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100% Renewable Energy Is Possible: A Plan for Africa

Dipti Bhatnagar ·
Friends of the Earth Africa, along with 50 organizations across Africa, have signed a political statement demanding that our governments support and show their commitment to act on building renewable energy on our continent.
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US Drones Still Fly Over the Afghan Horizon

Edward Hunt ·
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The Time to Act Is Now: President and Army Corps of Engineers Must Halt Line 3

Samuel Strong ·
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"Removing Trump, then, is a necessary first step—but it is only a first step, a prerequisite to the difficult journey ahead. Where to turn next?" writes Hertsgaard. (Photo: Mike Kemp/In Pictures via Getty Images)
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667,000 and Counting: In America, Fucking Remember

At 3 a.m. Tuesday, volunteers began planting the first of 662,000 white flags on the National Mall in mournful tribute to America's unholy COVID death toll, which has passed the Civil War's record carnage and is now surging at 1,800 deaths a day. The largest public art project since 1987's AIDS quilt likewise serves as bitter testimony to both loss and criminal ignorance, especially for doctors who've "given too much already" and now see so much harsh education based not on science but "personal tragedy.” Apt message to a witless populace: "Oh My Fucking God, Get the Fucking Vaccine Already."

Abby Zimet · Sep 14, 2021

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A volunteer welcomes members of a group of 25 asylum-seekers allowed into the United States on February 25, 2021 in Brownsville, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)

Judge Blocks Biden From Continuing 'Inhumane' Trump Policy to Deport Families

Jessica Corbett ·

A single mother plays with her young sons outside their family home. (Photo: Stock/Getty Images)

400+ Economists Press Congress to Permanently Expand Child Tax Credit

Andrea Germanos ·

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Biden Admin. Sued for Letting Big Oil Harass 'Imperiled' Polar Bears

Jessica Corbett ·

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'Cruel and Callous': Biden Slammed for Resuming Deportations to Battered Haiti

Kenny Stancil ·

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Indian Civil Society Groups to Biden: Force J&J to Share Vaccine Recipe With the World

Jake Johnson ·

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Dems Call Fossil Fuel CEOs, Lobbyists to Testify About Climate Disinformation

Jessica Corbett ·

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'Grim and Alarming' UN Report Details 'Catastrophic' Global Failure on Climate

Andrea Germanos ·

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'Anti-China' Military Pact 'Threatens Peace and Stability' in Pacific, Groups Warn

Kenny Stancil ·

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'Anti-China' Military Pact 'Threatens Peace and Stability' in Pacific, Groups Warn

"The announcement of the new Australia, Britain, and U.S. military alliance—AUKUS—represents a serious escalation of the new Cold War on China."
Kenny Stancil ·
U.S. President Joe Biden participates is a virtual press conference with British Prime Minister Boris Johnson (right) and Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C. on September 15, 2021. (Photo: Brendan Smialowski/AFP via Getty Images)
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After Spending Trillions on War in Afghanistan, US Answers Call for Aid With Just $64 Million

Julia Conley ·

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Up to Half of the $14 Trillion Spent by Pentagon Since 9/11 Has Gone to War Profiteers

Jake Johnson ·

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Israel Unveils New Armed Robot Amid Outcry Over 'Death Machines'

Andrea Germanos ·

FBI Releases First Declassified 9/11 Document Following Biden Order

Kenny Stancil ·

Climate Emergency

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Dems Call Fossil Fuel CEOs, Lobbyists to Testify About Climate Disinformation

"Oil and gas executives have lied to the American people for decades about their industry's role in causing climate change. It's time they were held accountable."
Jessica Corbett ·
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'Grim and Alarming' UN Report Details 'Catastrophic' Global Failure on Climate

Andrea Germanos ·

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Analysis Shows Facebook Allows 99% of Climate Disinformation to Go Unchecked

Jake Johnson ·

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House Dems Unveil Bill to Stop Wall Street From Destroying the Planet

