Larry Gross, author of the LGBTQ civil rights treatise, “Up From Invisibility,” honors the achievement of the new same-sex marriage law with only feint appreciation for the president who signed the bill.

You know gay rights are mainstream when Biden picks up the Rainbow flag

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In this episode of Scheer Intelligence, host Robert Scheer is joined by author Natalie Foster, president and co-founder of the Economic Security Project, a network dedicated to advancing a guaranteed income in America and reining in the unprecedented concentration of corporate power.

Guaranteed income: The first step towards guaranteeing human rights in America

Jordan Elgrably reminds people of the crucial stories behind those being bombarded daily in Gaza.

“Never Again” must apply to the the genocide of the Palestinians

The solution to Trump's exploitable border crisis is to end the US trafficking of guns for drugs that turns productive Mexicans into desperate refugees.

US traffic of guns turns productive Mexicans into desperate refugees

The recent missile exchanges between Iran and Israel stirred fears of World War III, and while the action has cooled down, the uncertain path still looms with tension. Esteemed author and Middle East scholar Trita Parsi joins host Robert Scheer on this episode of Scheer Intelligence to discuss what these attacks could mean going forward.

An establishment scholar’s indictment of the West’s ‘blind support for Israel’s slaughter in Gaza’

Ray McGovern, the 27-year CIA veteran who counseled seven presidents, joins host Robert Scheer in a "Theatre of the Absurd" reenactment of McGovern's historic role. Scheer plays a stern and uncompromising president receiving an uncomfortable briefing from McGovern on the most pressing issues of the day, from Ukraine to Israel to China.

You know gay rights are mainstream when Biden picks up the Rainbow flag

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