Published originally at Common Dreams on March 12, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Saudi Aramco, an oil giant almost entirely owned by the government of Saudi Arabia, announced Sunday that it brought in a staggering $161.1 billion in profits…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 11, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Friday denied reports that U.S. President Joe Biden would imminently approve the Willow Project, saying “no final…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 11, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license While advocates of peace and a multipolar world order welcomed Friday’s China-brokered agreement reestablishing diplomatic relations between Iran and Saudi Arabia, U.S. press, pundits,…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 12, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license In 2018, ignoring the vocal warnings of experts and advocacy groups, the then-Republican-controlled Congress passed legislation that weakened post-financial crisis regulations for banks with…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 12, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Commissioner Christine Wilson’s “noisy exit” from the Federal Trade Commission officially has an end date. On March 2, she submitted her official resignation to President Biden…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 11, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license A few weeks ago, Bernie phoned. “Bob?” The Brooklyn patois was unmistakable. “Bernie!” “Listen, I want you to know that I recommended you to…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 10, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Marissa Barnwell, a 15-year-old high school student in Lexington, South Carolina, was joined by her parents and the family’s lawyer on Thursday as they…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 9, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license President Joe Biden unveiled a budget blueprint Thursday that requests $886.4 billion in military spending for fiscal year 2024, pushing for a nearly $30…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 9, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Progressives on Thursday lambasted dozens of U.S. Senate Democrats for dealing “a huge blow to commonsense criminal justice reform efforts” by siding with the…

Published originally at Common Dreams on March 9, 2023 under Creative Commons CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license Progressives celebrated Thursday after Michigan’s Democratic-led House approved legislation that would rescind anti-union “right-to-work” laws imposed by Republican lawmakers in 2012 and restore prevailing…