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'There Is Genuine Panic': Fears Of Global Financial Meltdown As Human Toll Of Coronavirus Grows
Tuesday, 10 March 2020, 1:39 pm | Common Dreams
Fears of a financial meltdown at least on the scale of the 2008 crisis intensified Monday as global markets were gripped by panic resulting from the spread of the coronavirus across the globe and the ensuing oil price war launched by Saudi Arabia over the ... More >>
UN Women Imagines 'Equiterra,' A New Utopian World Where Gender Equality Reigns
Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:56 am | Common Dreams
by Julia Conley, staff writer The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women marked the beginning of Women's History Month by offering a vision of what true gender equality and justice would look like in a new utopian ... More >>
Elizabeth Warren Ends 'Brilliant' And Issue-Focused Presidential Campaign—What Does She Do Next?
Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:46 am | Common Dreams
by Jon Queally, staff writer Prompting immediate questions of what she does next, Sen. Elizabeth Warren ended her 2020 presidential campaign on Thursday. Citing a person close to Warren, the New York Times was among the first to report that the ... More >>
'Total Win!': Human Rights Groups Welcome ICC Probe Of US Torture And War Crimes In Afghanistan
Friday, 6 March 2020, 10:38 am | Common Dreams
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Human rights advocates celebrated Thursday after the International Criminal Court determined that an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by United States forces and others in Afghanistan during the so-called ... More >>
'Devastating': Great Barrier Reef In Danger Of Catastrophic Bleaching As Temperatures Remain High
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 3:17 pm | Common Dreams
Australia's Great Barrier Reef is in danger of a catastrophic bleaching event that scientists warn could have dire consequences on the survival of one of the seven natural wonders of the world. "It's a sobering reality we're in," Georgia ... More >>
'Alarming': Tropical Forests In Shift From Carbon Sponge To Carbon Source
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 3:16 pm | Common Dreams
A new study published Wednesday adds to mounting evidence that the world's tropical forests could soon stop serving their climate crisis-mitigating role of carbon sinks. "After years of work deep in the Congo and Amazon rainforests, we've found that ... More >>
Warren Urged To Help Form 'Progressive Front' With Sanders As Establishment Fuels Biden Surge
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 11:48 am | Common Dreams
After Super Tuesday's results made clear that the 2020 Democratic primary is now a two-candidate race between former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Bernie Sanders, progressives called for an end to divisive infighting and some urged Sen. Elizabeth ... More >>
Super Tuesday Sets Stage For Biden Vs. Bernie
Thursday, 5 March 2020, 10:00 am | Common Dreams
While there is still much counting of votes to be done before the overall outcome of Super Tuesday is fully calculated and understood, the key takeaway from the Democratic Party's largest single-day of voting thus far—with 14 states up for grabs, including ... More >>
Amnesty International Condemns Greece's Measures To Block Migrants At Turkish Border
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 2:41 pm | Common Dreams
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer Turkey eased restrictions at the western border it shares with Greece in response to thousands of migrants from Syria who have poured into Turkey in recent days amid a Russian-backed Syrian government offensive into ... More >>
You'll Never Guess How Big Banks Want The Fed To Handle The Coronavirus: Wall Street Deregulation
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 2:11 pm | Common Dreams
A lobbying group for big banks in the United States came under fire Tuesday from financial industry experts for pressuring federal officials to push through long-sought regulatory rollbacks in response to the worldwide economic concerns sparked by the ... More >>
Nation's Fractured Public Health System Under Trump 'Woefully Unprepared' For Coronavirus
Wednesday, 4 March 2020, 9:44 am | Common Dreams
by Eoin Higgins, staff writer As the coronavirus outbreak continues to spread across the U.S., nurses and other public health experts are warning that the country's public health system is unprepared to handle a pandemic and calling on the federal government ... More >>
Activists Urging Barclays To 'Stop Funding The Climate Emergency' Shut Down Nearly 100 Branches
Tuesday, 3 March 2020, 10:02 am | Common Dreams
by Jessica Corbett, staff writer In a coordinated action to pressure Barclays to stop financing climate destruction, Greenpeace activists on Monday morning shut down 97 of the British investment bank's branches across the United Kingdom. "Barclays ... More >>
New MIT Study Disputes Key Claim That Paved Way For Right-Wing Coup In Bolivia
Monday, 2 March 2020, 3:11 pm | Common Dreams
A new study released by a pair of MIT researchers Thursday reveals that, contrary to claims from the U.S.-backed Organization of American States, there was no fraud in Bolivia's October 20, 2019 elections—an accusation used by the OAS and others ... More >>
Critics Warn US-Taliban Deal Exposes Fallacies Of Endless War Paradigm
Monday, 2 March 2020, 2:44 pm | Common Dreams
While President Donald Trump bragged Saturday about an agreement signed by the U.S. government and the Taliban as a milestone towards ending the war in Afghanistan that has raged now for the nearly two decades—devastating the Afghan people and the ... More >>
"I Don't Think That You Are Telling Us The Truth": Democrats Grill Pompeo On Iran & Coronavirus
Monday, 2 March 2020, 2:24 pm | Common Dreams
by Eoin Higgins, staff writer Democrats on the House Foreign Affairs Committee Friday assailed Secretary of State Mike Pompeo for non-answers and evasions on issues related to the administration's policy on Iran and its plans to handle the spread of coronavirus, ... More >>
'Against Colonial Violence And Land Theft,' Activists And Allies Target Mining Industry Convention
Monday, 2 March 2020, 2:16 pm | Common Dreams
by Jon Queally, staff writer Hundreds of people led by Indigenous land defenders and a coalition of environmental groups worked to shut down a large mining industry convention in downtown Toronto on Sunday, blockading the entrances to the building ... More >>
Sanders Hits Trump Over NYT Libel Lawsuit
Thursday, 27 February 2020, 1:30 pm | Common Dreams
Democratic presidential frontrunner Sen. Bernie Sanders denounced the behavior of President Donald Trump on Wednesday after the president's reelection campaign filed a libel lawsuit against the New York Times for an op-ed it published last year. More >>
CDC Says Americans Should Brace for Significant Disruptions
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 10:07 am | Common Dreams
Public health experts on Tuesday began publicly discussing the coronavirus as a disease which is expected to spread across much of the world population, including throughout the United States. More >>
In Shadow of Trump's India Visit, Muslim Attacks in Delhi
Wednesday, 26 February 2020, 9:59 am | Common Dreams
(Headline abbreviated, original headline: In Shadow of Trump's India Visit, New Delhi Sees Worst Attacks on Muslims in Decades) More >>
Global Rescue Plan to Stop Mass Extinction 'Hopelessly Weak'
Tuesday, 25 February 2020, 4:17 pm | Common Dreams
As global governments gathered at a conference in Rome Monday to advance a framework for protecting the planet's biodiversity, environmental and human rights advocates warned that the draft text that has emerged from meetings so far is "hopelessly ... More >>
