'We are really running out of time. We need to reduce our emissions immediately,' expert Selina Ward warns. 'We cannot expect to save the Great Barrier Reef and be opening new fossil fuel developments.' commondreams.org/news/great-bar…

Maybe we should spend more on regulating companies like Boeing than subsidizing them? asks Lindsay Koshgarian. commondreams.org/opinion/taxes-…

The struggle for Palestinian liberation has become the defining ethical and political matter of our era, writes Eric Reinhart.
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'The voters will remember' that Arizona Republicans blocked an attempt to repeal the 1864 abortion ban that they claim to oppose. commondreams.org/news/arizona-a…

The gas industry—much like the oil industry—has cribbed heavily from the tobacco industry’s playbook to block government regulation by manufacturing doubt about the reality and seriousness of its “NOx problem,” writes Elliott Negin. commondreams.org/opinion/gas-in…

'The question for every government now is this—will you negotiate a treaty to protect the health of your people; or will you negotiate a treaty to protect the profits of the fossil fuel industry?​' commondreams.org/news/plastic-w…

The land rushes that are reproduced to sustain capitalism are held up by intersecting levers of oppression, among them class fragmentation and socially constructed identity politics like race and gender, writes salena tramel. commondreams.org/opinion/5-thin…

Read all about it... The Sunrise Movement 🌅 Going All Out to Back Squad Against Torrent of GOP Cash
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We as Americans must acknowledge that we are responsible for this crime against humanity, now in its seventh month and unfolding in full view of the entire world, write Feroze Sidhwa and Mark Perlmutter MD. commondreams.org/opinion/surgeo…

'In northern Gaza, the rate of malnutrition prior to October 7th was almost zero, and it is now one in three—one in three kids,' said Samantha Power. commondreams.org/news/samantha-…

The Biden administration is trying to create an impression that they are supporting the United Nations to bring an end to the fighting when, in fact, they are not, writes Stephen Zunes. commondreams.org/opinion/biden-…

Last week, we worked with Sanders Institute for a very important symposium on the housing affordability and homelessness crises, including the need for #RentControl .

Here's an excellent article by Jon Queally at Common Dreams that provides highlights. commondreams.org/news/housing-c…

'It is outrageous that the judge is allowing this trial to go forward despite the lack of any evidence of a crime,' said Institute for Policy Studies's John Cavanagh after a Salvadoran court affirmed the case against the Santa Marta 5 environmental defenders. commondreams.org/news/el-salvad…

The case of Brian Dorsey, who was executed in Missouri, 'demonstrates the systemic rot of our criminal legal system, which not only fails to prevent violence but actually enables violence itself,' said Congresswoman Cori Bush. commondreams.org/news/brian-dor…

The 1864 Arizona abortion ban 'is Donald Trump's plan. They can't run from it. They can't hide from it. And they can't lie to voters about it.' commondreams.org/news/trump-ari…

'Do the right thing. Drop the charges. #FreeAssangeNOW ,' says Stella Assange #FreeAssangeNOW as U.S. President Joe Biden says he's 'considering' dropping charges against jailed WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange. commondreams.org/news/biden-ass…

'Once billionaires are scared of the power of the NLRB, they bring in the big guns.' commondreams.org/news/nlrb-corp…

Mega-corporations Amazon & Walmart's excessive surveillance is dangerous for warehouse workers and jeopardizes their safety & well-being.

How these surveillance systems hold warehouse workers to inhuman standards & our call to Amazon & Walmart to put people over profits🧵

'As working people struggle to pay rent and put food on the table, we have a corrupt and rigged tax code that is designed to benefit the wealthy and the powerful,' said Bernie Sanders, introducing the Corporate Tax Dodging Prevention Act with Jan Schakowsky. commondreams.org/news/corporate…

Change is never easy and never comes by itself, it requires hard work and allies, writes James J. Zogby of Arab American Institute commondreams.org/opinion/politi…