Robert Scheer

Robert Scheer (born April 4, 1936) is an American journalist who writes a column for Truthdig that is nationally syndicated by Creators Syndicate in publications such as The Huffington Post and The Nation. He is a clinical professor of communications at the Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism at the University of Southern California and co-hosts the weekly political radio program Left, Right & Center on KCRW, the National Public Radio affiliate in Santa Monica, California. Scheer is editor-in-chief for the Webby Award-winning online magazine Truthdig. The Society of Professional Journalists awarded Scheer the 2011 Sigma Delta Chi Award for his column.

Early life

Scheer was born and raised in the Bronx, New York City. His mother, Ida Kuran, was a Russian Jew, and his father, Frederick Scheer, was a Protestant native of Germany; both worked in the garment industry. Robert graduated from Christopher Columbus high school in the Bronx. After graduating from City College of New York with a degree in economics, he studied as a fellow at the Maxwell School of Syracuse University, and then did further economics graduate work at the Center for Chinese Studies at UC Berkeley. Scheer has also been a Poynter fellow at Yale University, and was a fellow in arms control at Stanford University, the same post once held by United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.

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Chris Hedges: Surrendering to Authoritarianism

Scheerpost 24 Mar 2025
Bob Scheer, who runs ScheerPost on a shoestring budget, and I will not waver in our commitment to independent and honest journalism, and we will never put ScheerPost behind a paywall, charge a ...
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Chris Hedges: The Last Chapter of the Genocide

Scheerpost 23 Mar 2025
Bob Scheer, who runs ScheerPost on a shoestring budget, and I will not waver in our commitment to independent and honest journalism, and we will never put ScheerPost behind a paywall, charge a ...
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The End Times (w/ Ray McGovern)

Scheerpost 20 Mar 2025
Robert Scheer ... Joshua Scheer ... Hi, this is Bob Scheer, Robert Scheer, with another edition of the, what is it, the Bob and Ray Show or Two Old Coots from the Bronx or Tuesday with Ray ... You make a good point, Bob ... Robert Scheer.
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America’s Constitutional Crisis (w/ Katherine Franke) | The Chris Hedges Report

Scheerpost 19 Mar 2025
Bob Scheer, who runs ScheerPost on a shoestring budget, and I will not waver in our commitment to independent and honest journalism, and we will never put ScheerPost behind a paywall, charge a ...
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Chris Hedges: On the Precipice of Darkness

Scheerpost 16 Mar 2025
Bob Scheer, who runs ScheerPost on a shoestring budget, and I will not waver in our commitment to independent and honest journalism, and we will never put ScheerPost behind a paywall, charge a ...
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China Is Better at Capitalism Than the US and Trump’s Tariffs Can’t Reverse That, by ...

The Unz Review 15 Mar 2025
Robert Scheer ... Joshua Scheer ... Robert Scheer. Hi, this is Robert Scheer with another edition of Scheer Intelligence where the intelligence comes from my guest, in this case, Vijay Prashad and no question about his record ... Robert Scheer ... Robert Scheer.
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Chris Hedges: Trump’s War on Education

Scheerpost 12 Mar 2025
Bob Scheer, who runs ScheerPost on a shoestring budget, and I will not waver in our commitment to independent and honest journalism, and we will never put ScheerPost behind a paywall, charge a ...
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Perfect Victims and the Politics of Appeal (w/ Mohammed el-Kurd) | The Chris Hedges Report

Scheerpost 12 Mar 2025
Bob Scheer, who runs ScheerPost on a shoestring budget, and I will not waver in our commitment to independent and honest journalism, and we will never put ScheerPost behind a paywall, charge a ...
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Chris Hedges: Trump’s Christian Fascists and the War on Palestine

Scheerpost 11 Mar 2025
Bob Scheer, who runs ScheerPost on a shoestring budget, and I will not waver in our commitment to independent and honest journalism, and we will never put ScheerPost behind a paywall, charge a ...
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