“A war in the region now threatens its entire oil and shipping infrastructure, and can also take down the entire global economy in its wake.” With the United States walking out of the Joint Comprehensive Plan ...
Beyond telling the story of the runaway slave who became a leader in the fight against slavery during the 1800s, the biopic also explores lesser-known parts of Tubman’s life, such as her battle with epilepsy ...
“As wildfire experts have repeatedly explained, you can’t log or even ‘rake’ our way out of this mess. The Trump administration and the interior department are pushing mystical theories that are false in order to ...
“I think in general, we do know that poor mental health is strongly correlated with poverty.” Increasing the minimum wage can lead to a reduction in the suicide rate, according to a new study by ...
China accused the US of excessive fear-mongering over the coronavirus outbreak with travel restrictions and evacuations, as Chinese stocks plummeted to their worst day in years over fears of the virus. On Monday, the Chinese ...
He was heard in the call explaining what he would have to do to get into the race to stop “the possibility of Bernie Sanders taking down the Democratic Party — down whole.” The Democrat ...
“Employees of these firms range from associates to CEO’s and from low dollar donors to bundlers, but their support of these candidates may hint that the labor policies they expect from a Biden (or Buttigieg) ...
“The United States is doing a 180 on the near-global consensus to ban the abhorrent and inhumane use of landmines.” (By: Andrea Germanos, Common Dreams) The Trump administration announced Friday that it was officially rolling ...
When Bernie says “Not Me. Us,” people listen and take it to heart. That may not mean everything, but it matters a great deal.
In the first of a three-part series, Agha Hussein investigates efforts by wealthy Gulf Arab countries to ply post-war Syria away from Iran by investing heavily in its post-war reconstruction. (By: Agha Hussain, Mintpress News) ...
“DNC changing the rules to benefit a billionaire.” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) After debate rules were changed in favor of allowing billionaire Mike Bloomberg to join the candidates onstage vying for the 2020 Democratic ...
“I work in one of the poorest counties in Michigan and my patients depend on expanded Medicaid, so how is that going to affect my patients? It’s been a godsend to the patients I serve. ...
“I’m done with fossil fuels … they’re just done. We’re starting to see divestment all over the world. You’re seeing divestiture by a lot of different funds. It’s going to be a parade. It’s going ...
Intense fighting initiated by the terrorist group of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham and its proxies continues in Idlib governorate. According to the General Command of the Syrian Armed Forces, the government army counterattacked militants concentrated around ...
In the past decade, new technologies have transformed the way that people learn. The world of education changed in the past decade. New technologies transformed the way that people learn, standards for what is taught ...
“Something strange is happening, because they’re finishing off all the activists, the people who are doing something for society… With his death, not only my family lost a loved one; but the whole world, and ...
Chipotle’s fine was the largest in state history and the latest in a series of industry labor abuses. Qdoba, a Chipotle competitor, and franchisees of Wendy’s, McDonald’s, and Burger King have all been hit with ...
Although the risk of full-scale war with Iran has significantly diminished, there are several other tools Iran could use against the U.S. If Iran has come to play second fiddle to U.S. President Donald Trump’s ...
Warren’s plan was criticized for giving the state the power to censor and criminalize internet content and for failing to define ‘disinformation.’ On Wednesday, Senator Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign released a statement detailing her plan ...
The three sites chosen for the news bases, Erbin, Sulimania and Halabja are all extremely close to Iran, with Halabja just eight miles from its border. (By: Alan MacLeod, Mintpress News) Less than a week ...
“We want what all sovereign nations want – to be free from corruption, free from nepotism, free from foreign interventionism and free to decide what our country’s future will look like.” “We want what all ...
“Chevron is using its limitless resources to crush defendants and win this case through might rather than merit.” Chevron is waging a scorched earth legal campaign against the environmental lawyer who won a multi-billion suit ...
“The pressure is working,” said Indivisible. “We need to hear from Bolton and the other witnesses who know exactly how egregious Trump’s abuse of power was.” (By: Jake Johnson, Common Dreams) President Donald Trump fired ...
“Does a crisis really happen if it is not in the headlines? YES.” (By: Julia Conley, Common Dreams) Out of the top 10 most under-reported humanitarian crises in the world last year—many of them climate-related—nine ...
“Who are we bombing? Why? What will it yield but more war?” (By: Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams) The U.S. military dropped a record-breaking number of bombs on Afghanistan in 2019, the Air Force announced Tuesday, ...
