By Eoin Higgins, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – “The goal of these anti-Muslim hate campaigns is clear—they put Muslim lives here and around the world at risk and undermine our country’s commitment to religious pluralism.” Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib, the first two Muslim-American women elected to Congress, have been the target of […]
Are Israel Lobbies Primary Threat to First Amendment? Report Exposes Right-Wing Effort to Ban Criticism of Israel in US Schools
By Jessica Corbett, staff writer | – ( Commondreams.org) – “Fanatical Zionists are pushing U.S. state legislatures to pass sweeping new restrictions on free speech.” Human rights and free speech advocates responded with alarm Thursday to a Guardian report revealing that pro-Israel and right-wing lobbyists are encouraging Republican state lawmakers to pass legislation that could […]
‘Students Have Led and We Must Follow’: Thousands of Scientists From 40 Nations Join Global Climate Strike
By Julia Conley, staff writer | (Commondreams.org ) More than 2,000 scientists on Thursday pledged to take part in the Global Climate Strike and week of action beginning Friday, joining the labor movement, Amazon workers, and teachers in refusing to allow children to carry the burden of securing the planet’s future by demanding climate action. […]
A Total Disgrace’: Outrage as Trump EPA Says It Won’t Ban Pesticide Linked to Brain Damage in Children
By Jake Johnson, staff writer In a move environmentalists denounced as yet another case of the Trump administration putting industry profits over public health, the Environmental Protection Agency announced on Thursday that it will not ban chlorpyrifos, a pesticide linked to brain damage in children. “The EPA’s refusal to ban chlorpyrifos ignores decades of science […]
As Trump Supports Israel’s West Bank Annexation, Lawmakers and Rights Advocates Condemn Plan to Commit ‘War Crime’
By Julia Conley | (Commondreams.org) – “That is not the path to peace, that is the road to an endless conflict.” A top Trump administration official signaled Saturday that the U.S. would welcome Israel’s reported plan to break international law by annexing parts of the West Bank, angering advocates for Palestinian rights. U.S. Ambassador to […]
US Army Tweeted ‘How has Serving Impacted You?’ It didn’t Go Well.
By Andrea Germanos, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – “How has serving impacted you?” the Army asked. The responses poured in. The U.S. Army may have gotten more than it bargained for when it recently asked on Twitter, “How has serving impacted you?” The question, posed just before the nation officially marks Memorial Day, brought […]
Assange’s Arrest means that any Journalist can be extradited to US for Publishing the Truth
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – The U.S. Justice Department on Thursday indicted WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for a “computer hacking conspiracy,” a charge some corporate talking heads and reporters immediately touted as evidence that journalism is not under threat. “Indictment of Assange charges him with hacking, not publishing, a crucial difference […]
“Sun is Setting on Dirty Energy:” Green New Deal Resolution’s New Era of Climate Action
By Jake Johnson, staff writer | – (Commondreams.org) – “When we look back on today, this will be the moment we will be able to say that the political tide has turned on the rising seas.” “Today is a good day for the country, for the climate movement, and for all humanity.” After years of […]
“Untrump the World”: Hundreds of Thousands March in Berlin against Far Right
By Common Dreams staff | – BERLIN, GERMANY: Protesters participate in the Unteilbar (‘indivisible’) march against racism, exclusion and exploitation and for an open society on October 13, 2018 in Berlin, Germany. Organizers of the march decry the growing divisions in European society that they claim are being fuelled by policies that accentuate the gap […]
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