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Friend,
Since the coronavirus hit—and just when the Trump administration and powerful corporations most need to be held accountable—news media layoffs have gone through the roof.
It's not just local newspapers. Online news outlets, despite the public's hunger for high-quality information, have seen staffing reductions as well. For-profit news outlets rely on corporate advertising revenue, but since the coronavirus pandemic exploded, this ad revenue has largely dried up.
Common Dreams relies on a different model. As a nonprofit, we don't have private equity investors demanding immediate returns. We have never accepted any kind of advertising. And we have no paywalls. Instead, we serve you—our readers—and in return, we rely on you for donations. It's as simple as that.
But let's be frank: we are not immune from the economic crisis hitting America. Many of our readers are among the millions of Americans who have lost their jobs, and they may no longer be able to support us as they once did.
This means that our current Spring Campaign is one of the most precarious we've ever faced. Our work is more important than ever, and we have more readers than ever. But we honestly have no idea how many of our readers will be able to donate as they have in the past.
If you've lost a job and can't donate, please know that we understand—and we will never block your access to Common Dreams with a paywall or a subscription fee.
But if you can make a donation, please do so today. In fact, if you're fortunate enough to work from home and are ok financially, consider chipping in a little more to cover for a fellow Common Dreams reader who is out of work and struggling to get by.
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