Wise Observations on White Racism
By Paul Von Blum / Original to ScheerPost A review of Dispatches from the Race War, by Tim Wise On May 25, 2020, George Floyd was murdered by white police…
It’s Time to End This Relic of Slavery
This Black History Month, we have a chance to end the subminimum tipped wage—and raise wages for workers of every color.
Juan Cole on the Clearest Example of Israeli Apartheid Yet
The Middle East scholar joins Robert Scheer on "Scheer Intelligence" to discuss what the COVID-19 pandemic revealed about the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
The Electoral College Must Go
It's long since time to end this legacy of slavery and racism which insures some votes are worth far more than others.
Lee Camp: America Condemns One Violent Mob While Celebrating Another
Where is the corporate media's disgust for the courtesans of corporate destruction that wreak violence on Americans daily?
The Coming Battle Over Vaccines
Natural scientists have done their part by creating vaccines. To get people to take them, we need social science.
White Supremacy Is Only Plausible Explanation for 2020 Election Results
Voter polling on racism and Black Lives Matter show it was the biggest factor in Republican victories across the country.
Patriotic History is Fake History
Feel-good stories and the series of platitudes studied in elementary and secondary textbooks is no way to teach the young.
American Carnage From a Pandemic President
Think of the U.S. as potentially the most powerful, wealthiest failed state on the planet.
Some of the Many Reasons Progressives Don’t Like Joe Biden
There’s truly an enormous amount in the Democrat's record to dislike, but progressives can get much better results fighting Biden than fighting Trump.
John Barry: The 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ Was a U.S. Export, But Don’t Call It the Kansas Virus
“The Great Influenza” author gave us a warning 16 years ago that is extremely relevant today: It is always fatal to allow politics to trump science.
[Rewind] Howard Bryant on the Revolt of the Black Athlete
The ESPN writer's book explores the responsibilities placed upon professional black athletes from Jackie Robinson to LeBron James to be role models for social justice.
Not All Criticism of Kamala Harris Is Created Equal
Corporate media often refuses to distinguish racist and sexist slurs against the vice presidential candidate from a analysis of her track record.
What Trump Means by ‘Law and Order’
The president's deployment of federal agents in American cities is about the opposite of "law and order."