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Common Dreams NewsCenter, often referred to simply as Common Dreams, is a popular U.S. based news website with a progressive perspective. Common Dreams publishes both news stories and editorials. Common Dreams also re-publishes syndicated content from Associated Press, columnists such as the late Molly Ivins, and news stories from a number of mainstream mass-market newspapers. The website also provides hyperlinks to other columnists, periodicals, radio outlets, news services, and websites. Common Dreams is nationally based, and aims to bring liberal/progressive Americans together to ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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George W Bush's $250 Million Can of Whitewash
What a piece of work it is: a $250 million, 226,000-square-foot edifice on 23 acres in Dallas. His brick-and-limestone structure is certainly imposing, but once inside, you ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
'The Gilded Age' Statistics Corporations Don't Want Workers, or Anyone, to See
If there's one thing about what many are calling the "The New Gilded Age," it's that well-known corporations—not to mention less well-known, but extremely powerful ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Sandra Steingraber, Others Get 15 Days in Jail for Civil Disobedience Against Gas Co.
Three upstate New York community members-cum-activists, charged with criminal trespass for blockading a gas company installation last month, were sentenced to 15 days in jail ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
West Virginians Rally, Ask State Lawmakers to Call for End to Corporate Personhood
In West Virginia, the 2012 election brought special attention to the problem of money in politics, with the state launching a new pilot program for public funding in judicial ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
'Alarmingly High Methane Emissions' from Natural Gas Extraction
New research on "alarmingly high methane emissions" brings further environmental scrutiny to natural gas extraction including fracking, and illustrates how the boom in the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Lobbyists Feign Budget 'Fix': Trojan Horse Filled with Corporate Tax Breaks
As boisterous threats of a 'fiscal cliff' persist and progressive voices urge President Barack Obama to avoid falling for shortsighted solutions to illusory ultimatums, a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Save Wall Street! Congress Passes JO(BS) Act
Washington has finally heard the people's cries for jobs! In an urgent bipartisan push, Democrats and Republicans have joined hands across the aisle to pass the JOBS Act. In ...Posted by Tanya J. Maurer -
As Fukushima Worsens, US Approves New Nukes
Despite reports this week that the Fukushima nuclear situation may be even worse than previously thought, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has given approval today for ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Ehud Olmert Disrupted by Protesters During Speech in Chicago
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Happy Savages: What We Did to the Marshall Islanders
Robert C. Koehler "Thirty seconds to zero . . . six, five, four, three, two, one." "Castle Bravo" -- Bikini Atoll, March 1, 1954 Suddenly a big orange blossom fills the ...Posted by Dwight Rousu



