These Billionaries Received Taxpayer-Funded Stimulus Checks During the Pandemic
IRS records reveal that 18 billionaires and some 250 other ultrawealthy people received aid intended to help middle-class Americans.
G20 Summit Deemed ‘Abysmal and Total Failure’ on Vaccine Equity, Climate Action
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Leaders of the world’s richest nations wrapped up the Group of 20 Summit in Rome on Sunday after taking virtually no concrete action to…
Doctors Without Borders Slams U.S. for Hoarding 500 Million Vaccine Doses
Vaccine inequity is a global problem in which the U.S. is heavily implicated.
These Single Moms Are Forced to Choose: Reveal Their Sexual Histories or Forfeit Welfare
Women who apply for welfare often have to identify who fathered their children and when they got pregnant, among other deeply personal details. State governments use that information to pursue…
A Boy Went to a COVID-Swamped ER. He Waited for Hours. Then His Appendix Burst.
Non-COVID patients are paying a price as the delta variant and low-vaccination rates overwhelm hospitals across the country. “Wait times can now be measured in days,” said an expert.
CIA Torture Cover-Up Still Looms Over 9/11 Trials at Guantánamo
"Covering up torture is the reason that these men were brought to Guantánamo and the continuing cover-up of torture is the reason that indefinite detention at Guantánamo still exists."
‘Four-Alarm Fire’ for Democracy as Texas Voter Suppression Bill Becomes Law
"Texas already had some of the most restrictive voting laws in the nation, and the passage of this egregious bill just made conditions for voters even worse," said one voting…
Meet The Censored: Ivermectin Critic David Fuller
If Internet algorithms can't tell the difference between criticism and advocacy, what's safe to report? Why one filmmaker believes "YouTube is unfit for the purpose for hosting journalism."
Sanders Vows to Tax Billionaires Who Grew 62% Richer During Pandemic
The billionaire class is enjoying a massive windfall as working-class households are being crushed by COVID-19.
The CDC Only Tracks a Fraction of Breakthrough COVID-19 Infections, Even as Cases Surge
A May 1 decision by the CDC to only track breakthrough infections that lead to hospitalization or death has left the nation with a muddled understanding of COVID-19's impact on…
Peter Edelman: What Democrats Did to Welfare Is Coming Back to Haunt Them
On this week's "Scheer Intelligence," the former Clinton administration official examines how Americans are still tormented by the specter of President Bill Clinton’s worst domestic policy failure.
ScheerPost Staff Nab 9 Nominations for 2021 SoCal Journalism Awards
The Los Angeles Press Club announced the finalists for the 63rd annual Southern California Journalism Awards on Wednesday, and ScheerPost’s staff are thrilled to announce they are in the running…
Answering the Armies of the Cheated
Indispensable Nation Syndrome should certainly qualify as, at the very least, another Big Lie.
Cori Bush, Progressive Lawmakers and Activists Hailed for New CDC Eviction Moratorium
Reacting to news of the moratorium, Rep. Bush tweeted, "Today, our movement moved mountains."
How Unemployment Insurance Fraud Exploded During the Pandemic
Bots filing bogus applications in bulk, teams of fraudsters in foreign countries making phony claims, online forums peddling how-to advice on identity theft: Inside the infrastructure of perhaps the largest…