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'This Scares Me,' Says Bill McKibben As Arctic Hits 100.4°F—Hottest Temperature On Record
Tuesday, 23 June 2020, 4:10 pm | Common Dreams
"100°F about 70 miles north of the Arctic Circle today in Siberia. That's a first in all of recorded history. We are in a climate emergency." by Jake Johnson, staff writer A graphic shows record heat in the Arctic Circle on Saturday, ... More >>
'Shell Must Not Get Away With This': Niger Delta Still Waiting For Big Oil To Clean Up Pollution
Saturday, 20 June 2020, 5:42 pm | Common Dreams
"After nine years of promises without proper action and decades of pollution, the people of Ogoniland are not only sick of dirty drinking water, oil-contaminated fish and toxic fumes. They are sick of waiting for justice, they are dying by the ... More >>
Out Of The Ashes Of Covid-19 Should Rise Our Unstoppable Medicare For All Movement
Friday, 19 June 2020, 4:05 pm | Common Dreams
The battle against this pandemic—and all the associated injustices and inequalities it has exposed—should galvanize a nation to finally embrace the kind of healthcare system it deserves. by Ralph Nader "The Covid-19 pandemic and its bungling by ... More >>
Listen To The 'Calls Ringing Out In The Streets Across The World,' Says George Floyd's Brother
Friday, 12 June 2020, 10:33 am | Common Dreams
Philonise Floyd, the younger brother of George Floyd, implored Congress in emotional testimony Wednesday to heed "the calls ringing out in the streets across the world" and take meaningful action against police brutality and racial injustice ... More >>
Researchers Show Hack-for-Hire Op Targeted Groups Fighting For Climate Action & Net Neutrality
Friday, 12 June 2020, 10:31 am | Common Dreams
The Canadian digital watchdog group Citizen Lab reported Tuesday that a hack-for-hire group targeted thousands of organizations around the world, including climate advocacy groups involved in the #ExxonKnew campaign. Groups that have asserted ExxonMobil ... More >>
Bibles At The Barricades: How The Right Seized Power In Bolivia
Friday, 29 May 2020, 11:14 am | Common Dreams
by Benjamin Dangl Returning to La Paz, Bolivia after last November’s coup was like returning to the scene of a crime. Since Bolivian President Evo Morales was removed from power, right-wing interim President Jeanine Áñez has led the country ... More >>
Here Comes The Great Coronavirus Depression
Friday, 29 May 2020, 11:10 am | Common Dreams
by Nomi Prins Many economists believe that a recession is already underway. So do millions of Americans struggling with bills and job losses. While the ghosts of the 2008 financial crisis that sent inequality soaring to new heights in this country ... More >>
A Chronicle Of A Lost Decade Foretold
Friday, 29 May 2020, 11:07 am | Common Dreams
by Yanis Varoufakis To exorcise my worst fears about the coming decade, I chose to write a bleak chronicle of it. If, by December 2030, developments have invalidated it, I hope such dreary prognoses will have played a part by spurring us to appropriate ... More >>
Leaders Must Act To Protect Refugees And Internally Displaced People In Africa
Thursday, 28 May 2020, 11:04 am | Common Dreams
"We are waiting to die from Covid-19." These chilling words, uttered by a Somalia refugee in Mogadishu, encapsulate the fears of refugees and Internally Displaced People (IDPs) in Africa. A few hundred kilometers away in Qunyo Brrow on ... More >>
The Answer To The Media Industry's Woes? Publicly Owned Newspapers.
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 11:48 am | Common Dreams
As the economic fallout from the coronavirus further decimates financially struggling small-town and city newspapers—still Americans’ main source for original local journalism—a desperate search is underway for alternative models. Analysts are ... More >>
Poisons Mean Extinction: For Bees And Humanity
Thursday, 21 May 2020, 11:38 am | Common Dreams
"If the bee disappeared off the face of the earth, man would only have four years left to live." Maurice Maeterlinck, The Life of the Bee In the last 50 years agrotoxins have spread and are pushing bees to extinction. The choices before ... More >>
Fossil Fuel Bailouts Are Class War. This Is How We Fight Back
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 4:43 pm | Common Dreams
by Basav Sen Global oil markets are in turmoil, with crude prices at their lowest level in years, even going negative at one point in April. When the U.S. economy is in trouble, the default option for political leadership is to rescue big business. ... More >>
'One Crisis Doesn't Stop Because Another Starts': 2,000+ Kids' Shoes Form Protest In London
Tuesday, 19 May 2020, 4:41 pm | Common Dreams
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer In a protest Monday to call for more ambitious action from the U.K. government to tackle the climate crisis, activists with the group Extinction Rebellion lined up over 2,000 pairs of children's shoes in London's ... More >>
As Pandemic Rattles Global Food System, Report Deems Mass Malnutrition World's Top Killer
Wednesday, 13 May 2020, 11:34 am | Common Dreams
As the coronavirus pandemic continues to expose and exacerbate enduring issues and inequities in the global food and health systems, a United Nations-backed report released Tuesday declares the double burden of malnutrition —undernourishment and ... More >>
Botched Infiltration Of Venezuela Leaves Guaidó Tainted Beyond Repair
Tuesday, 12 May 2020, 4:07 pm | Common Dreams
Unless Democrats begin to take advantage of the liability Guaidó represents and push back against Trump’s regime change efforts, there seems to be little hope of improving U.S.–Venezuela relations, regardless of who wins the presidency in ... More >>
After 'Encouraging' Results From Finnish UBI Experiment, Experts Say It's Time For Such A Bold Idea
Thursday, 7 May 2020, 4:08 pm | Common Dreams
"If there isn't a minimum income floor to fall back on when this kind of massive shock hits, people literally have no options." by Andrea Germanos, staff writer Lorrine Paradela poses for a photograph in Stockton, California on February 7, 2020. ... More >>
Citing 'Vein Of Toxicity' And Firing Of Whistleblowers, Amazon VP Resigns In Disgust
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 4:52 pm | Common Dreams
"This is a really big deal. This kind of courage is what we need right now, in every workplace and walk of life." by Julia Conley, staff writer Workers protest against the failure from their employers to provide adequate protections ... More >>
'Results May Be Catastrophic': Concerns Grow As Trump Shuns Global Cooperation On Covid-19 Treatment
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 4:40 pm | Common Dreams
"Trump's refusal to participate in a coordinated global effort to respond to COVID19 is the 21st century equivalent of the U.S. not joining the League of Nations." by Eoin Higgins, staff writer President Donald Trump speaks during a Fox News virtual ... More >>
'Time For The Agency To Come Clean': FCC Ordered To Release Data From Fake Net Neutrality Comments
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 4:33 pm | Common Dreams
"Journalists wanted to get to the bottom of this mess. The FCC told them go away. But a court just told the FCC to stop hiding from the press." by Jake Johnson, staff writer Federal Communication Commission Chairman Ajit Pai testifies ... More >>
Journalists: Democracy’s Frontline Workers
Tuesday, 5 May 2020, 4:18 pm | Common Dreams
Without relief to keep reporters on the job, each local-news closure will cut into our democracy in ways that may prove fatal. by Tim Karr "Any support for journalism tied to the pandemic must also foster a more resilient model for news production ... More >>
