Friend,

2020 may be the most important year in a generation or more for democracy.

Our climate is approaching a tipping point of no return. Real-life fascists are on the march around the world, exploiting genuine pain of millions for their own nefarious and hateful ends. Clinging to power, President Donald Trump remains a corrosive symptom of a global disease.

But with newsrooms across the U.S. and the world gutted due to layoffs and under threat by hostile corporate interests, fragile democracies are increasingly ill-equipped to face these challenges.

That's where Common Dreams comes in.

As a nonprofit, independent news source, we answer only to you, our readers and donors, not profit-seeking vulture capitalists and corporate advertisers. That's why we haven't seen the bloodbath layoffs that have affected so many of our competitors. While others are cutting back, we're growing.

But to continue filling the gap left by the widespread layoffs and newspaper closures, we MUST hit our year-end fundraising goal. Will you donate to help meet our $100,000 goal?

There is so much on the line.

Thank you for standing with us,

Aaron Kaufman
Director of Development
for the whole Common Dreams news team