Kenny Stancil ·

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New Climate Analysis Shows Near Total Global Failure to Meet 1.5°C Targets

Andrea Germanos ·

Covid-19

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Indian Civil Society Groups to Biden: Force J&J to Share Vaccine Recipe With the World

"His administration has the moral, legal, and if necessary, financial power to lift intellectual property barriers and persuade J&J to license its vaccine."
Jake Johnson ·
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Health justice advocates gathered outside Pfizer Worldwide Headquarters in Manhattan on March 11, 2021, where they called on the pharmaceutical giant to share Covid-19 vaccine formulas and transfer technology to boost the global manufacturing of doses in the face of massively unequal distribution. (Photo: Erik McGregor/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Covid-19 Vaccine Makers Blasted for 'Unconscionable Profits,' Monopolies, and Low Taxes

Common Dreams staff ·

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Global Indigenous Coalition Echoes Call to Postpone UN Climate Talks

Brett Wilkins ·

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Big Pharma Secrets Revealed as Group Uncovers Portion of Pfizer Vaccine Recipe

Jake Johnson ·

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Experts Warn Biden's Global Vaccine Plan Lacks Ambition Crisis Demands

Jake Johnson ·

Economics

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400+ Economists Press Congress to Permanently Expand Child Tax Credit

Such an expansion would "dramatically reduce childhood poverty in the United States," they said.
Andrea Germanos ·
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'Unacceptable': 3 Corporate Dems Threaten to Block Drug Pricing Reform in Reconciliation Bill

Julia Conley ·

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'Incredible': Covid Stimulus Funds Reduced Overall US Poverty in 2020

Kenny Stancil ·

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'Billionaires Are Popping Champagne': Progressives Slam House Dems' Tax Plan

Jake Johnson ·

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'Tax These Moochers': Top 1% Dodge $163 Billion in Taxes Each Year

Jake Johnson ·

Politics

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Sanders Says There's 'No Excuse' for Any Democrat to Oppose Lowering Drug Prices

"Now is the time for Congress to show courage and stand up to the greed of the pharmaceutical industry."
Jake Johnson ·
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Rep. Kathleen Rice speaks during a hearing

'Call Them Now': Ire Aimed at 3 Democrats Endangering Plan to Lower Drug Prices

Jake Johnson ·

Jessica Cisneros

With Texas at Center of Abortion Fight, NARAL Backs Cisneros Over Cuellar for 2022

Jessica Corbett ·

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conference in Washington, D.C.

'We Are Clearly Not Fully Recovered': Ocasio-Cortez to Introduce Extension of Boosted Unemployment Benefits

Brett Wilkins ·

Sen. Bernie Sanders speaks to reporters

'It's Gonna Be $3.5 Trillion': Sanders Holds the Line Against Right-Wing Democrats

Kenny Stancil ·

Rights & Justice

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Judge Blocks Biden From Continuing 'Inhumane' Trump Policy to Deport Families

"This is not the end of the battle against this practice," said one rights group, "but it is a major step to ensure that the U.S. welcomes these asylum-seeking families—as we should."
Jessica Corbett ·
A volunteer welcomes members of a group of 25 asylum-seekers allowed into the United States on February 25, 2021 in Brownsville, Texas. (Photo: John Moore/Getty Images)
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'Cruel and Callous': Biden Slammed for Resuming Deportations to Battered Haiti

Kenny Stancil ·

Michelle Bachelet

UN Human Rights Chief Calls for Global Halt to Sales of Dangerous AI Technologies

Brett Wilkins ·

Protesters hold up pictures of victims of extrajudicial killings during Human Rights Day protests in Manila

ICC Approves Probe Into 'Drug War' Atrocities Carried Out by Duterte Regime

Andrea Germanos ·

Biden Should Stop Payment on U.S. Funds To Sisi's Egypt. (Photo: CODEPINK)

'Dismaying': Human Rights Groups Blast Biden Plan to OK Millions in Military Aid for Egypt

Brett Wilkins ·

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