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September 24, 2019 at 8:59 PM

"Dam's Not Breaking. It's Broken": Pelosi Submits to Demand for Trump Impeachment Inquiry | News & Views

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September 24, 2019 at 6:22 PM

The Trump disaster no one is talking about

The most destructive legacy of Donald Trump’s presidency? The right-wing takeover of the federal courts. Browser View | 9/24/19 Dear Friend, The most destructive and lasting legacy of Donald Trump’s presidency is barely getting covered by the corporate…

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September 23, 2019 at 9:00 PM

'How Dare You!': Greta Thunberg Rages at 'Fairytales of Eternal Economic Growth' | News & Views

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September 23, 2019 at 3:51 PM

Holding Climate Criminals to Account

Big Polluters have used every play in the book to thwart a global response to the climate crisis because they were worried about their own profits. Because of their actions, more communities will be displaced, more homes, cities and regions will be devastated by extreme weather and more…

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September 20, 2019 at 8:30 PM

Climate Strike: What 'Biggest Day of Climate Action in Planetary History' Looks Like | News & Views

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September 19, 2019 at 9:30 PM

Cruelty by GM Executives 'Yet Another Reason Why We Need Medicare for All' | News & Views

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September 19, 2019 at 3:30 PM

Half a billion dead bees

More than half a billion bees have died in Brazil over the last 4 months after the government approved an unprecedented number of bee-killing pesticides. Browser View | 9/19/19 Dear Friend, BEE ALERT: More than half a billion bees have died in Brazil o…

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September 18, 2019 at 9:48 PM

Cruelty by GM Executives 'Yet Another Reason Why We Need Medicare for All' | News & Views

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September 17, 2019 at 9:28 PM

Snowden Publishes Memoir US Government 'Does Not Want You to Read' | News & Views

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September 16, 2019 at 8:58 PM

How Greed of 'Border-Industrial Complex' Fuels Militarization and Abuse | News & Views

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September 14, 2019 at 1:35 PM

'Democracy for Some, But Not for All' | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 9/14/19 Your Week in Review 'Decades of Progress Are at Stake' as Trump Reaches 150 Lifetime Judicial Appointments and Right-Wing Court Takeover Accelerates by Jak…

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September 13, 2019 at 9:05 PM

US Majority Backs Free College, Student Debt Jubilee: Poll | News & Views

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September 13, 2019 at 3:57 PM

With 1,700 polling stations shuttered, GOP trying to steal election for Trump

Nearly 1,700 polling places have been closed—mainly in African American counties. Browser View | 9/13/19 Dear Friend, A sweeping voter suppression effort is taking place across America, and it could give the 2020 election to Donald Trump.   A new s…

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September 12, 2019 at 9:28 PM

Industry to Flood Dem Tonight's Debate With Ads Attacking Medicare for All | News & Views

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September 11, 2019 at 9:25 PM

A Message to the World's Schools: Let the Students Climate Strike! | News & Views

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September 10, 2019 at 9:26 PM

'If We Can Save the Banks, We Can Save the World' | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/10/19 Feature... To Critics Who Say Climate Action Is 'Too Expensive,' Greta Thunberg Responds: 'If We Can Save the Banks, W…

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September 9, 2019 at 9:43 PM

Eco-Apartheid in Devastated Bahamas | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/9/19 Feature... 'This Is Eco-Apartheid': Post-Dorian Refugees Fleeing Bahamas Ordered Off Ferry Bound for US by Jul…

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September 7, 2019 at 1:36 PM

Vision for Justice in a World Worth Living In | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 9/7/19 Your Week in Review 'Vision for Justice': 117 Rights Groups Offer Roadmap to Transform US Criminal-Legal System by Jessica Corbett, staff writer "The Americ…

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September 6, 2019 at 9:16 PM

US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/6/19 Feature... US Beekeepers File Suit Against Trump EPA Charging 'Illegal' Approval of Insecticide Linked to Mass Die-Off …

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September 5, 2019 at 9:17 PM

120 Groups Join Forces to Demand Overturning of Citizens United | News & Views

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September 4, 2019 at 9:45 PM

