Hillary Clinton has maintained a lead over Jill Stein in the most recent survey of Common Dreams’ US readers who are likely to vote in the November election. This survey of a sampling of Common Dreams’ US readers was conducted September 7-9, 2016. The last survey was done Aug.3-5. While the Democratic Party nominee is […]
Twenty-one water protectors were arrested in North Dakota on Wednesday after a military-style raid interrupted a peaceful prayer ceremony at a Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) construction site. Hundreds of demonstrators have been taking part in the prayer ceremony in recent days, according to the Red Warrior Camp, traveling to sacred sites that are being threatened […]
Telecommunications giant AT&T is spying on Americans for profit and helped law enforcement agencies investigate everything from the so-called war on drugs to Medicaid fraud—all at taxpayers’ expense, according to new reporting by The Daily Beast. The program, known as Project Hemisphere, allowed state and local agencies to conduct warrantless searches of trillions of call […]
In advance of a “tech summit” between Silicon Valley leaders and President-elect Donald Trump at New York’s Trump Tower on Wednesday, over 200 tech employees have signed an open letter vowing to fight Trump’s campaign promises to build a “Muslim registry” and deport millions of people. “Now is the time for tech giants to stand […]
Pennsylvania Republican Rep. Lou BarlettaLouis (Lou) James BarlettaBottom Line Ex-GOP congressman to lead group to protect Italian products from tariffs Head of Pennsylvania GOP resigns over alleged explicit texts MORE is seen as the leading GOP candidate to take on Sen. Bob CaseyRobert (Bob) Patrick Casey21 senators urge Pentagon against military use to curb nationwide […]
President TrumpDonald John TrumpSenate advances public lands bill in late-night vote Warren, Democrats urge Trump to back down from veto threat over changing Confederate-named bases Esper orders ‘After Action Review’ of National Guard’s role in protests MORE’s reelection campaign is using Time magazine’s latest cover to raise funds. A campaign email sent Tuesday afternoon attacks […]
Donald Trump’s latest tax proposals would give the biggest windfalls to the richest households in the U.S. and raise the debt by $20.9 trillion by 2036, according to a new analysis by the nonpartisan Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center (TPC). The Republican presidential nominee would cut taxes by $6.2 trillion over the next decade, with 47 […]
A former Obama aide is calling on Democrats not to support President-elect Donald Trump’s so-called infrastructure plan, saying it’s a “trap” and a “mistake in policy and political judgment they will regret.” On the campaign trail, Trump promised to invest $1 trillion into repairing America’s crumbling roads and bridges, creating new jobs along the way—an […]
Describing the fight over the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL) as “a national crisis and an international scandal,” a coalition of 26 environmental organizations on Monday called on leading banks to stop funding the project. “Citibank’s leading role in financing the pipeline makes it complicit in gross violations of Indigenous and human rights.”—Lindsey Allen, Rainforest Action […]
The progressive finance and economics website Naked Capitalism has demanded a retraction and apology from the Washington Post for its “astonishingly lazy report” smearing independent news outlets as “Russian propaganda.” The Post story, as Common Dreams reported, cited anonymous organization PropOrNot in accusing multiple left-wing outlets of peddling “fake news” during the 2016 election as […]