Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Jessica Corbett is a staff writer for Common Dreams. Follow her on Twitter: @corbett_jessica.
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News Tuesday, March 27, 2018 After Public Outcry, White House Ethics Office Probes Suspicious Loans to Kushner Companies According to a March 22 letter released Monday, White House ethics attorneys are investigating a pair of loans given to Kushner Companies, the family real estate company of President Donald Trump's son-in-law and senior adviser Jared Kushner, who is facing mounting scrutiny following reports about... Read more |
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News Monday, March 26, 2018 Students March #50MilesMore to Deliver Gun Reform Demands to Paul Ryan's Doorstep Wisconsin high school students are marching 50 miles over four days from the state capital to the hometown of U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan to demand gun safety legislation as part of the student-led movement that has followed the massacre of 17 people in Parkland, Florida last month. NOW: About 50... Read more |
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News Monday, March 26, 2018 'Tip of the Iceberg': Watchdog Files Ethics Complaints Targeting 30 Lobbyists in Trump Administration Underscoring allegations that "ethics do not matter in the Trump administration," a watchdog group on Monday filed complaints against 30 lobbyists whom President Donald Trump has appointed to his administration without ethics rule waivers—and experts warn this is only the "tip of the iceberg,"... Read more |
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News Monday, March 26, 2018 In Wake of 'Shameful' Vote by US Senate, New Cholera Warning for Yemen After a " shameful and unacceptable " vote by the U.S. Senate last week to kill a bill that would have halted the nation's military support for a Saudi-led war in Yemen, the U.N. agency for children is warning about the likelihood of another deadly cholera outbreak. "In a few weeks from now the... Read more |
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News Friday, March 23, 2018 Number of Starving People Surged to 124 Million Last Year Because "People Won't Stop Shooting at Each Other," Says UN Expert Largely due to armed conflicts, there has been "a staggering and stomach-churning 55 percent increase" in the number of acutely hungry people worldwide over the past two years, according to the head of the U.N. food agency. "The consequences of conflict and climate change are stark: millions of... Read more |
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News Friday, March 23, 2018 'Dangerous' Decline in Biodiversity Threatening Humanity's Wellbeing Worldwide From failures to combat global warming to pollution and the exploitation of natural resources, human activity is significantly contributing to a worldwide and " dangerous " decline in biodiversity , jeopardizing nature's ability to benefit to people's wellbeing, according to a major study published... Read more |
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News Friday, March 23, 2018 'Outrageous': With $700 Billion for Pentagon, Nearly Half of $1.3 Trillion Budget Headed for More War-Making Alarmed anti-war advocates are calling it "outrageous" that nearly half of the $1.3 trillion omnibus spending deal rammed through the Senate in the early morning hours of Friday is heading directly to the Pentagon. The final deal (pdf)— which, despite a feigned v eto threat Friday morning,... Read more |
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News Thursday, March 22, 2018 Uproar After Congress Sneaks Attack on Digital Privacy Rights Into Omnibus Spending Bill Buried in the 2,232-page omnibus spending bill that the U.S. House passed Thursday is a piece of legislation that digital privacy advocates warn "expands American and foreign law enforcement's ability to target and access people's data across international borders." The Clarifying Lawful Overseas... Read more |
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News Thursday, March 22, 2018 'No Justice Under Occupation': Palestinian Teenager Ahed Tamimi Gets 8 Months in Prison for Slapping Israeli Soldier Ahed Tamimi, the 17-year-old Palestinian girl who was arrested in January for slapping an Israeli soldier, was sentenced Wednesday to eight months behind bars, enraging activists across the world who have advocated for her release. "There is no justice under occupation." —Ahed Tamimi Tamimi... Read more |
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News Thursday, March 22, 2018 Demanding Real Gun Control Laws, Parkland Students Reject Mandatory Clear Backpacks That Make School Feel 'Like Jail' As survivors of the Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting that killed 17 people last month prepare for the student-led " March for Our Lives " in Washington, D.C. on Saturday—part of a national movement to demand stricter gun safety laws—the Florida school district is implementing a new set... Read more |