The Department of Defense is likely to spend over $725 billion in fiscal 2020. This represents roughly 53% of total discretionary spending. And yet, the topic has received virtually no debate during this campaign season. Is ...
The ruling will give the United States government increased power to reject green card applications even if there is only a suspicion that the applicants may need financial assistance in some form. The United States ...
“The most essential journalism of every era,” says the NSA whistleblower, “is precisely that which a government attempts to silence.” (By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams) In an op-ed published Sunday night by the Washington Post, National Security ...
In contrast to initial reports dismissing injuries among American service members, 34 American troops suffered traumatic brain injuries from Iranian airstrikes on Al Asad Air Base in Iraq earlier this month. On January 8 Iran ...
“I say this with love to the Grammys, because you really need to know this. Every year, y’all be killing us, man. I’m speaking for all the artists here, producers, executives. The amount of time ...
“Epstein was hiding in plain sight. We all knew about him. We all knew what he was doing, but we had no one that was – no legal aspect that would go after him. They ...
Patients often tell us that they consume cannabis as alternative and natural methods to pharmaceuticals – specifically pertaining to sleep assistance, pain relief and anxiety control. Currently, the medical use of cannabis is legalized in ...
American political leaders have largely failed to bring attention to violent oppression in India, the world’s biggest democracy. India has been racked with turmoil for months, largely inflicted by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his ...
“Leaked 2018 audio recording of president was released by legal team of Lev Parnas, close associate of Trump’s personal attorney Rudy Giuliani. ‘You know, [Sanders] basically says we’re getting screwed on trade,’ said Trump. ‘And ...
“Film festivals play a critical role in shaping our culture, which is why representation and access is so critical.” It seems the renowned Sundance Film Festival is being added to the growing list of venerable ...
“What this new U.N. Human Rights Committee decision does is allow lawyers to actually use this precedent-setting text to argue in future court cases [for] a client that fits within this kind of narrow definition.” ...
What Senate Democrats really need right now is talented orator. Someone who could say something like this.
Turkey’s ruling party is attempting to introduce a law that would grant amnesty to rapists as long as they marry their victim, four years after a similar bill ignited domestic and international backlash. At the ...
The U.S. is adamant that its assassination of Qassem Soleimani and refusal to leave Iraq is about protecting Americans, but a little known Iraqi parliamentary session reveals how China increasingly strong ties to Baghdad may ...
Europe’s zero interest rate is being used to further hollow out its major cities as those with capital in cities such as Munich, Berlin, Paris and Amsterdam are borrowing at no cost and buying up ...
As we welcome the new year, it’s worth taking a look back at last year to ponder how far the world has come on marijuana law reform—and how far it has to go. The wall ...
Brandon Lipps, an Under-Secretary at the USDA, announced a rule change in the federal school lunch program, changing the requirements in place since The Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010. The rule changes allow that portions ...
“In Bolivia, if the armed forces are shooting the people, killing the people, the people have the right to organize their security.” – Evo Morales It was a curious exchange. Frustrated by the attacks on ...
Time magazine named teen climate activist Greta Thunberg its person of the year last December but in truth, given that this has been a year of global unrest and efforts from the streets worldwide to ...
“This all-out assault on basic safeguards will send our country back to the days when corporate polluters could dump whatever sludge or slime they wished into the streams and wetlands that often connect to the ...
Although I was once a strong supporter of Hillary Clinton, I followed my progressive heart and felt the Bern in 2016. Now I struggle with the pressure to "Vote Blue No Matter Who." Hillary Clinton's recent comments ...
The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists published a tranche of documents implicating Africa’s richest women in mismanagement of Angola’s state oil company. Newly-leaked documents revealed Isabel dos Santos, daughter of former Angolan President José Eduardo ...
With the right incentives, you can change people's behavior. We require transformative societal change. This article discusses the challenges as well as how people can be incentivized to change to solve the climate crisis.
The seven countries that would reportedly be included in the expanded travel ban are Belarus, Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, Myanmar, Nigeria, Sudan and Tanzania. President Donald Trump announced at the World Economic Forum that his administration is ...
“McConnell’s opposition to the bill comes after he had an exceptional quarter of fundraising from executives and PACs of pharmaceutical companies that could be forced to reduce the prices of their drugs under Medicare if ...
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