Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow her on Twitter: @corbett_jessica.
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News Friday, May 11, 2018 As CO2 Levels Soar Past 'Troubling' 410 ppm Threshold, Trump Kills NASA Carbon Monitoring Program As the Trump administration charges forward with its war on science by canceling a " crucial " carbon monitoring system at NASA, scientists and climate experts are sounding alarms over atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2) that just surpassed a " troubling " threshold for the first... Read more |
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News Friday, May 11, 2018 Condemning International Silence That Enables Israeli 'Aggression,' Iran Charges Strikes Against Syria Launched Under 'Invented Pretexts' Amid heightened fears that U.S. President Donald Trump's violation of the Iran nuclear deal and Israel's airstrikes on " Iranian targets " in Syria this week could lead to " an all-out regional war ," Iran called out world leaders for refusing to denounce the Israeli bombing campaign. Iranian... Read more |
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News Thursday, May 10, 2018 Latest Sign of 'Broken' Democracy as Billionaire Sheldon Adelson Drops $30 Million on GOP Super PAC With the midterm elections less than six months out, casino mogul and right-wing megadonor Sheldon Adelson has reportedly cut a $30 million check to the Congressional Leadership Fund (CLF)—a super PAC that works to keep Republicans in control of the U.S. House—provoking renewed calls for stricter... Read more |
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News Thursday, May 10, 2018 As Vice President Calls for Mueller to 'Wrap It Up,' Video Mash-up Shows Pence Echo Nixon on Watergate "Why write original material when Nixon can write it for you?" remarked cable television host Joe Scarborough on MSNBC 's "Morning Joe" on Thursday. After Vice President Mike Pence called for an end to Special Counsel Robert Mueller 's probe of the Trump campaign and administration in an interview... Read more |
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News Thursday, May 10, 2018 'War on Students': Consumer Advocates Warn Mulvaney's Moves at CFPB Will Lead to 'Open Season on Borrowers' Mick Mulvaney, acting director of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB), announced Wednesday that the federal watchdog will effectively shutter its student loan division and shift its responsibilities to another office, a move that critics warn will lead to " open season on borrowers ."... Read more |
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News Wednesday, May 09, 2018 While Advocates Declare #HandsOffSNAP, Trump Reportedly Wants Even Crueler Requirements for Nation's Poor and Hungry While social welfare advocates have launched a #HandsOffSNAP campaign to protest Republican lawmakers' latest attempt to make Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits—often called food stamps—less accessible, President Donald Trump is reportedly planning to pressure them to include... Read more |
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News Wednesday, May 09, 2018 'Authoritarian Impulses': Trump Suggests Stripping Reporters' Credentials Over 'Negative' Coverage While U.S. press freedom continues to decline , " media-bashing enthusiast " President Donald Trump reiterated his hostility toward journalists who critically cover his administration on Wednesday, provoking a new wave of warnings from reporters and and supporters of the First Amendment. Trump... Read more |
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News Wednesday, May 09, 2018 As Haspel Faces Senate, People Tortured by CIA Have Some Things to Say and Questions to Ask With Gina Haspel , President Donald Trump's pick to head the CIA and known participant in the agency's post-9/11 torture program, testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday, some of the people abused by the agency are doing what they can to make their voices heard. Fatima... Read more |
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News Tuesday, May 08, 2018 CIA Propaganda Denounced as Durbin Sounds Alarm Over Agency Effort to Whitewash Haspel's Torturous Past As Gina Haspel faces mounting opposition ahead of her Wednesday confirmation hearing to head the CIA, the Senate's top Democrat is raising concerns about the agency's "robust" public relations campaign—which other critics have called a "domestic propaganda" operation—to distract from and downplay... Read more |
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News Tuesday, May 08, 2018 To Redistribute Wealth and Battle Inequality, UK Proposal Would Provide Every 25-Year-Old With £10,000 "Citizen's Inheritance" A visionary new report by a U.K.-based think tank proposes giving each British 25-year-old a £10,000 ($13,519) "citizen's inheritance" to help redistribute wealth while offering young people a better chance to secure housing, pursue higher education, start businesses, and invest in pensions. A New... Read more |