Wednesday, January 1, 2025

■ Today's Top News 


Medicare for All Tops Sanders' Prescription to 'Make America Healthy Again'

"Our real problem is not so much a healthcare crisis as it is a political and economic one," he wrote in an op-ed.

By Olivia Rosane



House GOP Tries to Protect Netanyahu From ICC With Rules Package

"How did a bill to protect Netanyahu make it into the House rules package to be voted on immediately after the speaker vote?" asked one lawmaker. "Where are our priorities?!"

By Jessica Corbett



'Historic': NC Gov. Cooper Commutes 15 Death Sentences

Calling Cooper "courageous," executive director of the state's ACLU noted that with this decision, the Democrat "has commuted more death sentences than any governor in North Carolina's history."

By Jessica Corbett



Aid Coalition Warns Millions of Civilians at Risk as Israel and US Bomb Yemen

"It is civilians in Yemen who pay the ultimate costs," humanitarian groups warned following a flurry of airstrikes by Israel and the United States.

By Jake Johnson



'A Terrorist Attack,' Says New Orleans Mayor After Driver Plows Into Crowd, Killing at Least 10

The superintendent of the New Orleans Police Department said that "this man was trying to run over as many people as he possibly could."

By Common Dreams Staff



Israeli Strikes on Gaza Kill Over 20—Including Children—on First Day of New Year

Israel's military bombed two refugee camps in the besieged enclave, pushing the official death toll since October 7, 2023 to 45,553.

By Jake Johnson


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■ Opinion


Are You Still Wondering Why Workers Voted for Trump?

The frustration, the resentment, the anger about the rigged system was building long before Donald Trump came on the scene.

By Les Leopold


Americans Are Angry About Their Health Insurance—With Good Reason

As a physician, I have seen patients suffer and die in order to pad the bottom lines of corporate health insurers—and in recent years I have seen this problem getting much worse.

By Claudia Fegan


Elon Musk, Taylor Swift, Antony Blinken, China, and the Idiocy of Tom Friedman

What the venerated NYT columnist saw in Beijing and what he didn't learn.

By Megan Russell


Top 2024 Victories for People and Planet to Inspire Next Year’s Activism

Across the globe, people took bold steps to care for the planet; 2024 showed us the strength of coming together with purpose and passion.

By Caroline Wagner,Francesca Cresta,Tan Lee Kuen