Longest Wrongful Conviction Sentence in US Ends in Exoneration
After nearly five decades in prison, Glynn Simmons is exonerated for a murder he did not commit.
Larry’s List: Hamas Distinguishes Itself from Palestinians, Growing Pro-Palestine Protests, the Ethics of Violence and More
By SP Staff ScheerPost is bringing back Larry’s List, a daily news curation from USC communications professor Larry Gross, to keep you up to date with the most cutting edge…
Palestine’s Obituary
Juan Cole offers his expertise in the Middle East to explain how we’ve gotten to the current state of affairs in Palestine and Israel.
Patrick Lawrence: Deeper Into Depravity
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Diego Ramos, ScheerPost’s managing editor, forwarded me a video clip last week he thought I ought to see. Sending it under the subject…
Chris Hedges: Exterminate All the Brutes
All settler colonial projects, including Israel, reach a point when they embrace wholesale slaughter and genocide to eradicate a native population that refuses to capitulate.
Patrick Lawrence: Full-Dress Irrationality
Biden wastes an additional $105 billion.
Introducing Larry’s List: On Gaza, Science, Culture and More
Welcome back to Larry's List!
Chris Hedges: Israel’s Culture of Deceit
Israel, which always seeks to blame Palestinians for the atrocities it carries out, is the least trustworthy source about the bombing of the hospital in Gaza.
Missing Links in Textbook History: Labor From World War I Through the New Deal
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost “The capitalists tell us it is patriotic to fight for your country and shed your blood for the flag. Very well! Let them…
Israeli Airstrike on Gaza City Hospital Kills at Least 500 People
“This is genocide. This is a war crime,” a Palestinian Red Crescent Society representative said.
Patrick Lawrence: ‘Innocent Israelis’
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost Of all the gruesome images and stomach-turning news reports to come out of Israel since Hamas launched its daring attack across the Gaza…
Do Republicans Want Americans to Starve?
Christopher Bosso’s new book delves into why the food supplement anti-poverty program, SNAP, is under attack by Republicans despite its enormous success in alleviating hunger for 40 million people currently.
[rewind] Kevin Cooper: My Experience With the Death Penalty
On February 9, 2004, Kevin Cooper came within 3 hours and 45 minutes of being murdered by the state of California. In this essay, Cooper recounts his experience with the…
‘An Irreversible Torture’: The Global Call to End Capital Punishment on 21st World Day Against the Death Penalty
Now in its 21st year, the day is meant to recognize the cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment or punishment and build on the momentum of the current global abolition movement.
Chris Hedges: Fascism Comes to America
The failure of the liberal class to halt the corporate assault on working people has spawned an ascendant Christian fascism that is poised to seize power and radically reshape America.