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August 28, 2021 at 11:14 PM

Will we ever learn the lessons of Afghanistan?

For 20 years, the corporate media were wrong about nearly everything in Afghanistan. Friend, For 20 years, the corporate media were wrong about nearly everything in Afghanistan. Now, with the U.S. leaving and the Taliban taking over, the same people who …

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August 28, 2021 at 4:24 PM

Corporate media got the Afghan War wrong from the start

Without independent outlets like Common Dreams, who will oppose the next war? Friend, Over the last two weeks, the corporate media’s take on Afghanistan has gone something like this: Afghanistan was a good and necessary war at the outset. If we’d only pl…

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August 28, 2021 at 1:38 PM

Corporate climate coverage is not up to the task

Media not directly challenging the fossil fuel paradigm are complicit in planetary destruction. Friend, On August 9, when the United Nations released its report blaring the alarm on the climate emergency, the corporate broadcast media gave it over 2 hour…

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August 27, 2021 at 9:33 PM

Exclusive: Report Details Corporate Landlord Gluttony as Millions Face Eviction

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August 27, 2021 at 3:34 PM

No. Common Dreams Is Not for Sale for $1 billion.

Capitol Hill newspapers are selling for big bucks—why is that? Friend, It was reported this week that The Hill—an inside-the-beltway news outlet that prides itself on appeasing its corporate underwriters and investors by being neither "too right" nor "to…

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August 26, 2021 at 11:11 PM

CO2 levels unseen in 800,000 years. Crickets from corporate media.

Something is deeply wrong with this system. Friend, A major study from NOAA released this week found that atmospheric CO2 has reached the highest levels in 800,000 years. Think about that. Eight. Hundred. Thousand. Years. The study also found that sea le…

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August 26, 2021 at 9:41 PM

'We're Staying': Line 3 Opponents Camp Outside Minnesota Capitol

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August 26, 2021 at 3:08 PM

Climate crisis is a corporate media “ratings killer”?!

For-profit news outlets simply aren’t equipped to cover the climate crisis. We are. Friend, In 2018, one of the top hosts on cable news openly admitted why the corporate media spend so little time covering the climate emergency. Climate change, he said, …

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August 25, 2021 at 9:22 PM

Earth's CO2 Levels Haven't Been This High in 800,000 Years: NOAA

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August 25, 2021 at 6:41 PM

Monthly donations down sharply

Scientists are screaming at the tops of their lungs, but the corporate media treats the climate emergency as an afterthought. Friend, I want to give you a little inside peek into how Common Dreams is funded—and explain why this is such a troubling time. …

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August 24, 2021 at 11:09 PM

WTF, corporate media?

Scientists are screaming at the tops of their lungs, but the corporate media treats the climate emergency as an afterthought. Friend, On August 9, the day that the alarming new report from the U.N. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change was released, …

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August 24, 2021 at 9:50 PM

Pelosi Runs Over Right-Wing Dems as Key Budget Resolution Approved

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August 23, 2021 at 10:10 PM

Right-Wing Dems Begin to Cave as Progressives Hold Their Ground?

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August 23, 2021 at 6:55 PM

The planet is on fire. When will the corporate media wake up?

The climate emergency is NOT a one-day story. Friend, On August 9, headlines around the world announced the terrifying findings of the latest assessment by the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). For one day, the climate eme…

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August 22, 2021 at 8:49 PM

The 'Merchants of Death' Vs. Humanitarian Crises

A weekly roundup of progressive headlines, opinion, and analysis Browser View | 8/22/21 Your Week in Review America’s Merchants of Death Then — and Now by Sam Pizzigati More Afghan-like tragedies will be inevitable until we squeeze the…

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August 20, 2021 at 10:18 PM

Nearly Half the World's Children at 'Extremely High Risk' for Facing Effects of Climate Crisis

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August 19, 2021 at 9:35 PM

Progressives Say 'Do This for Everyone' as Biden Erases Student Debt for People With Severe Disabilities

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August 18, 2021 at 9:26 PM

WHO Decries Vaccine Inequity as a 'Shame on All Humanity'

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August 17, 2021 at 9:43 PM

Pelosi Signals Plan to Steamroll Right-Wing Dems

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August 16, 2021 at 9:16 PM

Diplomacy, Not Bombs: Anti-War Voices Say Afghanistan Shows Need to Stop Any Further March to War

