Michael Brenner: Europe-Jews-Muslims
Israel's inhuman treatment of the Palestinians - culminating in their massacre and mass eviction from Gaza - leaves Europeans unmoved. Instead, they cheer on the Israelis, outdo themselves in effusive…
Pressley Bill Would Classify Discriminatory Book Bans as Civil Rights Violations
The bill would also require public and school libraries to have a diverse book collection.
UN Human Rights Body Issues ‘Scathing’ Report on Sweeping US Violations
"The United States touts itself as a beacon of democracy and human rights, yet the committee's findings prove that this could not be further from the truth," said one ACLU…
Larry’s List: On Hamas, Israeli Propaganda, and Online Harassment
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…
As a Black Woman Accused of Killing a White Man, I Was Never Innocent Until Proven Guilty
If we left behind the oppressive systems that deprive people of their very freedom, what could we create instead?
Is Ibram X Kendi’s ‘Anti-Racism’ a Scam? (w/ Norm Finkelstein)
By Briahna Joy Gray / Bad Faith This week, Briahna spoke to writer and professor Norman Finkelstein about the latest scandal involving famed “anti-racism” advocate Ibram X Kendi. Financial mismanagement…
We Still Have a Dream
Sixty years after Martin Luther King’s “I Have a Dream” speech, our racial economic divide is vast as ever. But it can still be closed — and quickly.
Federal Court Strikes Down Mississippi’s ‘Jim Crow’ Felon Disenfranchisement Law
"Mississippi stands as an outlier among its sister states, bucking a clear national trend in our nation against permanent disenfranchisement."
Missing Links in Textbook History: Racism and Race
By Jim Mamer / Original to ScheerPost Race is the child of racism, not the father. Ta-Nehisi Coates, Between the World and Me In 1963, James Baldwin wrote in “The…
The Fallout From the Supreme Court’s Affirmative Action Decision Has Already Begun
Diversity advocates are pushing to end legacy admissions while conservatives are taking steps that will make it harder for students of color to go to college, critics say.
Breaking: Supreme Court Ends Affirmative Action for Colleges
In a blistering dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote that "the court subverts the constitutional guarantee of equal protection by further entrenching racial inequality in education, the very foundation of our…
What Juneteenth Looks Like for Incarcerated People
"As Black men in prison, we live the tension between celebrating the abolition of slavery and struggling inside the system that replaced it."
The Voting Rights Act Dodged a Bullet — for Now
Five House seats may well shift to Democrats in the wake of "Allen v. Milligan."
PEN America Joins Suit Against Florida School District Over ‘Unconstitutional’ Book Bans
"Children in a democracy must not be taught that books are dangerous," asserted PEN America CEO Suzanne Nossel. "The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution."
These Men Fought White Supremacists and Got Sentenced to Over 200 Years
How the criminal legal system slammed two Black men for standing up to white supremacist guards in an Indiana prison.