against white supremacy.
There Was Nothing Corporate-Friendly About Martin Luther King, Jr.
On the anniversary of the civil rights hero's birth, it's worth recalling his words on corporate service, charity, and truth-telling action.
Hedges: Why They Hate Us
Book excerpt explores the rupturing of social bonds, despair and rage that come from being cast aside by the ruling elites and that define the deep animus of the radical…
Best of ‘Scheer Intelligence’ 2020: Chomsky, Abdullah, Prins, and More
Throughout the coronavirus pandemic, Black Lives Matter protests, and the 2020 general election, Robert Scheer and the “Scheer Intelligence” team made sure to bring you progressive perspectives from a wide…
White Supremacy Is Only Plausible Explanation for 2020 Election Results
Voter polling on racism and Black Lives Matter show it was the biggest factor in Republican victories across the country.
Reclaiming American Idealism
Why we could use a leader like George McGovern again