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April 25, 2020 at 8:23 PM

Don’t Drink the Snake Oil—Or the Disinfectant | Your Week In Review

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April 25, 2020 at 3:04 PM

Gutted newsrooms at the worst possible time

Corporate media outlets are laying off journalists when they are needed most. Friend, Since the coronavirus hit—and just when the Trump administration and powerful corporations most need to be held accountable—news media layoffs have gone through the roo…

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April 25, 2020 at 12:14 AM

Do NOT drink bleach or disinfectant

If you follow Trump’s suggestions, it could kill you. Friend, Yesterday, Donald Trump used his nightly news briefing to suggest that people might somehow be cured of coronavirus by injecting bleach or other disinfectants into their bodies or by exposing …

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April 24, 2020 at 9:55 PM

Amid Economic Pain and Pandemic Trump Just Demanded Post Office Quadruple Its Prices | News & Views

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April 24, 2020 at 4:48 PM

This is far from over. We must all dig deep together.

Common Dreams is digging deep into the causes and consequences of this crisis to help create a better world. Friend, The coronavirus pandemic has plunged the world into a crisis that is unlike anything we’ve experienced since World War II. It has challen…

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April 24, 2020 at 12:04 AM

Are journalists non-essential workers?

With a pandemic spiraling out of control, people desperately need information they can trust. Friend, We believe that journalists are essential, frontline workers. We believe that with a pandemic spiraling out of control, people desperately need informat…

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April 23, 2020 at 9:19 PM

GOP Failed Coronavirus Response "Is a Joke," Says Ocasio-Cortez | News & Views

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April 23, 2020 at 5:35 PM

Absolute disaster

Our website crashed at the worst possible time. That can never happen again. Friend, When Congress was writing the $2 trillion coronavirus bailout bill two weeks ago, the big corporations sent their lobbyists up to Capitol Hill to make sure they got what…

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April 23, 2020 at 12:05 AM

Our website crashed at the worst possible time. That can never happen again.

With a massive surge in readership during this deadly pandemic, we need to make sure the Common Dreams website doesn't crash again. Friend, When the coronavirus pandemic hit, people started flooding to trusted news sources to get accurate information abo…

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April 22, 2020 at 9:17 PM

Greta Thunberg: Humanity Must 'Tackle Two Crises at Once.' | News & Views

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April 22, 2020 at 2:51 PM

ALERT: The worst thing that could possibly happen

During this deadly pandemic, people need information from trusted news sources like Common Dreams. Friend—With a massive surge in readership during this deadly pandemic, we need to make sure the Common Dreams website doesn't crash again. Can we count on …

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April 22, 2020 at 12:05 AM

Trump’s bungling is killing people—and voters don’t know it.

Nearly half of all Americans STILL approve of his response to the crisis? Friend, Donald Trump is literally killing people with his incompetent response to the coronavirus pandemic, yet most Americans still don’t know it. How else to explain the fact tha…

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April 21, 2020 at 9:33 PM

'Deliberately Cruel': Millions Blocked From Stimulus Check Because They Married Immigrants | News & Views

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April 21, 2020 at 6:00 PM

An extinction-level crisis for journalism

The corporate media is gutting newsrooms at the worst possible time. Friend, Journalism has never been more important than it is now, in the midst of a global pandemic and an unprecedented economic crisis. But at the worst possible time, corporate media …

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April 21, 2020 at 1:04 AM

The worst thing that could possibly happen

During this deadly pandemic, people need information from trusted news sources like Common Dreams. Friend, Last month, as the coronavirus pandemic spun out of control and Congress debated a $2 trillion bailout for corporations, readers from all over the …

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April 20, 2020 at 9:27 PM

Decade After BP Deepwater Horizon, End Fossil Fuels 'Once and for All' | News & Views | News & Views

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April 20, 2020 at 5:11 PM

Do you believe journalists are essential workers?

With a pandemic spiraling out of control, people desperately need information they can trust. Friend, We believe that journalists are essential, frontline workers. We believe that with a pandemic spiraling out of control, people desperately need informat…

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April 17, 2020 at 9:37 PM

Pandemic Spurs Calls for Sustainable Food Supply Chain | News & Views

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April 16, 2020 at 10:57 PM

'Public Deserves to Know' Which Corporations Receiving Taxpayer Bailouts | News & Views

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April 15, 2020 at 9:51 PM

'Biggest Coronavirus Stimulus of All': Amid Pandemic, Richest Man in the World Jeff Bezos Now $24 Billion Richer | News & Views

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April 14, 2020 at 10:25 PM

'Beyond Predatory': Trump to Let Big Banks Seize People's $1,200 Stimulus Checks | News & Views

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April 13, 2020 at 10:09 PM

Fire Trump, Not Fauci | News & Views

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April 11, 2020 at 9:18 PM

With Postal Service on 'Verge of Collapse,' Trump Slammed for Refusing to Act | Your Week In Review

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April 10, 2020 at 9:48 PM

New Bill in Congress Would Provide No-Cost 'Health Care for All During Pandemic' | News & Views

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April 9, 2020 at 10:12 PM

Why 'Inadequate Half-Measures' Just Won't Do for Coronavirus Relief | News & Views

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April 8, 2020 at 11:36 PM

Ending 2020 Run, Bernie Sanders Vows to Continue Struggle for 'What We Are Entitled to as Human Beings' | News & Views

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April 8, 2020 at 9:38 PM

Bernie drops out. The fight goes on.

