Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Remember those twisted words by Wayne LaPierre, then leader of the National Rifle Association, just days after the mass murder at Sandy Hook Elementary School in December 2012? Standing…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license For radical socialists, one of the most frustrating political experiences in the post-Cold War era is witnessing the dramatic deterioration of socio-economic conditions throughout the developed world…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Immigrant rights advocates and legal experts on Monday applauded as the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Texas officials cannot impede federal border agents from cutting down razor wire that…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Progressive advocacy groups, medical professionals, and elected officials across the United States renewed demands for federal action to restore and expand nationwide abortion rights on Monday, the…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license The executive body of Progressive International warned Monday of the accelerating erosion of Indian democracy as right-wing Prime Minister Narendra Modi officially consecrated a highly controversial Hindu…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Sen. Bernie Sanders, Rep. Barbara Lee, and other progressives in the U.S. Congress have introduced legislation to raise taxes on corporations that pay their top executives over 50 times…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres said Sunday that the suffering Israeli forces are inflicting on Gaza’s population is the worst he’s seen during his seven-year tenure, pointing…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license As the only major U.S. oil company that still hasn’t set emissions-reduction targets for all of their operations and products, an activist shareholder group said Monday that ExxonMobil has…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 22, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license The Biden administration is reportedly planning for a “sustained” assault on Yemen after a barrage of U.S. airstrikes in recent days failed to halt Houthi attacks…
Published originally at Common Dreams on January 21, 2024 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres called Israel’s assault on Gaza “heartbreaking” and “totally unacceptable” as he addressed the opening of the Third South Summit of the…
