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Common Dreams is a 501(c)3 nonprofit U.S.-based progressive news website that publishes news stories, editorials, and a newswire of current breaking news. It was founded in 1996 by political consultant Craig Brown, and the News Center launched the following year, in May 1997, by Brown and his wife Lina Newhouser (1951–2008). Brown, a native of Massachusetts, has a long history in progressive politics.

Asian-Americans
After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

After Mamdani Victory, Progressives Call for Primary Challenges to Democratic Establishment

Common Dreams

“The establishment has never been more weak than they are now,” one advocate told potential progressive candidates. “You need to run.” By Julia Conley | – ( Commondreams.org ) — New York state Assemblymember Zohran Mamdani’s victory over disgraced former Gov. Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s Democratic mayoral primary was quickly dismissed by some […]

Bill of Rights
Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Mahmoud Khalil, Released on Bail from ICE Detention, says “Justice will Prevail”

Common Dreams

The student organizer condemned the Trump administration’s treatment of “hundreds of men” he met while imprisoned in Louisiana for more than three months. By Julia Conley | – ( Commondreams.org ) – Leaving an immigration detention center in Jena, Louisiana after being imprisoned for 104 days for protesting Israel’s U.S.-backed bombardment of Gaza, former Columbia […]

Iran
Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be ‘Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War’

Bernie Sanders Says US Must Not Be ‘Dragged Into Another Netanyahu War’

Common Dreams

The independent U.S. senator condemned the “illegal unilateral attack on Iran” by Israel that “risks a full-blown regional war.” By Jon Queally | – ( Commondreams.org ) – As Iranian missiles were being shot down over Israel on Friday following the IDF’s unprovoked bombings of Iranian targets earlier in the day, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) […]

Congress
Threat to Rule of Law: Sen. Padilla thrown to Ground, Cuffed at Noem DHS Press Conference

Threat to Rule of Law: Sen. Padilla thrown to Ground, Cuffed at Noem DHS Press Conference

Common Dreams

“This isn’t just shocking,” said Rep. Jimmy Gomez (D-Calif.). “It’s a threat to the rule of law and democratic accountability.” By Jon Queally. | – ( Commondreams.org ) – Democratic Senator Alex Padilla of California was forcibly removed from a press conference being held by Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem in Los Angeles on […]

Israel/ Palestine
‘Killing all Humanity’: 2 Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in ‘Horrific’ Washington, DC Shooting

‘Killing all Humanity’: 2 Israeli Embassy Workers Killed in ‘Horrific’ Washington, DC Shooting

Common Dreams

“We are grounded first and foremost in the belief that all human life is precious, which is precisely why we are struggling for a world in which all people can live in safety and dignity,” said Jewish Voice for Peace. ( Commondreams.org) – Jewish Voice for Peace on Thursday was among those condemning the fatal […]

Bill of Rights
Rümeysa Öztürk freed, as Judge Warns of Grave Threat to Free Speech

Rümeysa Öztürk freed, as Judge Warns of Grave Threat to Free Speech

Common Dreams

“There has been no evidence that has been introduced by the government other than the op-ed,” U.S. District Judge William Sessions III said, referring to Öztürk’s article urging divestment from Israel. By Brett Wilkins | – ( Common Dreams ) – Rümeysa Öztürk, one of several pro-Palestine scholars kidnapped and imprisoned by the Trump administration […]

Bill of Rights
“I Am Not Afraid of You,” Freed Mohsen Mahdawi Tells Donald Trump

“I Am Not Afraid of You,” Freed Mohsen Mahdawi Tells Donald Trump

Common Dreams

The court’s order for the release of the detained student protest leader, said one lawyer, “is a victory for all people in this country invested in their ability to dissent and speak and protest.”   By Jessica Corbett Mohsen Mahdawi, a Palestinian student targeted for deportation by the Trump administration because he participated in anti-genocide […]

Bill of Rights
‘Immoral, Inhumane, and Illegal’: ICE Arrests Palestinian Columbia Protest Leader at urging of Far Right Zionist Betar Org.

‘Immoral, Inhumane, and Illegal’: ICE Arrests Palestinian Columbia Protest Leader at urging of Far Right Zionist Betar Org.

Common Dreams

“He came to this country hoping to be free to speak out about the atrocities he has witnessed, only to be punished for such speech,” said Mohsen Mahdawi’s lawyer. ( Common Dreams ) – A month after the international far-right pro-Israel group Betar named Columbia University student Mohsen Mahdawi as the next target in its […]

Health Care
Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

Despite Proven Fraud, Trump to Boost Payments to Privatized Medicare Advantage by $25 Billion

Common Dreams

“Privatized Medicare plans are denying patients the care they need, while defrauding the government of billions a year,” said one advocacy group. “Donald Trump is giving them even more taxpayer money.” By Jake Johnson | – ( Commondreams.org ) – The federal agency now headed by former television host Mehmet Oz announced Monday that it […]

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