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April 7, 2020 at 10:35 PM

New Study Estimates 7.3 Million More Uninsured in US by June | News & Views

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April 6, 2020 at 10:15 PM

Another "Really Chilling Moment" as Trump Censors Top Doctor | News & Views

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April 4, 2020 at 4:30 PM

Medicare for Each of Us in the Age of the Coronavirus | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 4/4/20 Your Week in Review 'Pure Retaliation, Retribution, and Reprisal': Trump Fires Inspector General Who Sounded Alarm About Ukraine Whistleblower Complaint by…

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April 3, 2020 at 11:36 PM

Sanders Demands 'Boldest Legislation in History' to Halt Spiraling Covid-19 Catastrophe | News & Views

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April 3, 2020 at 8:55 PM

Trump's highest approval rating ever

Donald Trump has botched the response to the coronavirus in almost every possible way, and yet his approval rating just hit its highest point ever. Browser View | 4/3/20 Dear Friend, Donald Trump has botched the response to the coronavirus in almost ever…

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April 2, 2020 at 9:48 PM

Trump Boys Want Their Bailout: A 'Nightmare Scenario That Everyone Predicted' | News & Views

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April 1, 2020 at 10:27 PM

Despite Calls for Global Ceasefire, Trump Threatens War With Iran Amid COVID-19 | News & Views

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March 31, 2020 at 9:48 PM

Holding Our Breath, Together and Apart | News & Views

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March 30, 2020 at 9:37 PM

Trump Says Quiet Part Very Loud on 2020 Election and Coronavirus | News & Views

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March 30, 2020 at 8:15 PM

“Stomach-churning”: Senators dumped millions on coronavirus insider trading

They didn’t warn the country. They didn’t offer health care response. They dumped stock. Browser View | 3/30/20 Dear Friend, News just broke that the Justice Department has launched an insider trading investigation into Senator Richard Burr and possibly …

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March 29, 2020 at 6:57 PM

Distancing Together: The People vs. Coronavirus | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 3/29/20 Strange Days Indeed. On March 13th the Common Dreams news team left behind our now silent newsroom and is now working remotely from home for the time being. The graph below isn’t the sp…

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March 28, 2020 at 2:28 PM

'This Is Insane': Citing Coronavirus, EPA Indefinitely Suspends Environmental Rules | News & Views

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March 26, 2020 at 9:45 PM

We Need Medicare for All': Coronavirus Job Losses Expose Failure of Employer-Based Insurance | News & Views

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March 25, 2020 at 8:41 PM

GOP Threaten Coronavirus Stimulus. Why? Too Generous to Laid-Off Workers | News & Views

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March 24, 2020 at 10:15 PM

'A Massive Scandal': Trump FDA Grants Drug Company Exclusive Claim on Promising Coronavirus Drug | News & Views

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March 24, 2020 at 6:16 PM

$500 billion for slush fund for corporations (and workers get almost nothing)

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March 23, 2020 at 9:51 PM

GOP 'Corporate Slush Fund' vs. Progressive Call for 'Just Stimulus' to Defeat Coronavirus | News & Views

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March 21, 2020 at 4:42 PM

Solidarity in a Time of Social Distancing | Your Week In Review

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 3/21/20 Your Week in Review Who's in Charge Here? by Michael Winship "The Buck Stops Here" becomes "Hey, Don't Look at Me!" 'Not Done Yet': Bernie Sanders…

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March 20, 2020 at 9:55 PM

Progressives Urge Pelosi to Go Big and Bold on Coronavirus Stimulus | News & Views

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March 19, 2020 at 10:30 PM

GOP Senator Unloaded Personal Stocks Just Before Covid-19 Smashed Markets | News & Views

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March 18, 2020 at 10:30 PM

Coronavirus Reveals Devastating Greed of Insurance Industry | News & Views

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March 18, 2020 at 7:23 PM

Here come the corporate bailouts...

An orgy of corporate lobbying is happening in D.C. We can’t let them get away with it. Browser View | 3/18/20 Dear Friend, It’s like clockwork.   In the face of a global crisis, corporate lobbyists shamelessly line up for handouts—and the corporate…

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March 17, 2020 at 9:01 PM

Love and Nonviolence in the Time of Coronavirus | News & Views

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