Rick Santelli Calls for Infecting Global Population with Coronavirus

"The projected death of 11 million Americans would be a fair price to pay for better long term stock growth, says a capitalist extremist." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

ICC Allows Afghanistan War Crimes Inquiry to Proceed

"This decision vindicates the rule of law and gives hope to the thousands of victims seeking accountability when domestic courts and authorities have failed them." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

New MIT Study Disputes Key Claim That Paved Way for Right-Wing Coup in Bolivia

The Organization of American States "greatly misled the media and the public about what happened in Bolivia's elections." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Why Is the Pain of Women and Minorities Often Ignored?

Recognizing and believing their pain is essential to the work of healing and justice... The trial of media mogul Harvey Weinstein is “a test of sympathies”—and Weinstein wants yours. | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

The Company Behind the Iowa Caucus App Debacle Has a Deeply Troubling Plan

Treating citizens as mere pawns in a game run by propaganda shops.. Those gathered to see the Iowa caucus results roll in on February 4 were sorely disappointed- the vote-counting process had been delayed by the slick new app meant to make the process more efficient had malfuncti … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Rights Groups Call on US Universities to Ban Facial Recognition Technology

"This mass surveillance experiment does not belong in our public spaces, and certainly not in our schools." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Concentration of CO2 Hits Record High of 416 Ppm

"Emissions from fossil fuels and deforestation need to be reduced to ZERO to stop this trend!" | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

'Scale of This Failure Has No Precedent': Hot Ocean Killed One Million Seabirds

The lead author called the mass die-off "a red-flag warning about the tremendous impact sustained ocean warming can have on the marine ecosystem." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Amazon Accused of Threatening to Fire Climate Activists

"Hey @JeffBezos, which side are you on? Climate denial and delay or humanity's?" | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

New Data Shows Income of Top 1% Has Grown 100x Faster Than Bottom 50% Since 1970

"The bulk of a generation of economic growth has been captured and concentrated in a few hands, and many people have barely seen any of it." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Leak of Data Reveals Money-Hiding Secrets of Superrich

"It's hard to overstate how notorious and suspicious the firm is." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

New Analysis Details 'Aggressive' Tax Dodging of Silicon Valley Giants

Among the tech companies studied, Amazon "stands out as the business with the poorest tax conduct," according to the U.K.-based Fair Tax Mark. | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Cities, States Take Up the Battle for an Open Internet and Municipal Broadband

A different vision of how the internet could operate is already taking shape across the United States... Internet service providers like Comcast and Verizon are free to slow down, block or prioritize internet traffic as they wish, without interference by the federal government. T … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

One SpaceX rocket flight is equal to 395 one-way transatlantic flights

One SpaceX rocket flight is equal to 395 one-way transatlantic flights. | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

How Big Corporations Spy on Their Workers to Keep Their Wages Down

"If corporations get the green light to spy on workers, they'll have an easier time ferreting out organizing campaigns and bullying employees into dropping them.".. Google’s computers are spying on its workers.Anytime a Google employee uses an online calendar to schedule a meetin … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Apple's $2.5B Home Loan Program a Distraction

"We cannot rely on corporate tax evaders to solve California's housing crisis." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

$3.8B US Military Aid to Israel Should Be Leveraged ToEndTreatmentofPalestinians

"We have a right to say to the Israeli government that the United States of America and our taxpayers and our people believe in human rights, we believe in democracy, we will not accept authoritarianism or racism." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Payout for WeWork CEO Equal to Years of Salary for Company's Laid Off Workers

"This is likely only the beginning of a jobs massacre." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Removing the Profit from Our Pills: The Case for a Public Pharma System

The American people are ready to extract the profit from our pills, and this new report shows us how to do it... Any American who has paid the price of a patent-protected medicine knows the core flaw in the U.S. prescription drug system: our elected leaders have handed over contr … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Terrifying New Climate Models Warn of 6-7°C of Warming by 2100

"Global greenhouse gas emissions need to decline today rather than tomorrow, and global CO2 emissions should be brought to net zero." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Cutting Health Benefits of 1,900 Workers Saved Bezos What He Makes in Six Hours

A new analysis finds that the billionaire could provide annual coverage slashed last week with just a fraction of what he makes personally each day. | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Russia Has ‘Oligarchs,’ the US Has ‘Businessmen’ – Common Dreams Views

In 150 NYT, CNN and Fox articles, ‘oligarch’ seems reserved for Slavic billionaires.. Even in corporate media, you will occasionally see references to the United States as an “oligarchy.” That is the judgment of former President Jimmy Carter, of peer-reviewed academic studies, an … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Germany Announces Plan to Ban Glyphosate Pesticides

"What we need is more humming and buzzing." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Report Sounds Alarm over Brain-Reading Technology and Neurocapitalism

"Your brain, the final privacy frontier, may not be private much longer." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Leaked Draft of Trump Executive Order to 'Censor the Internet' Denounced

"In practice, this executive order would mean that whichever political party is in power could dictate what speech is allowed on the Internet." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

