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Friend,
We are now in the seventh day of a nationwide uprising sparked by the police murder of George Floyd.
Centuries of pent-up rage and unheard cries for help have led to this place where protestors are marching in the streets night after night while the president threatens to use the U.S. military against its own people.
For those who have been paying attention, this uprising is not surprising. In fact, it was inevitable. But on Fox, CNN, and MSNBC, the pundits can't understand why protesters aren't just asking nicely—or worse yet, they are almost openly rooting for conflict to escalate to drive up ratings.
The corporate media doesn't understand because they don't see the poverty and anguish, and the daily harassment and brutality visited upon the people of this country. It's not the world that they or their corporate advertisers live in, so for them, it doesn't exist.
We see it. Every day. Because at Common Dreams, police brutality, poverty, and systemic racism are front-page news—and not just during times of uprising and protest.
We've reported for years about how police departments are stocking military-grade weapons to turn against their own communities. We've covered police shootings that were ignored by corporate media. And we've followed the stories to their conclusions, holding the establishment accountable when they let police officers off for murder, again and again.
We know that these aren't just individual stories, but a cumulative account of a racist system that continues to target the Black community. And we won't stop reporting on the death of Black men at the hands of the police until it stops.
America desperately needs journalism that exposes the racial injustices in America as well as the underlying economic conditions and social dysfunction that lead to such brutality and injustice decade after decade. The corporate media won't provide that coverage and never will. That's why Common Dreams exists—but the only way we can provide this coverage is with your support. Will you donate to Common Dreams to keep this critical reporting going?
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