Built on the Bodies of Native Californians
Watch Bob Scheer’s interview w/ Tony Platt on Scheer Intelligence By Dan Siegel / Original to ScheerPost The University of California brags that it brought “light to the darkness” –…
‘Oppenheimer,’ J. Robert Oppenheimer, and the University of California
By Tony Platt / Original to ScheerPost This is an excerpt from Tony Platt’s new book “The Scandal of Cal: Land Grabs, White Supremacy, and Miseducation at UC Berkeley.” The…
The Liberal Darling That Wasn’t: UC Berkeley’s Troubled Past
Former UC Berkeley professor Tony Platt and former UC Berkeley graduate student Robert Scheer tackle the complicated history of the west coast educational institution, including its role in the creation…
ScheerPost Is Finalist for 8 SoCal Journalism Awards, Including Best News Website
The site is honored to announce our editor in chief, columnist, cartoonist and entire editorial team are finalists for several Southern California Journalism Awards.
Robert Scheer: Three Antidotes to America’s Toxic Thanksgiving Myth
This Thanksgiving, we're reposting three critical "Scheer Intelligence" episodes that highlight the country's original sins of white settler colonialism and Native American genocide.
Robert Scheer
SI Podcast
SI: History
SI: Human Rights & Civil Rights
SI: Memory: Autobiography, Biography & History
Tony Platt: California’s Grim Genocidal Past Implicates the University of California
Tony Platt’s recently re-released book, “Grave Matters” digs into the Golden State’s dark history of not only massacring Indigenous Peoples, but later desecrating their graves and excavating their remains without…
Tony Platt: The Liberal Betrayal of America’s Most Vulnerable
The author explains how mass incarceration has allowed Republicans and Democrats alike to demonize large swaths of American society.