The Rise of Corporate Nations

Multinational corporations are increasingly encroaching on the functions of sovereign states.. "There is no America. There is no democracy. There is only IBM and ITT and AT&T and DuPont, Dow, Union Carbide, and Exxon. Those are the nations of the world today … The world is a coll … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

"Impeachment proceedings must start immediately," says Texas Democrat, "in order to protect our country's values and our families' lives." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Study Warns Carbon-Saturated Oceans Headed Toward Tipping Point

"Once we're over the threshold...you're dealing with how the Earth works, and it goes on its own ride." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Hundreds Storm Police Lines to Shut Down Coal Mine in Germany

"This is not only about coal power," said one Ende Gelände spokesperson. "This is about changing a destructive system that is based on the quest for infinite economic growth and exploitation. We are fighting for a future in which people count more than profits." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

House Democrats and GOP Hand Domestic Surveillance Powers

"The Democrats who voted against this common sense amendment just threw immigrants, LGBTQ folks, activists, journalists, and political dissidents under the bus by voting to rubberstamp the Trump administration’s Orwellian domestic spying capabilities." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Greenpeace Blockades BP London HQ with Metal Containers

"The science is clear: we must stop searching for new oil and gas if we want a livable planet. BP must clean up or clear out." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Facial Recognition Data Collected by US Customs Agency Hacked

"Even if you 100% trust the US government with your biometric information (which you shouldn't) this is a reminder that once your face is scanned and stored in a database, it's easily shared across government agencies, stolen by hackers, other governments, etc." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Most Important Stat on the Planet: Alarm as Atmospheric CO2 Soars to Record High

"We should no longer measure our wealth and success in the graph that shows economic growth, but in the curve that shows the emissions of greenhouse gases." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

Roger McNamee Pushes Toronto to Abandon 'Smart City' Waterfront Development

"It is a dystopian vision that has no place in a democratic society." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 4 years ago

CO2 Levels Hit 415 PPM for First Time in 3M+ Years

"How is this not breaking news on all channels all over the world?" | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

In Afghanistan US-backed forces now killing more civilians than ISIS or Taliban

"A shocking number of civilians continue to be killed and maimed each day." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Industry Whistleblower Gives Glimpse of Effort to Crush Medicare for All

"The business model of for-profit health insurance depends on denying care to people who need it. These corporations can't be reasoned with, only defeated." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Arctic Has Entered 'Unprecedented State' That Threatens Global Climate Stability

"Never have so many Arctic indicators been brought together in a single paper." And the findings spell trouble for the entire planet. | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Victory for Our Oceans

"The judge's ruling today shows that the president cannot just trample on the constitution to do the bidding of his cronies in the fossil fuel industry at the expense of our oceans, wildlife, and climate." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

It is impossible for any doomed population to grasp how fragile the decayed financial, social and political system is on the eve of implosion... The Trump administration did not rise, prima facie, like Venus on a half shell from the sea. Donald Trump is the result of a long proce … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Benzene from Petrochemical Fire Triggers 'Shelter in Place' Order for Texas City

"This is not going to get any better anytime soon." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

'Everybody In, Nobody Out': What's Known About the Medicare for All Act of 2019

With H.R. 676 no longer and Rep. Pramila Jayapal (D-Wa.) to soon unveil a revised single-payer bill, here's our informed perspective on why the new version is shaping up to be a much stronger and more detailed piece of legislation.. As the 2019 legislative session in Congress kic … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Problem Isn't Robots Taking Our Jobs. It's Oligarchs Taking Our Power

Training for the jobs of the future keeps workers trapped as long as workers can't shape how technology is used and who profits from it.. Each week workers are confronted with yet another article touting the threat of technology wiping out their jobs. | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

2How the Canadian Health Care System Is Better Than Obamacare

In the United States, tens of thousands of Americans will continue to die every year due to lack of health insurance and much higher prices for drugs, medical devices, and health care itself... Dear America:Costly complexity is baked into Obamacare. No health insurance system is … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Plan to Add Face Surveillance to Your Front Door

It is doing so without regard for how the technology will be exploited by law enforcement, ICE, and other government agencies prone to violence and racial discrimination.. Recently, a patent application from Amazon became public that would pair face surveillance — like Rekognitio … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

69 of the Richest 100 Entities on the Planet Are Corporations, Not Governments

157 of top 200 economic entities by revenue are corporations not countriesTop 10 corporate revenues exceed $3 trillionBritish government urged to support Binding Treaty to hold corporations to account at UN in Geneva this weekTop corporations continue to accrue revenues far in ex … | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Teacher Charged $109K After Heart Attack

"The lesson is, if you live in America and get charged an outrageous medical bill, you better hope you can find a journalist to write about it." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago

Facebook Exec Warns News Outlets to Cooperate or End Up Dying in 'Hospice'

"Anyone who does care about news needs to understand Facebook as a fundamental threat." | Continue reading


@commondreams.org | 5 years ago