| |
| Support independent journalismWithout readers like you, we wouldn’t exist. |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| |
|
|
|
|
|
| | "This brazen act should be seen as nothing more than an attempt to prevent the public from knowing what is happening in their country by intimidating journalists from doing their jobs."
July 11, 2026 | |
"I've never seen a more dangerous and purposeful attempt to make people sick and hungry," said one Pennsylvania state lawmaker.
July 10, 2026 | |
"We may both be from Aroostook County, but we’re not the same," Jackson said of Republican Sen. Susan Collins.
July 9, 2026 | |
"Children were murdered in the first days of Trump’s illegal, pointless war that has wreaked havoc across the world," said Rep. Yassamin Ansari.
July 8, 2026 | |
|
|
| Know someone who would enjoy the Common Dreams newsletter? Help us spread the word by forwarding this email to your family and friends. |
|
| "If animals don’t have a place to live, they can’t live," said one critic.
July 10, 2026 | |
"ICE appears to have lied yet again about killing someone," said one immigration expert.
July 10, 2026 | |
US Sen. Amy Klouchar said that the housing bill has "been sitting on President Trump’s desk long enough."
July 9, 2026 | |
"People should not wake up to discover their face has become raw material for someone else’s AI experiment. This is another invasion of consumers’ privacy."
July 8, 2026 | |
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| | | We’re a people-powered nonprofit newsroom dedicated to covering the news corporate media too often ignores or endlessly gets wrong. Join us in advancing economic fairness, social justice, human rights, and a sustainable future.
Be part of a growing community that values independent journalism. Your donation helps keep Common Dreams strong—supporting a fearless, reader-funded model that delivers free, fact-based reporting every day. |
|
| |
|
|
|
| | |
Federal agents flood our neighborhoods; a poorly trained, gun-happy immigration agent kills someone; the administration alleges, without evidence, that the victim was responsible; no proper investigation is conducted; no one is held accountable. Rinse and repeat.By Jordan Liz • July 9, 2026
Like the reflecting pool, the Kennedy Center, and the White House, Social Security is a sacred American institution that Trump is abusing for his own financial and political gain.By Alex Lawson • July 9, 2026
I invite you to sit with me in this feeling of brokenness, and to step outside of the American delusion of war making and "peace through strength"—the normalization of coercion and dominance.By Mercedez • July 8, 2026
To be clear, take the $1K that Trump wants to give newborn kids—I mean, why not? But never put another dime in an account like this.By Dean Baker • July 7, 2026
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| Thank you for reading Common Dreams!
Our independent journalism is funded by people like you, not corporations or billionaires.
Support our work today
Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization and our EIN is 20-3368194.
Donations are tax-deductible to the extent allowed by law. |
|
| | |
|
|
|
|
|
