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October 29, 2021 at 11:47 PM

We have no choice

If you have been waiting for the right time, that time is right now. Friend, I’ll keep this short and to the point. Last week we kicked off our Fall Campaign—an effort that is essential to our survival. Our reader-supported news model depends on continui…

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October 29, 2021 at 9:50 PM

'It's Not Too Late' to Prevent Big Pharma From Destroying Democratic Drug Price Promise

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October 29, 2021 at 6:39 PM

It’s crunch time. Are you with us?

We’d rather shut down than take money from corporate advertisers or put up a pay-wall to charge readers. Friend, Let’s cut to the chase: The end of our Fall Campaign is just four days away, and we remain $43,000 short of our must-hit goal.  These periodi…

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October 29, 2021 at 1:15 AM

Infrastructure Vote Delayed as Progressives Refuse to Budge Without Build Back Better Act

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October 28, 2021 at 9:35 PM

Pramila Jayapal ‘Holds the Line’ With Common Dreams

House progressives are in a life-or-death fight, and today our coverage was right in the middle of it. Friend, The first item that Congresswoman Pramila Jayapal shared on social media today, following a high-stakes meeting between President Joe Biden and…

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October 27, 2021 at 11:09 PM

The corporate media is lying about Manchin and Sinema

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are raking in corporate cash, but the corporate media won’t report it. Friend, Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are raking in corporate cash as they block some of the most popular and needed provisions of the Democrats’ recon…

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October 27, 2021 at 8:42 PM

The Republican Onslaught Against Democracy Is Upon Us

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October 27, 2021 at 6:31 PM

The corporate media is failing Mother Earth

The corporate media is ignoring critically important international meetings on the climate emergency. It’s outrageous. Friend, In just five days, world leaders will gather in Glasgow to craft the next phase of the global response to the climate emergency…

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October 26, 2021 at 11:33 PM

Big Tech’s stranglehold on what we read, see, and think

The propaganda tools of Big Tech and the corporate media are becoming more powerful every day, making it harder to survive. Friend, In 1988, Noam Chomsky’s seminal work Manufacturing Consent was published, revealing how mass corporate media in the modern…

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October 26, 2021 at 9:36 PM

'Bottom Line,' Says Bernie Sanders, Deal Must Include Medicare Expansion

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October 26, 2021 at 5:52 PM

Facebook suppressed our stories . . . while boosting Breitbart?!

The number of visitors to Common Dreams from Facebook and Google have dropped like a stone, while right-wing news gets promoted. Friend, Last summer, just at the moment when the 2020 presidential election was really heating up, something bizarre happened…

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October 25, 2021 at 11:09 PM

Big Tech is killing our common dreams.

Tech giants are killing the free and open Internet that allows Common Dreams to exist, and every year it gets harder. Friend, Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web, once described the internet as a “permissionless space for creativity, innov…

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October 25, 2021 at 9:44 PM

Facebook Papers Spur Fresh Call to 'Break Them Up!'

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October 25, 2021 at 3:44 PM

Exposed: The corporate algorithms that love right-wing media

It’s now confirmed that artificial intelligence is doing exactly what many have long feared. Friend, The social media giant known as Twitter came clean last week with an admission of a fact that many of us have known for a while. In a self-congratulatory…

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October 24, 2021 at 11:08 PM

I don’t like to talk about this . . . but we have to

Big Tech gains an ever greater stranglehold on the internet, and they are strangling nonprofit news outlets like Common Dreams. Friend, Common Dreams is approaching a milestone next year that I don’t really like to talk about. It’s the 25th anniversary o…

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October 24, 2021 at 3:08 PM

The corporate threat to our nonprofit journalism

Traffic to our website from Google and Facebook has dropped off a cliff, and our entire model is in danger. Friend, Common Dreams was founded on the audacious idea that, with the financial support of readers, we could create a new media model that aims t…

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October 23, 2021 at 8:08 PM

Manchin and Sinema’s best ally: The corporate media

Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema are on the verge of killing--or fatally weakening--the Build Back Better reconciliation bill. Friend, Polls show that huge majorities support the key provisions in President Biden’s Build Back Better reconciliation bill, li…

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October 23, 2021 at 2:09 PM

Big Tech is killing our common dreams

Tech giants are killing the free and open Internet that allows Common Dreams to exist, and every year it gets harder. Friend, Tim Berners-Lee, the founder of the World Wide Web, once described the internet as a “permissionless space for creativity, innov…

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October 22, 2021 at 11:16 PM

As 'Unhinged' Sinema Blocks Corporate Rate Hike, Demand Grows for Billionaire Tax

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October 22, 2021 at 6:48 PM

Why are all the billionaires laughing?

The richest people in the world know that the corporate media will never turn its back on them. Friend, The billionaires laugh because they know the corporate media prefers to fawn over them rather than hold them to account. Already rich beyond belief, t…

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October 21, 2021 at 10:02 PM

AOC Warns That Corporate Lobbyists Would Love People to 'Give Up Before the Deal Is Done'

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October 21, 2021 at 6:52 PM

AT&T wanted more right-wing news—so it created a network more noxious than FOX

OAN is the most dangerous pro-Trump TV station, and its existence wouldn’t be possible without corporate telecom giant AT&T. Friend, OAN, the One America News Network, might be the most dangerous pro-Trump news source we’ve ever seen. OAN regularly p…

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October 20, 2021 at 10:02 PM

Joe Manchin "Isn’t Negotiating. He Is Killing the Bill"

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October 20, 2021 at 6:01 PM

How corporate media is helping Joe Manchin kill Build Back Better

The biggest obstacle to passing the Build Back Better bill is the corporate media. Friend, When President Biden announced his Build Back Better plan, it was expected that he’d face opposition from Republicans, powerful industries, and corporate Democrats…

