Patrick Lawrence: The Origin of the Specious
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost “Why is our collective mood so sour? We are awash with material wealth, and technology provides us with unprecedented powers. But this veneer…
Even at Ground Zero of the Climate Crisis Denial Remains the Norm
As much talk about nuclear war instills fears of the world ending for many, climate disaster ominously looms in the background, eating away at the environment around us.
Ellen Brown: Squeezed by the Shorts: Time to Ban Short Selling?
By Ellen Brown / Original to ScheerPost Short sellers have made a killing in the recent banking crisis, scalping $14.3 billion from bank stock owners just in March of this…
Patrick Lawrence: The USA’s Soviet-Style President
We are in for 19 months of relentless, insultingly transparent spin by way of which a patently incompetent man will be purveyed as commander in chief for another four years.
Chris Hedges: Sammy Goes to School
By Chris Hedges / Original to ScheerPost Newark, N.J. — We know the story. The absent father who leaves when his son is five-years-old and moves back to Puerto Rico.…
Special Counsel Reveals 2016 Trump-Russia FBI Investigative Failure
By Max Jones / Original to ScheerPost A four-year investigation conducted by U.S. Special Counsel John Durham has concluded that the FBI lacked “actual evidence” to investigate Donald Trump’s 2016…
The Teapot Dome Scandal: When Democracy Worked to Hold the Fat Cats Accountable
In what is now considered run of the mill business in Washington, the Teapot Dome corruption scandal in the 1920s signified a time where politicians and the corporations that bribed…
Matt Taibbi: Report on the Censorship-Industrial Complex: The Top 50 Organizations to Know
The citizen's starter kit to understanding the new global information cartel.
Glenn Greenwald: Reflections on Family Health Crisis
ScheerPost is deeply saddened by the news of David Miranda’s passing and we offer our heartfelt condolences to Glenn Greenwald and his family. In remembrance of David, we are publishing…
The Nord Stream Explosions: New Revelations About Motive, Means and Opportunity
As new details emerge about the pipeline blasts, they also prompt questions: What did US intelligence know about the biggest whodunit of the century, when did they know it, and…
War for Profit: A Very Short History
As they did over a century ago ahead of World War I, the Merchants of Death thrive behind a veil of duplicity and slick media campaigns.
Brazilian President Lula da Silva Calls for Freedom For Julian Assange
'The press, which defends freedom of the press, does nothing to free this citizen.'
The Troubling Case of Richard Glossip: After Unprecedented Bipartisan Support, Supreme Court Blocks His Ninth Execution Date
Glossip’s execution date was set for May 18, despite requests from Oklahoma’s Republican attorney general to vacate Glossip’s conviction.
Patrick Lawrence: Journalists-on-Journalists Crime
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost I’ve read a lot of smear since Fox News dismissed Tucker Carlson as its premier evening news presenter late last month. How could…
A Kingly Proposal: Letter From Julian Assange to King Charles III
By Julian Assange / Declassified UK To His Majesty King Charles III, On the coronation of my liege, I thought it only fitting to extend a heartfelt invitation to you…