Change seems to be coming from multiple directions, both outside and within the corridors of political and economic power, as our ignorance shatters and we wake up. Topple a few statues, remove some iconic names ...
“More than ever, we’re concerned about the worsening health situation and its impact on the burgeoning recovery. Rebounding mobility and poor use of protective equipment will make for a dangerous summer cocktail.” At a White ...
Prominent international critics have called the ongoing Zionist colonization of Palestine an act of ethnic cleansing and the exclusively Jewish settlements a form of apartheid. (Common Dreams) A prominent Canadian human rights lawyer has submitted ...
“In the absence of popular movements strong enough to rip down marble idols and generate public shame, U.S. history lessons omit everything they can and carefully mold anything so large that it cannot be avoided. ...
To make matter worse, Remdesivir is a drug that “has had its development costs paid for, in large part, by independent donors like governments and ministries of health in China, the WHO, and the US government.” ...
The Trump administration has turned sharply toward economic nationalism. It attacks and undermines the World Trade Organization, NATO, and the UN. Trump and other top officials explicitly insult many world leaders. He imposes high tariffs. ...
“The bases were named during the Jim Crow South era and it wasn’t done to respect the African Americans of the South. It was to appease the Jim Crow governments of that era.” The annual ...
Donald Trump claims he’s ending the “era of endless wars.” But over the course of his first term, he has come closer to starting new wars than ending the wars he inherited. (Jacobin) On June ...
They don’t care about you; they just want the economy opened back up to make money. The bizarre “conservative” idea of “freedom” has struck again. Margaret Sullivan reported in the Washington Post on a new study that ...
Sixty percent of Venezuela’s COVID-19 cases are in its border states of Apure, Bolívar, Táchira, and Zulia. Roughly 70,000 Venezuelans who had moved to nearby countries of Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, and Peru (largely in response to ...
Republican Lauren Boebert previously made headlines for illegally reopening her gun-themed restaurant during the coronavirus lockdown While some progressive Democratic outsiders have booked victories against stalwart incumbents, outsider Republicans have also produced upset victories over ...
At a time when the world is crying out for justice, it behooves Israel to reverse its destructive policies toward Palestinians – and responsible journalism to ignore the bullies and tell the truth. Menifee, CA ...
With unemployment nearing Great Depression levels and many still waiting on any government support, a new person-to-person relief economy is forming. The responses of governments around the world to the pandemic and its resulting economic ...
“What our numbers show is that voters are fed up with Mitch McConnell continually putting corporate handouts ahead of working people.” In a tight Democratic primary, Amy McGrath defeated Kentucky state Rep. Charlies Booker, The ...
Taking “movement moments” to change, from the Red Summer to Black Lives Matter. It is said that Mark Twain once quipped that “history does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” These days one cannot escape ...
“We are constantly at risk of new emergence of zoonotic pathogens and that farmed animals, with which humans have greater contact than with wildlife, may act as the source for important pandemic viruses.” (By: Julia ...
The United States plans to transfer the command of the 5th Corps of the U.S. Army from Kentucky to Poland and 30 American F-16 fighters from Germany to the eastern borders of NATO. In addition, ...
Lack of healthcare is a death sentence. (Common Dreams) In the first 10 Democratic debates, moderators asked candidates 21 questions about how they planned to pay for social programs like Medicare for All. Yet when it ...
“Taxpayers provided funding for the development of this drug. Now Gilead is price-gouging off it during a pandemic. Beyond disgusting,” said Sen. Bernie Sanders. (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) Consumer advocates reacted with disgust Monday ...
Comedian and former talk show host Jon Stewart directs Irresistible, a new feature film that explores the role of money in politics. Teaming up with his one-time “The Daily Show” colleague Steve Carell, Jon Stewart’s ...
“Most researchers estimate that we will not have a viable COVID-19 vaccine until 2021, at the earliest.” In total, the United States has had over 2.4 million confirmed COVID-19 (Coronavirus, 2019) cases since the onset of the ...
While community members remembered Elijah McClain with a violin vigil, the police responded with pepper spray and batons. After a full month of nationwide protests in response to a Minneapolis cop killing George Floyd, in ...
Abby Martin’s new documentary, “Afghanistan War Exposed: An Imperial Conspiracy,” is a tour de force, a must watch for every American seeking a holistic understanding of American’s longest-running war. (Mintpress News) The perpetual occupation of ...
Netflix is adding Spike Lee’s film, Rodney King to its roster of free streaming content — as part of its Black Lives Matter collection of films, TV shows and documentaries. The film originally premiered in ...
(David Swanson) The past month’s activism has changed a great deal. One thing it’s helped with is brushing aside the tired old argument over whether government should be big or small. In its place we ...
