Scheer Intelligence

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The Palestine Exception: Why Academic Freedom Stops Here

A tenured professor can spend decades building a career, win awards, earn lifetime recognition, and still be discarded the moment political speech crosses an invisible line. That is what happened to Dr. Sang-hae Kil after she supported Palestinian protest on campus. Her teaching ...  Show more

The Real State of the Union: Epstein’s Shadow Network and the Illusion of American Democracy

The newly released Epstein files don’t just implicate a handful of powerful men—they expose an entire architecture of American power built on impunity, secrecy, and the quiet expectation that the rules apply only to everyone else. As Robert Scheer and Nolan Higdon dig into this w ...  Show more

Kucinich: “Iran Could Be the Graveyard of the American Empire”

Former congressman and longtime peace advocate Dennis Kucinich joins Robert Scheer for a stark assessment of what he calls the most perilous moment in modern U.S. foreign policy. With Washington openly coordinating military action with Israel and escalating toward direct confront ...  Show more

Techno‑Authoritarianism and the Death of Counterculture: Jonathan Taplin on Power, Art, and the New American Reality

As the U.S. drifts deeper into an era shaped by concentrated wealth, surveillance technology, and political strongmen, Robert Scheer sits down with Jonathan Taplin to examine what he calls the rise of “techno‑authoritarianism.” Drawing on decades at the intersection of culture, m ...  Show more

Militarism, Climate Chaos, and the New Fascism: A Conversation with Abby Martin

In this edition of Scheer Intelligence, Robert Scheer sits down with journalist and filmmaker Abby Martin to unpack her blistering new documentary, Earth’s Greatest Enemy—a film that argues, with devastating clarity, that the U.S. military is the single largest institutional driv ...  Show more