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October 19, 2021 at 9:47 PM

Exposed: How Pfizer Exploits Secretive Vaccine Contracts

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October 18, 2021 at 9:22 PM

Manchin Sparks Fury | Colin Powell Dead | Billionaires Got Richer as Nation Got Sicker

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 10/18/21 Feature... Manchin Sparks Fury With Demands for Work Requirement, $60K Income Cap on Child Tax Credit by Kenny Stancil "Who…

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October 15, 2021 at 10:09 PM

Weeklong D.C. Climate Protests End With 600+ Arrests, Vows to Fight On

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 10/15/21 Feature... 'We're Not Stopping': Weeklong D.C. Climate Protests End With 600+ Arrests, Vows to Fight On by Brett Wilkins "T…

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October 14, 2021 at 10:08 PM

Progressives to Pelosi: Reject Divisive Means-Testing, Support Universal Benefits

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October 13, 2021 at 10:25 PM

In Dead of Night, Texas House Approves GOP's Gerrymandered Map

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 10/13/21 Feature... In Dead of Night, Texas House Approves GOP's Gerrymandered Map by Jake Johnson Democracy is "quite literally dyi…

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October 12, 2021 at 10:06 PM

AOC Warns Pelosi and Schumer: 'We Can’t Negotiate Reconciliation Bill Down to Nothing'

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 10/12/21 Feature... AOC Warns Pelosi and Schumer: 'We Can't Negotiate Reconciliation Bill Down to Nothing' by Jake Johnson "The Buil…

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October 11, 2021 at 9:18 PM

'Biden, Can You Hear Us Now?' Ask Indigenous Leaders Amid Arrests at Fossil Fuel Protest

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October 9, 2021 at 7:49 PM

20 State AGs File Suit Over Plan to Sabotage Postal Service

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October 8, 2021 at 9:55 PM

'Historic' UN Vote Recognizes Basic Right to Clean Environment

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October 7, 2021 at 10:01 PM

To Avert 'Uncontrollable Climate Chaos,' Scientists Tell Biden to Stop Backing Fossil Fuels

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October 6, 2021 at 10:03 PM

Biden Gives Democrats a Green Light to Weaken Filibuster to Save Economy From GOP Sabotage

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October 5, 2021 at 10:05 PM

Scathing Whistleblower Testimony Warns That Facebook a Threat to Children and Democracy

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October 4, 2021 at 9:37 PM

US Denounced as 'Biggest Peddler of Financial Secrecy' After Pandora Papers Leak

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October 3, 2021 at 2:03 PM

Exposed: The Corporate Agenda to 'Upend Democracy' and Destroy Progress

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October 1, 2021 at 10:57 PM

Climate Critics Warn Joe Manchin 'Holding a Gun to the Planet's Head'

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September 30, 2021 at 11:03 PM

Manchin Makes Clear That Tanking Biden's Agenda Was Always the Plan

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/30/21 Feature... Manchin Admits Getting His Bill Passed and Then Tanking Progressive Package Was Always the Plan by Kenny S…

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September 30, 2021 at 12:09 AM

From 'Fire DeJoy' to 'We Had a Deal,' Progressive Ire Grows on Capitol Hill

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/29/21 Feature... 'Fire DeJoy' Demand Intensifies as 10-Year Plan to Sabotage Postal Service Takes Effect by Jake Johnson "P…

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September 28, 2021 at 9:52 PM

'We Aren't Bluffing': Progressives Hold the Line

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/28/21 Feature... 'We Aren't Bluffing': Progressives Hold the Line as Pelosi Moves Ahead With Bipartisan Bill by Jake Johnso…

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September 27, 2021 at 9:39 PM

Democrats Need to Stand Up to Corporate Extremists in Their Own Party

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/27/21 Feature... Democrats Need to Stand Up to Corporate Extremists in Their Own Party by Peter Bloom Wall Street Democrats…

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September 25, 2021 at 5:17 PM

These GOP Grifters Will Be the Death of This Republic

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September 24, 2021 at 10:02 PM

Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets Worldwide for 'Uproot the System' Climate Strikes

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/24/21 Feature... Hundreds of Thousands Take to Streets Worldwide for 'Uproot the System' Climate Strikes by Jake Johnson "T…

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September 23, 2021 at 10:39 PM

'This Is Big': House Democrats Vote to End US Complicity in Yemen

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/23/21 Feature... 'This Is Big': House Passes Amendment to Cut US Complicity in Saudi Bombing of Yemen by Andrea Germanos Th…

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September 22, 2021 at 9:56 PM

Wall Street Democrats Who Have Taken Party's Agenda Hostage Must Be Confronted and Defeated

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/22/21 Feature... Letter Urges Progressives to Fight 'Wall Street Democrats' Holding Biden's Agenda Hostage by Jake Johnson …

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September 21, 2021 at 9:56 PM

Big Pharma Greed 'Literally Killing Americans'

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/21/21 Feature... Big Pharma Greed 'Literally Killing Americans,' Sanders Says Outside Drug Lobby HQ by Jake Johnson "How ma…

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September 20, 2021 at 10:07 PM

With Date Now Set, the "Fate of Roe v. Wade and Legal Abortion Is on the Line."

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/20/21 Feature... Supreme Court Announces Date for Case Directly Challenging Roe v. Wade by Julia Conley "The fate of Roe v.…

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September 17, 2021 at 10:51 PM

40+ NYC Activists Arrested for Protests Against Banks Fueling Climate Emergency

Today's progressive news, opinion, and analysis Click here to view this message in a browser window.   News & Views | 9/17/21 Feature... 40+ NYC Activists Arrested for Protests Against Banks Fueling Climate Emergency by Jessica Corbett "We're …

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