Corporate Media 'Failing to Connect Climate Crisis' to Unprecedented Nature of Dorian | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/4/19 Feature... Analysis Finds US Corporate Media 'Failing to Connect Climate Crisis to Strongest Atlantic Storm Ever to Hit…

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September 3, 2019 at 10:12 PM

Aerial Footage of Bahamas Devastated by Dorian Begs Serious Global Question | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/3/19 Feature... As Aerial Footage of Devastated Bahamas Emerges, Campaigners Ask How Much Destruction and Death Before Globa…

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September 2, 2019 at 7:07 PM

'It Is Pure Hell': Videos From Bahamas Show Devastation of Hurricane Dorian | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/2/19 Feature... 'It Is Pure Hell Here': Videos From Bahamas Show Devastation Left by Hurricane Dorian as Category 5 Storm He…

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August 31, 2019 at 1:35 PM

Fight for Mother Earth Is the Mother of All Fights | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 8/31/19 Your Week in Review Indigenous Women of the Amazon Send a Call: The Fight for Mother Earth Is the Mother of All Fights by Osprey Orielle Lake The lives of …

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August 31, 2019 at 2:06 AM

Midnight Deadline. One Final Push

Hours to go. We need you now. Friend, Just hours to go until midnight and the very real deadline for our Summer Campaign. This is it. Please—if you have not found the moment yet but want to support independent, progressive, and non-profit journalism—now …

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August 30, 2019 at 11:07 PM

Happy Labor Day: Trump Floats Tax Cut Called 'Pure Giveaway to Wealthy' | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 8/30/19 FINAL HOURS: Can You Support Our Work Now? With just hours to go before our midnight deadline, we still need to raise $6,000 to close our Summer Campaign. As a nonprofit on a tight budge…

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August 30, 2019 at 9:13 PM

Mission Critical for Critical Mission

Midnight deadline just hours away Friend, To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. That’s the mission. That’s what we aim to do seven days a week and 52 weeks a year. But we can’t hope to continue with the strength and quality you exp…

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August 30, 2019 at 2:59 PM

Big dreams, but a little short

When you have big dreams—and so much on the line—you can’t afford to come up short. Friend, When you have big dreams—and so much on the line—you can’t afford to come up short. There are just hours left before the must-meet deadline of our Summer Campaign…

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August 29, 2019 at 11:24 PM

Our time of need: Just 24 hours to go

If we fall short, there isn’t any billionaire mega-donor who will step in and fill the gap. Friend, Over the next 10 months, Democrats will select a nominee to run against Donald Trump. Then, in the 5 months after that, the nation will decide whether to …

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August 29, 2019 at 8:47 PM

'With Your Help We Can Save the Planet and Ourselves' | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 8/29/19 Just One Day To Go: Can You Support Our Work Today? If you believe independent media is important to do the kind of watchdog journalism that a healthy democracy requires, please help us …

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August 29, 2019 at 2:54 PM

“Bloodbath” layoffs

The journalism industry is facing its worst year since the Great Recession. Friend, The journalism industry is facing its worst year since the Great Recession. Thousands of journalists have been laid off at CNN, HuffPost, Buzzfeed, VICE, ThinkProgress an…

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August 29, 2019 at 12:02 AM

“Going out of business”

It’s a headline that we will NEVER write—and thanks to your support, it’s a headline we’ve never even considered writing. Friend, “Common Dreams is going out of business” That’s a headline that we will NEVER write—and thanks to your support, it’s a headl…

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August 28, 2019 at 9:23 PM

'No Time Left for Business as Usual' | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 8/28/19 THREE DAYS LEFT DURING OUR SUMMER CAMPAIGN The corporate media would like nothing more than to have Common Dreams disappear and never come back. And if we were just another for-profit ne…

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August 28, 2019 at 4:45 PM

The world is on fire, and what did Trump just do?

Enough. The world is screaming. Friend, "If the planet could talk, it would be screaming in agony or weeping in despair. Maybe both." Even as fires rage in the Amazon and elsewhere across the planet, and just as the U.S. west prepares for the height of i…

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August 28, 2019 at 12:41 AM

Just 6 corporations own the news. This is terrifying.