“This cannot be viewed as isolated from the Sheriff Deputy-led lynch mob that gained national notoriety last month. Governor Roy Cooper needs to send in the SBI to conduct an independent investigation of all WPD ...
“Elijah McClain and his family deserve justice.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Demonstrators in Aurora, Colorado Saturday are calling for justice for Elijah McClain, a 23-year-old Black man who died after being attacked by city ...
Unfounded statements by UNSMIL Head Stephanie Williams gave the GNA militants a green light to falsify accusations against the Libyan Army.
“This is a clear instance of the law and law enforcement being used to protect corporations, profit, and property over people.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) At least 40 U.S. climate and environmental advocacy groups ...
It looks like the president’s goal is to make America white. When President Donald Trump first began talking about ending “chain migration” in 2017, media outlets pointed out that his own parents-in-law had likely obtained lawful ...
“After talking with Breonna Taylor’s family, I’ve come to the conclusion that it’s long past time to get rid of no-knock warrants. This bill will effectively end no-knock raids in the United States.” In the ...
“It’s obvious,” Barr said. US Attorney General William Barr offered no evidence to support the Trump administration’s stance against mail-in voting. During an interview on “Morning Edition,” the highest ranking US attorney also defended the ...
The Iranian regime has brought nothing but poverty and destruction for Iranian people. Iranian women are under even greater pressure, due to the regime’s misogynist nature. The current situation of the Iranian society has forced ...
The US is considering approving the product even as Monsanto juggles multiple multi-million dollar lawsuits from cancer patients over its deadly Roundup herbicide. (By: Alan Macleod, Mintpress News) The United States Department of Agriculture is ...
Experts warn that continued world population growth will make things worse. For decades, the public health officials like those at the World Health Organization warned that overcrowding exacerbates the risks of pandemics. Hygiene, social distancing ...
![U.S. Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo joins President Donald J. Trump for a working lunch with Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc in Hanoi, Vietnam, on February 27, 2019. [State Department photo by Ron Przysucha/ Public Domain]](https://citizentruth.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/trump-bolton-pompeo-288x180.jpg "Bolton Weaves a Tall Tale in his Venezuela Chapter 46")
Four major sanctions over 10 months that crippled the Venezuelan economy are hardly indicative of an administration that “vacillated and wobbled”, in Bolton’s words. (Common Dreams) From the first paragraph of “Venezuela Libre”, the ninth ...
“Europe will have to take on more responsibility.” On Monday, President Donald Trump ordered the U.S military to withdraw 9,500 out of over 34,000 troops from Germany by September, citing that Berlin had owed payment ...
“Carlos Ingram Lopez should still be alive today.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) Video of the police killing of Tucson, Arizona resident Carlos Ingram Lopez in April was released to the public on Wednesday, prompting ...
The future of school choice with COVID-19 may be playing out in suburban communities like Wake County, North Carolina, and it isn’t pretty. While sheltering with her family during the pandemic, dealing with the challenges ...
As protests against police brutality and racism drive policy shifts around the nation, which changes can actually bring sustained long-term improvements? Protesters against police brutality and racism have gathered to demand systemic change since the ...
With a global pandemic and an economic recession, homeless sweeps meet resistance While millions of Americans were told to stay at home at the beginning of the coronavirus crisis, unhoused people were the most acutely ...
“There are no more worthy targets of a climate fraud lawsuit than Exxon, Koch Industries, and API: the unholy trinity of climate denial.” (By: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison filed a ...
“Mr. Barr’s work at the Department of Justice has nothing to do with correcting injustice. He is the President’s fixer.” The House Judiciary Committee opened its investigation into Attorney General William Barr Wednesday with testimony ...
With mass protests over the killing of George Floyd by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin morphing into demands to grapple with racism and to confront a police culture where brutality is all too common, and ...
“Since capitalism never could end cyclical downturns and their awful effects, its survival required making those effects somehow socially tolerable. Systemic racism survived in the post-Civil War United States partly because it helped to achieve ...
Tonight we are proving that the people’s movement in NY isn’t an accident. It‘s a mandate. While nationwide protests against police brutality continue, some voters had the chance to vote in Democratic primary elections in ...
It’s become clear we can’t rely on EPA to do its job. Which is why the task once again falls to Congress. (Common Dreams) Four years ago this week, Congress and President Obama took a ...
“I don’t kid. Let me just tell you. Let me make it clear,” said President Donald Trump. The statement came as a response to White House officials who insisted the president was simply joking when ...
Biden’s unconditional support for Israel’s rightwing government is not only less and less popular among Americans, but it guarantees continued repression against Palestinians and continued unrest in the region. (Common Dreams) Joe Biden wants you ...
“Let us go forward together, and demand that Congress finally make the necessary investments in clean water for all Americans, putting human lives ahead of corporate profits.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) A report about ...
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