Patrick Lawrence: The Wreckage Biden Leaves
A lightweight when it came time to prove himself as a statesman and a leader, the White House has simply defeated him.
NYT Catches up to Parry But Still Falls Short on October Surprise
No matter how much evidence Robert Parry produced over the years poking holes in the official story, the establishment media declined to re-examine the case or treat it seriously, writes…
Robert Scheer: Remembering Mikhail Gorbachev, the Greatest Modern Champion of World Peace
ScheerPost revisits Robert Scheer’s 1987 Los Angeles Times review: “From Moscow, First Report of an Unprecedented Call for Change: The Gorbachev Manifesto.”
Why the Spirit of June 12, 1982, Matters
Time for a new movement to stop the nuclear arms race.
The Cruel Failure of Welfare Reform in the Southwest
In Nevada and neighboring states, boom times hastened the demise of cash assistance for the poor — but not poverty.
America’s Drug Wars: Fifty Years of Reinforcing Racism
The drug war has had a profound impact on American society by perpetuating racial disparities.
It’s Long Past Time to End the 50-Year ‘War on Drugs’
Nixon’s War on Drugs turned out to be a war on people. President Biden should end it once and for all.
Social Security Versus National Security
Is the Social Security system finally in trouble? It could be, thanks to the third-rail political issue of military spending.
The Myth of Winnable Nuclear War Is Having Another Moment
International activists are gearing up to push back on this deadly Reagan-era relic.
Plague Journal #7: Remembering the Shock of Reporting on Kent State
A mostly forgotten element that bridges the Nixon-Trump eras is the thuggish fact-free ways Trump et al are dividing the country to preserve their electoral viability. As is the search…