The Democratic Party Faces Its Day of Reckoning
Into the 21st century, the Democrats continued pushing the lie that they were fighting for working people.
Patrick Lawrence: Notes of a Non-Voter
America is now what it has been for a long time. To suggest there was some great shift this week is simply to demonstrate the extent to which one has…
Michael Tracey: Why Working Class Americans of All Races Voted for Trump
“What is deficient about own messaging, it has alienated such wide swaths of people who, in earlier eras, would have been considered squarely within their coalition."
Chris Hedges: The Politics of Cultural Despair
It is despair that is killing us. It fosters what Roger Lancaster calls “poisoned solidarity,” the intoxication forged from the negative energies of fear, envy, hatred and a lust for…
Ellen Brown: Our Fragile Infrastructure: Lessons From Hurricane Helene
Publicly-owned state and federal banks are possibilities for future disasters, but they will be too late for the flood victims of Western North Carolina and Eastern Tennessee.
These 10 Companies Run Our ‘Democracy’
"That's what the political systems in the West are about. They see capital as a vital interest of the West, and that's why we have military bases all over the…
‘Haunted by Our Genocide From Half a World Away’
I feel suffocated by this genocide. I live half a world away from Palestine in nowhere Arizona, yet everywhere I go, it’s there. Whether I’m trapped in an endless cycle…
Chris Hedges: Genocidal Scorecard
The latest U.N. report chronicles Israel’s advances in its genocidal assault in Gaza. Israel is intent, the report warns, on expelling the Palestinians, recolonizing Gaza and turning on the West…
Richard Moore is to be Executed Nov. 1: A Former State Supreme Court Justice, Former Corrections Department Chief and Jurors are Among Thousands Advocating for His Clemency
By Victoria Valenzuela / Original to ScheerPost Richard Moore, a 59-year-old father and grandfather, is scheduled to be executed in South Carolina on Nov. 1 for the 1999 killing of…
Chris Hedges: Israel’s War on Journalism
Israel’s genocide includes the most draconian censorship and intentional murder of journalists since the creation of the modern war correspondent. The consequences will be catastrophic.
“Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It’s a Lie”
“These are famous intellectuals, but you humanize them, and you involve your own criticism.”
Patrick Lawrence: Harris Comes Out of the Closet on Israel
Empire abroad, democracy at home: It has never been more than an impossible dream.
Chris Hedges: The Choice This Election Is Between Corporate and Oligarchic Power
There is a civil war within capitalism. Kamala Harris is the face of corporate power. Donald Trump is the mascot of the oligarchs. Either way, we lose.
Patrick Lawrence: Truths That Come Out Like the Sun
A solidly documented true story takes shape out of all the day-to-day reporting of the past year. It is all in the record now, or will be, a coherent whole—this…
Juan Cole: Where Is the Middle East Heading?
“The extreme goals of Netanyahu to completely control the lives of people in Gaza and the West Bank and Lebanon are endangering the lives of ordinary Jews. They're not making…