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August 15, 2021 at 7:27 PM

After 20 Years of US Lies and War, Taliban Retake Control of Afghanistan

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August 13, 2021 at 9:38 PM

The 'Inevitable' Bitter End in Afghanistan | 'The Sirens Are Going Off': July Hottest Month Ever Recorded

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August 12, 2021 at 10:45 PM

Dems Urged to 'Go Big' as Biden Endorses Bold Reforms to Slash Drug Prices

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August 11, 2021 at 9:41 PM

Without Single GOP Vote, Senate Approves $3.5 Trillion Budget Blueprint

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August 10, 2021 at 9:32 PM

House Progressives Say No Bipartisan Deal Without Reconciliation Bill

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August 10, 2021 at 4:12 PM

“A code red for humanity”

Very little in the IPCC report will come as a shock. But that doesn’t make its findings any less profound. Friend, The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report on the state of the climate emergency out Monday was declared “a code red …

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August 9, 2021 at 9:23 PM

'Not a Report to Despair Over': IPCC Gives Humanity Clear Directive to Act Boldly and Urgently

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August 6, 2021 at 10:16 PM

Top Scientists to Biden and Congress: 'Go Big on Climate... Do So Now'

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August 5, 2021 at 7:55 PM

'Fearless and Peerless' Richard Trumka, AFL-CIO Leader, Dead at 72

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August 4, 2021 at 10:16 PM

Nina Turner’s Loss Is Oligarchy’s Gain

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August 3, 2021 at 11:53 PM

Determined Cori Bush and Allies Hailed for New CDC Eviction Moratorium

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August 2, 2021 at 9:42 PM

Hundreds Arrested in DC Demanding Voting Rights, End to Poverty, and Death of Filibuster

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July 31, 2021 at 4:50 PM

No Time for Recess | Your Week In Review

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July 30, 2021 at 9:04 PM

On Medicare's 56th Birthday, Activists Deliver 125,000+ Petitions Urging Congress to Expand the Program

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July 29, 2021 at 9:16 PM

'Turn This Destruction Around': 5 Months Left in 2021 But Humanity's Used Up Earth's Ecological Budget

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July 28, 2021 at 9:15 PM

Planet's Vital Signs Are Reaching Dangerous 'Tipping Points,' Scientists Warn

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July 27, 2021 at 9:24 PM

Amid Delta Fears, CDC Advises Vaccinated People to Wear Masks Indoors in Public

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July 26, 2021 at 6:16 PM

SIGN THE PETITION: Support legislation to reduce the power of Big Tech companies

Force tech companies to sell off any part of their business that might create a conflict of interest Friend, Big Tech companies have the power to sway elections, destroy competition and take advantage of consumers. These powers should never be in the han…

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July 23, 2021 at 10:10 PM

'Extreme and Regressive Strategy': Mississippi Asks SCOTUS to Overturn Roe

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July 22, 2021 at 9:19 PM

New Progressive Coalition Pressures Senate to Pass the PRO Act

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July 21, 2021 at 9:55 PM

Pandemic Fuels Steepest Decline in US Life Expectancy Since WWII

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July 20, 2021 at 9:16 PM

Right After Returning From Space, Bezos Says Humanity Should Pollute It

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July 19, 2021 at 9:19 PM

Global Alliance for a Green New Deal Launches Visionary Campaign

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July 18, 2021 at 4:15 PM

Water Protectors vs. The FIre Starters | Your Week In Review

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July 16, 2021 at 9:31 PM

Climate Experts Shocked at Severity of Floods in Germany and Belgium

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July 15, 2021 at 9:40 PM

'Biggest Story in the World Right Now': Humanity Has Flipped Amazon From Carbon Sink to Source

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July 14, 2021 at 9:26 PM

'Merkel's Delay Could Kill Us All': Protesters Demand Germany Stop Obstructing Patent Waiver

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July 13, 2021 at 10:29 PM

Biden Delivers Speech on Voting Rights, But Filibuster Must Die for Democracy to Live

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July 12, 2021 at 9:27 PM

'This Is a Scandal': Obama's EPA Approved Toxic Chemicals for Fracking in 2011

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July 11, 2021 at 1:03 PM

Humanity's common home is on fire and the sociopaths don't care | Your Week In Review

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