Just 6 corporations own more than 90 percent of the news media in America. Friend, Here’s a terrifying statistic: Just six giant corporations own more than 90 percent of the news media in America. That number was 50 companies in 1983, and the Trump admin…

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August 27, 2019 at 9:15 PM

A Plan To Fight the Corporate 'Assault on Journalism' | News & Views

A daily roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 8/27/19 CAMPAIGN DEADLINE: FRIDAY The corporate media would like nothing more than to have Common Dreams disappear and never come back. And if we were just another for-profit news outlet, they c…

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August 27, 2019 at 3:57 PM

When all that you love is on the line

When all that you love is on the line, it’s going to take all of us to build the world we need and want. Friend, We have just four days to go until our crucial Summer Campaign deadline this Friday and despite the hundreds of supporters who have already c…

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August 26, 2019 at 11:34 PM

There is light despite all of the darkness

What we hear most often from our Common Dreams readers is that we give them hope. Friend, “Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” ~Desmond Tutu What we hear most often from our Common Dreams readers is that we give th…

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August 26, 2019 at 9:18 PM

Pledge Urges 2020 Democrats to Reject Telecom Cash and Restore Net Neutrality | News & Views

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August 26, 2019 at 4:45 PM

The DNC Just Failed Us. We Won't Fail You.

The DNC has turned its back on climate change. Friend, Despite impassioned pleas and people organizing for months to demand the Democratic National Committee sanction a climate-focused debate for this primary, the DNC over the weekend voted down a resolu…

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August 25, 2019 at 11:05 PM

There's nothing you can do to save us

It's the most insidious and dangerous message out there Friend, The greatest trick the corporate class and aloof politicians ever played was convincing ordinary people that nothing they could do would ever really make a difference.  Some call it manufact…

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August 25, 2019 at 2:04 PM

We have bad news (and some very good news)

The bad news is that we've fallen behind. The good news is that we still have time to catch up. Friend, We have some good news and some bad news. Bad news first: We're behind where we need to be to meet our Summer Campaign target of $50,000 by the end o…

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August 24, 2019 at 11:05 PM

What you don't know CAN hurt you

What's hidden from public view is often what causes the most damage. Friend, You know that old saying, "what you don't know can't hurt you"? Whoever made that up didn't know anything about American politics. In fact, the exact opposite is true. What's hi…

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August 24, 2019 at 2:51 PM

"We Don't Have to Live Like This" | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 8/24/19 Our Summer Campaign is Underway Imagine a news room that never has to worry about upsetting a corporate advertiser. Imagine an editorial team that brings its progressive values and worl…

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August 23, 2019 at 11:50 PM

As the world burns, do you?

The planet is on fire, and we must act like it. Friend, The heartbreaking fires in the Amazon are not “wild” fires. These are the fires of human destruction, bred by greed and disregard for the sacredness of what people rightly call the "world's lungs." …

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August 23, 2019 at 9:17 PM

A Life of Incalculable Harm: David Koch (1940-2019) | News & Views

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August 23, 2019 at 2:58 PM

The scourge of Sinclair Broadcasting

After decades of runaway media consolidation, this is what the future of corporate news media looks like.TBD Friend, Sinclair Broadcast Group is the largest TV operator in America, with 193 local stations and a direct line into 4 in 10 American household…

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August 22, 2019 at 11:49 PM

“The best d*** news organization on the planet”

We want to continue to cover—as best we can—all the most pressing issues of the day. Friend, We are a humble people. We do the work—possible only because of the backing we receive each year from thousands of progressive readers worldwide—because we belie…

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August 22, 2019 at 9:27 PM

Despite Planetary Crisis, DNC Committee Votes Down 2020 #ClimateDebate | News & Views

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August 22, 2019 at 3:43 PM

The issue CNN and NBC won't talk about

Net neutrality is a huge issue—but media corporations like Comcast and AT&T won't cover it. Friend, Comcast and AT&T—the corporate owners of CNN and NBC—are huge opponents of net neutrality. Is it any wonder, then, that there were exactly ZERO qu…

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