82% of Voters Oppose GOP Push to Cut Social Security for Americans Under 50 - Voters would rather see taxes on wealthy Americans to ensure Social Security remains a guarantee for all

by g0ldfish to /s/politics from commondreams.org

GOP's 'Fiscal Vandalism and Political Sabotage' Prompts Second-Ever US Credit Downgrade:Republicans were warned that their repeated brinksmanship and deficit-funded tax giveaways for the wealthy and big corporations would have consequences

by bananahammock to /s/politics from commondreams.org

John Kerry Says 'Under No Circumstances' Will US Pay Poor Nations for Climate Damages

by CollisionResistance to /s/WayOfTheBern from commondreams.org

The Corporate Takeover of Ukrainian Agriculture (2015 article)

by penelopepnortney to /s/WayOfTheBern from commondreams.org

Bernie Sanders Unveils Bill to Force Pentagon to Pass an Audit—or Return Part of Its Budget | "The Pentagon and the military-industrial complex have been plagued by a massive amount of waste, fraud, and financial mismanagement for decades. That is absolutely unacceptable."

by stickdog to /s/WayOfTheBern from commondreams.org

House GOP just released a budget that would slash taxes for the rich, raise the Social Security retirement age, cut benefits across the board, and further Medicare privatization [as they've done periodically for 40 years, increasing extreme income inequality, killing off the middle class]

by UncleJemima to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Snowden Warns Today's Surveillance Technology Makes 2013 Look Like 'Child's Play'

by PanzerDivision to /s/Surveillance from commondreams.org

PEN America Joins Suit Against Florida School District Over 'Unconstitutional' Book Bans

by [deleted] to /s/LGBT from commondreams.org

US National Security Experts: Give Peace in Ukraine a Chance

by Drewski to /s/Antiwar from commondreams.org

'Death Outlives War': Analysis Estimates Post-9/11 Death Toll Tops 4.5 Million

by zyxzevn to /s/911truth from commondreams.org

Fire Kills Nearly 40 at Migrant Detention Facility Near US-Mexico Border

by [deleted] to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

Jimmy Carter Was Pilloried for Worrying About Israeli Apartheid—But He's Been Vindicated by History. Carter has been the only American president with the candor to call out Israel for mirroring apartheid policies of South Africa.

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from commondreams.org

'I Am Disturbed': Locals Alarmed Over Plan to Inject Toxic Ohio Wastewater Underground in Texas

by [deleted] to /s/USnews from commondreams.org

After 3 Months on Strike, HarperCollins Workers Reach Tentative Deal

by [deleted] to /s/AntiWrk from commondreams.org

'The Writing Is on the Wall for Fossil Fuels': Activist Investors Sue Shell Board Over Climate Failures

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

Sanders, Senate Dems Invite Schultz to Testify About Starbucks' Labor Law Violations

by [deleted] to /s/AntiWrk from commondreams.org

'This Is Criminal': BP Cuts Climate Pledges While Reporting Record $28 Billion in Profit

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

ACLU Sues CIA, DOJ, and NSA for Records About Warrantless Spying on Americans

by [deleted] to /s/privacy from commondreams.org

Tackle 'Abuse of Water' by Big Ag and Big Oil, Advocates Say Amid Colorado River Fight

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

'Strikes Work': REI Agrees to March 3 Union Election After Ohio Walkout

by [deleted] to /s/AntiWrk from commondreams.org

Because 1.5C Goal 'Not Plausible,' Study Says Deep Social Change Should Be Focus

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

AI Study Warns World Could Hit 2℃ Within Decades—Even With Emissions Cuts

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

20 House Dems Push Biden to Cut Off Security Aid to Peru Over 'Violent Repression' of Protesters

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

'Stop Drilling and Start Paying': Greenpeace Activists Occupy Shell Oil Platform

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

'A New Day for Bristol Bay' as EPA Blocks Pebble Mine in Alaska

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

Moderna's Home State Newspaper to Biden: 'Play Hardball' Over Covid Vaccine Price Hike

by [deleted] to /s/news from commondreams.org

Health Experts Warn Against Releasing Indian Point Radioactive Wastewater Into Hudson River

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

Biden Restores Vital Protections for Tongass National Forest Gutted by Trump

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

'Shameful': UK Approves 'Emergency' Use of Banned Bee-Killing Pesticide

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

'Shameful': UK Approves 'Emergency' Use of Banned Bee-Killing Pesticide

by [deleted] to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

'This Is a National Emergency': Dems Push for Assault Weapons Ban Amid String of Massacres

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

'This Is a National Emergency': Dems Push for Assault Weapons Ban Amid String of Massacres

by [deleted] to /s/news from commondreams.org

More Than 7 in 10 Democrats Back Government-Run Universal Healthcare: Poll

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Thousands Across US Demand Reproductive Freedom on Roe's 50th Anniversary

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Outrage as Biden Admin Refuses to Shield Right Whales From Lethal Vessel Strikes

