A Texas Man Was Found Innocent 70 Years After the State Executed Him
By Victoria Valenzuela / Substack In 1953, Tommy Lee Walker was 19 years old when he was wrongfully convicted and sentenced to death, executed by the state of Texas less…
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Great Was Its Fall
By Edward Curtin / Original to ScheerPost When it comes, it comes on slowlyThe day feels holy, a hush falls downWhispered names, remembered facesFrom desperate places, all gather ‘round– Tom…
Patrick Lawrence: Trump’s ‘End of History’ Moment
By Patrick Lawrence / Original to ScheerPost The Trumpster is not yet finished his first year back in the White House, and I cannot imagine how our crumbling republic will…
From Death Row to Transgender Rights: The Prison Yard as a School for Activists
Editor’s Note: This is a two-part story — first the activist speaks, and then his student follows. PART I: The Teacher, By Kevin Cooper STOCKTON, CA. — I arrived at…
Medhurst Case: Test of a Turning Tide on Gaza
By Joe Lauria / Consortium News British journalist Richard Medhurst, who was arrested last year and questioned under Britain’s draconian Terrorism Act, is facing a possible “terrorism” prosecution for journalism…
Removing Syria Sanctions is a Win for the People, Whatever Trump’s Motives
By Juan Cole / Informed Consent Ann Arbor (Informed Comment) – Syrians are rejoicing at the announcement on Tuesday by President Donald J. Trump that he will lift U.S. economic…
Craig Murray: UK Intel’s Fake Terror Plots
By Craig Murray / CraigMurray.org.uk Back in the “War on Terror” days, the UK security services fabricated multiple fake terror plots. There was, for example, the 2009 Easter Bomb Plot…
Pope Leo XIV: A Papacy for Peace in a World at War
By Dennis Kucinich / Substack Prelude: As we welcome Pope Leo XIV, we do so with full awareness of the Church’s failures as an institution. Church-sanctioned teachings too often became…
Crimes in the West Bank
By Vijay Prashad / Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research In 1948, the newly proclaimed Israeli government seized 78% of Palestinian land and expelled more than half of the population (750,00…
VIPS MEMO: Arms Control — Toward Lasting Peace
At the 80th Anniversary of Victory in Europe over the Nazis, the Veterans Intelligence Professionals for Sanity issue this memorandum calling for nuclear arms control leading to lasting peace.
‘Power, Not Panic’: Immigrant Rights Advocates in California Work to Fortify Against Threats to ‘Sanctuary State’ Law
By Mariana Martínez Barba / Prism San Diego-based attorney Ian Seruelo received three separate reports in March alone about local county Sheriff Kelly Martinez violating California’s immigration policy. The California…
The US Is in Free Fall, But We Can Turn Things Around by Valuing Our Neighbors Over Money
The United States’ version of capitalism has systematically failed its population through corporate greed and manipulation of the legislature. But don’t lose hope.
How Much Longer Must Mothers in Gaza Fear Losing Their Children?
As the US celebrates “Mother’s Day,” thousands of mothers in Gaza are mourning.
ScheerPost’s Top Stories of 2024
Of all our coverage in a very turbulent year, these stories were the most read.