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Dear Friend,
Over the last few weeks, as the mainstream media has done wall-to-wall horse race coverage of the presidential election and impeachment, they've missed a LOT of news that matters:
- The EPA implemented the biggest rollback to clean water protections the country has ever seen.
- Trump told global economic elites in Davos, Switzerland, that he would gut Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid if he serves another term.
- Australia's climate crisis-fueled wildfires were followed by news that a massive Antarctic ice sheet that scientists call the Doomsday Glacier is melting at a terrifying rate.
Chances are, people who rely on the corporate media haven't heard about most of these stories—and dozens of others that are profoundly important but routinely ignored.
Common Dreams is different. We follow the news that matters, not just the news that gets ratings.
On any given day, you can go to Common Dreams and find deep, in-depth coverage on issues you won't find discussed anywhere else.
We're focused on all the news that threatens our health, our democracy, and the very future of our planet.
We're writing about the expansion of the billionaire class—some 2,100 people worldwide who have more wealth than 4.6 billion people.
And when we do focus on stories like the presidential election or impeachment, we ignore the horse race and mindless punditry and zero in on how these issues affect people's lives.
That's because we don’t survive on clicks and ratings. We don't want corporate advertising dollars.
In solidarity and thanks,
Kimberly Monaghan
Board Chair
for the whole Common Dreams news team
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