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

Manchin-Romney Attack on Social Security Is 'Last Thing We Need': Sanders

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Docs Reveal Hundreds of US Agencies Spying on Americans' Money Transfers

by Drewski to /s/privacy from commondreams.org

Rainforest Carbon Offsets Used by Major Corporations 'Largely Worthless': Analysis

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

'This Insanity Belongs in Science Fiction': At Davos, UN Chief Rips Fossil Fuel Expansion

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

'We Need Medicare for All': Record Number in US Postponed Healthcare in 2022

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

'Every Billionaire Is a Policy Failure,' Says Oxfam as Global Elite Gather in Davos

by [deleted] to /s/business from commondreams.org

Thousands Rally in the Rain to Protest Destruction of German Village for Coal Mine

by [deleted] to /s/environment from commondreams.org

US, Israel Vote No as UN Approves World Court Resolution on Illegal Occupation

by [deleted] to /s/WorldPolitics from commondreams.org

16,000 Nurses Say They Are Ready to Strike Across New York City

by [deleted] to /s/USnews from commondreams.org

West Virginia Journalist Fired in Alleged Retaliation Over Reporting on Abuse in State Facilities

by [deleted] to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

Flush With Record Profits, Exxon Sues to Block EU Windfall Tax

by [deleted] to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

The US Justice Department Must Drop Charges Against Julian Assange | Amy Goodman

by Drewski to /s/OpinionPieces from commondreams.org

US B-52s to Australia & Europe

by mifu to /s/WorldPolitics from commondreams.org

Meet the Members of Congress Who Traded Defense Stocks While Making National Security Policy

by Chipit to /s/corruption from commondreams.org

'Worst Yet to Come' as Global Civil Unrest Index Hits All-Time High

by Drewski to /s/Unrest from commondreams.org

A CIA Whistleblower Reflects on the Persecution of Julian Assange

by Drewski to /s/WikiLeaks from commondreams.org

Structuring the Economy to Give Money to the Rich Is Inflationary

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

The War in Ukraine Pushes the World Closer to the Edge of a Climate Precipice

by [deleted] to /s/WorldPolitics from commondreams.org

The War in Ukraine Pushes the World Closer to the Edge of a Climate Precipice

by [deleted] to /s/Mysticism_Fusion from commondreams.org

Hard left is infuriated that the Supreme Court is doing what it was intended to do: interpret the Constitution. Apparently packing the court with new hard left judges was the "right" thing to do. Because nothing screams "legitimacy" like stacking the deck.

by Chipit to /s/politics from commondreams.org

New Documents Reveal Just How Much 'Emergency Power' the US Government Thinks It Might Have. Bush-era records released under the Freedom of Information Act raise concerns about the powers presidents might claim during crises, from suspending habeas corpus to implementing an internet kill switch.

by Chipit to /s/politics from commondreams.org

US Military Investigates Itself, Clears Itself of Blame in Syria Strike That Killed 'Piles' of Women and Children. A former evaluator in the Defense Department inspector general's office said he personally witnessed Pentagon brass trying to bury reports of the bombing.

by Chipit to /s/news from commondreams.org

US Bombed Somalia Amid Russian Invasion of Ukraine

by BravoVictor to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Marks a Deep Turning Point in the World Order. After the fall of the Soviet Union, the West failed to do anything other than gloat at the supposed “end of history” on Western terms as Russia suffered under neo-liberal economic "shock therapy".

by Chipit to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

Hundreds More Arrested Across Russia on Day 2 of Anti-War Protests

by Drewski to /s/Antiwar from commondreams.org

British Court Rules Assange Can Appeal US Extradition

by Drewski to /s/WikiLeaks from commondreams.org

'Fantastic!': Berlin Votes to Expropriate 240K Apartments From Corporate Landlords

by Budget-song-budget to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

Further Blow to Press Freedoms as US Wins Appeal in Effort to Extradite Julian Assange

by Drewski to /s/WikiLeaks from commondreams.org

'Historic Victory': Bayer to End US Residential Sales of Glyphosate-Based Herbicides

by Drewski to /s/environment from commondreams.org

Whistleblower Daniel Hale sentenced to prison for exposing US war crimes

by AcceleratedWallops to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Sentenced to 45 Months in Prison 'For Exposing US War Crimes'

by Drewski to /s/corruption from commondreams.org

In Pre-Sentencing Letter, Drone Whistleblower Daniel Hale Says Crisis of Conscience Motivated Leak

by Drewski to /s/corruption from commondreams.org

As UN Human Rights Chief Urges Stricter Rules, Snowden Calls for End to Spyware Trade

by hennaojichan to /s/conspiracy from commondreams.org

Biden Joins Long Line of Presidents to 'Woefully' Undercount Civilians Killed in US Wars

by Drewski to /s/Antiwar from commondreams.org

Julian Assange's Father and Brother Announce US Tour to Demand Journalist's Freedom

