Andrea Germanos

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Andrea Germanos is a senior editor and staff writer at Common Dreams.

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A graduating student wears a money lei, a necklace made of U.S. dollar bills

'Cancel It. Every Penny': Poll Shows 83% of Democrats Want Biden to Nix Student Debt

"Even Americans who don't carry student debt themselves are sympathetic and are supportive of loan forgiveness."

Andrea Germanos · Feb 17, 2022

A table fitted with restraints holds down death row prisoners while they are given a lethal injection at Huntsville Unit (Walls Unit) in Huntsville, Texas.

55+ US Prosecutors Join in 'Inexorable Conclusion' That Death Penalty Must End

"Our country's system of capital punishment is broken," the group said in a new joint statement.

Andrea Germanos · Feb 17, 2022

An Afghan child suffering from malnutrition is seen at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan on January 16, 2022

House Progressives Urge Biden to Release Afghan Funds 'Before It's Too Late'

"Frozen assets belonging to the Afghan people should be released and used to restore the country's economy," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.

Andrea Germanos · Feb 16, 2022

To Protect 'Web of Life,' California Proposal Would Ban Bee-Killing Neonics

"Our pollinators are threatened. We know the cause, and it's time to take action."

Andrea Germanos · Feb 16, 2022

An Uber Eats delivery courier on bicycle on his way to deliver fast food in Ghent-Belgium on May 15, 2020.

Belgian Workers Win Right to Request Four-Day Week

"The aim is to be able to make people and businesses stronger," said the prime minister.

Andrea Germanos · Feb 15, 2022

A man carries the coffin of a child at the funeral procession for those killed in an airstrike on a bus carried out last week by a warplane of the Saudi Arabia-led coalition on August 13, 2018 in Saada, Yemen.

Civilian Casualties in Yemen Nearly Doubled Since Saudis Backed Ouster of Outside Monitor

"The removal of this crucial human rights investigative body took us back to unchecked, horrific violations," said Erin Hutchinson of the Norwegian Refugee Council.

Andrea Germanos · Feb 10, 2022

Residents face riot police during an attempted eviction at Tierras del Padre, a Lenca Indigenous community between the municipalities of Ojojona and San Buenaventura, Francisco Morazan department, Honduras, on February 9, 2022.

Leftist President of Honduras Blocks Indigenous Community's Eviction

The Human Rights Ministry called the evictions a "clear violation of the human rights of over 100 families who live in the sector in an ancestral Lenca territory that dates from the year 1739."

Andrea Germanos · Feb 10, 2022