White Supremacy and the Second Amendment
Gun rights in this country were forged on the idea that white people had the right to take Native people's land by the barrel of the gun.
Jeremy Scahill
Jeremy Scahill is co-founder of Drop Site News. He was previously a Senior Correspondent and Editor-at-Large at The Intercept and is one of the three founding editors of The Intercept. He is an investigative reporter, war correspondent, and author of the international best-selling books “Dirty Wars: The World Is a Battlefield” and “Blackwater: The Rise of the World’s Most Powerful Mercenary Army.” He has reported from Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Yemen, Nigeria, the former Yugoslavia, and elsewhere across the globe. Scahill has served as the national security correspondent for The Nation and “Democracy Now!”. He continues to host the podcast Intercepted.
Scahill’s work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for “Blackwater.” Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film “Dirty Wars,” which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Follow Jeremy on Mastodon at @jeremyscahill@journa.host. He can be reached at jeremy@dropsitenews.com.
Scahill’s work has sparked several congressional investigations and won some of journalism’s highest honors. He was twice awarded the prestigious George Polk Award, in 1998 for foreign reporting and in 2008 for “Blackwater.” Scahill is a producer and writer of the award-winning film “Dirty Wars,” which premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an Academy Award.
Follow Jeremy on Mastodon at @jeremyscahill@journa.host. He can be reached at jeremy@dropsitenews.com.
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Bonus Intercepted Podcast: Mat Johnson Talks “Incognegro,” Guns, "Black Panther," and Growing Up in Philadelphia
Host Jeremy Scahill talks to acclaimed novelist Mat Johnson, who created a biracial hero who goes undercover to solve crimes against black people.
Bonus Intercepted Podcast: The Laundering of American Empire
In an extended Intercepted interview, NYU professor Nikhil Singh challenges us all to examine both the forest and the trees of American Empire.
Revolutionary Musical Artist Seun Kuti Carries Fela's Afrobeat Torch Into a New Era
Like his father, Seun Kuti describes himself as a revolutionary and he is a fierce critic of the corruption of Nigeria's rulers and the U.S. and transnational corporations that prop them up.
The Ignored and Bloody History of the U.S. in Haiti and El Salvador
Jeremy Scahill lays out the bloody U.S. history in Haiti and El Salvador and blasts the historical revisionism that “American exceptionalism” demands.
Leading Marxist Scholar David Harvey on Trump, Wall Street, and Debt Peonage
Professor Harvey is one of the leading Marxist thinkers in the world and a leading authority on Marx’s “Das Kapital,” which turned 150 years old late last year.
Trump White House Weighing Plans for Private Spies to Counter "Deep State" Enemies
Blackwater founder Erik Prince, a former CIA paramilitary officer, and Oliver North want to make ’80s-style covert action great again.
Moscow Mueller: What the Indictments and Plea Agreements Mean for Donald Trump
An in-depth explainer on what the indictments and plea agreements mean for Donald Trump, featuring Ken White of Popehat and Charlie Savage of The New York Times.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Unplugged
An extended discussion on war, Trump, Clinton, Sanders, liberals embracing neoconservatives, and the Black Panther comic series.
The Sanitizing of Martin Luther King and Rosa Parks
An important and groundbreaking new book by professor Jeanne Theoharis digs deep into this manufactured mythology surrounding King, Parks, and other figures and movements.