by Drewski to /s/WikiLeaks from commondreams.org

Anti-War Group Releases Activist Guide to End Militarized Policing in US

by Drewski to /s/PoliceMisconduct from commondreams.org

'Major Step Forward' as New Mexico Legalizes Recreational Marijuana

by Drewski to /s/cannabis from commondreams.org

Marking Two Years Since Assange's Arrest, Press Freedom Advocates Demand Biden DOJ Drop All Charges

by Drewski to /s/WikiLeaks from commondreams.org

Opinion | No, Biden Is Not Pushing the Saudis Hard Enough to End Yemen Blockade

by Drewski to /s/Antiwar from commondreams.org

Yemeni Families File Petition Against US for 'Unlawful' Killing of Scores of Relatives

by Drewski to /s/Antiwar from commondreams.org

Amnesty Calls on Biden to Close Guantánamo and End Military Commissions 'Once and For All'

by Drewski to /s/news from commondreams.org

'Co-Conspirators in Sedition': Here Are the Names of Every Republican Who Voted to Overturn Election Results

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Study of 50 Years of Tax Cuts For Rich Confirms 'Trickle Down' Theory Is an Absolute Sham

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

How Right-Wing Conservatives Have Laid Waste to America for 50 Years

by [deleted] to /s/politics from commondreams.org

ACLU Sues to Find Out How and Why Federal Agencies Are Accessing Americans' Cell Phone Location Data

by Drewski to /s/privacy from commondreams.org

'Intended to... Set the Stage for War'? Questions and Warnings as Top Iranian Nuclear Scientist Assassinated

by [deleted] to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

A Farce': Trump Critics, European Allies Challenge Pompeo Claim About Snapback of UN Sanctions on Iran

by flush_the_turd to /s/politics from commondreams.org

'Worst-Case Scenario' of Melting Ice and Sea Level Rise Coming to Pass, Warn Researchers

by Pis-dur to /s/WorldNews from commondreams.org

Pope Francis Says Covid-19 Vaccine Must Be 'Universal and for All'—Not Just the Rich and Powerful

by [deleted] to /s/Coronavirus from commondreams.org

To End 'Unconstitutional Nightmare,' ACLU Sues Trump Administration Over Use of Secret Police in Portland

by Drewski to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Bayer/Monsanto recently reached a $10 Billion settlement over Roundup cancer lawsuits.

by HibikiBlack to /s/conspiracy from commondreams.org

Media Continue to Ignore That Both Parties Almost Always Agree That More War Is Good

by Chipit to /s/OpinionPieces from commondreams.org

'Absolute Robbery': Gilead Announces $3,120 Price Tag for Covid-19 Drug Developed With $70 Million in Taxpayer Support — "Taxpayers provided funding for the development of this drug. Now Gilead is price-gouging off it during a pandemic. Beyond disgusting." said Sen. Bernie Sanders.

by EndlessSunflowers to /s/LateStageCapitalism from commondreams.org

With 'Systemic Violations' of Worker Rights, US Comes in Dead Last in Labor Rankings of Wealthy Nations

by magnora7 to /s/LaborRights from commondreams.org

With Militarization of Cops on Full Display, Senator Plans Amendment to End Transfer of Military Equipment to Local Police

by Drewski to /s/politics from commondreams.org

Corporate Looting as ‘Rescue Plan,’ Robber Barons as ‘Saviors’

by Jesus to /s/Coronavirus from commondreams.org

Corporate Looting as ‘Rescue Plan,’ Robber Barons as ‘Saviors’

by Jesus to /s/conspiracy from commondreams.org

Wall Street Wins, Again: Bailouts in the Time of Coronavirus

by Drewski to /s/economics from commondreams.org

Where Are All the Woke Capitalists Now?

by [deleted] to /s/KotakuInAction from commondreams.org

With Millions of Students Cut Off Digitally, Coronavirus Pandemic Bolsters Demand to Treat Internet as Public Utility

by Orangutan to /s/technology from commondreams.org

Elizabeth Warren Just Seven Days Ago: Joe Biden 'A Big Risk' Who 'Will Not Meet This Moment'

by fizzyj to /s/notasking from commondreams.org

Ocasio-Cortez Says Putting Pence in Charge of Coronavirus Effort 'Irresponsible' Because He 'Literally Does Not Believe in Science', 'He is not a medical doctor. He is not a health expert.', 'This decision could cost people their lives. Pence's past decisions already have.'

by EndlessSunflowers to /s/conspiracy from commondreams.org

Iran Says US Must Fix Its Own 'Nontransparent' and Undemocratic Elections Before Lecturing Others

by EndlessSunflowers to /s/WayOfTheBern from commondreams.org

Firm developing app for DNC caucus also worked on Clinton campaign

by jamesK_3rd to /s/news from commondreams.org

Snowden Warns Targeting of Greenwald and Assange Shows Governments 'Ready to Stop the Presses—If They Can'

by Drewski to /s/censorship from commondreams.org

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