How Mamdani Beat Murdoch
This time around, a next-generation leftist ran circles around Rupert’s wounded attack dog.
The Illusion of Green Capitalism
Green Capitalism Will Not Solve Climate Change or Any of the Other Problems Driving Us Toward Extinction.
‘Oppenheimer,’ J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the University of California
By Tony Platt / Original to ScheerPost This is an excerpt from Tony Platt’s new book “The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley.” The…
Patrick Lawrence: Independent Journalism as It Was
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost This is an extract from Lawrence’s Journalists and Their Shadows, available now from Clarity Press, or as a pre-order from Google Books or…
Patrick Lawrence: The US Press, Spooks & the Church Committee
Nineteen fifty-three was a peculiar year for The Washington Post to question the C.I.A.’s drift into activist intrigues, writes Patrick Lawrence in this excerpt from his forthcoming book, Journalists and…
From Media Outlet to ‘Non-State Hostile Intelligence Service’
By designating WikiLeaks a spy outfit, the U.S. government has stacked the deck against Julian Assange and leveled an unprecedented threat against journalism.
The Call
This excerpt is from Chris Hedges' newest book, "Our Class: Trauma and Transformation in an American Prison."
What Patriotism Means to a Veteran of America’s Forever Wars
The following excerpt from Maj. Danny Sjursen’s new book, “Patriotic Dissent” is printed with permission from Heyday Books and is available for purchase on their site. Patriotism is one of…
‘Nobody Left’ : Empathy for the Devil
Can anybody truly be classified as evil or heroic?