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Grassroots Fight for $15 Movement Has Won $150 Billion in Raises for Millions of Workers, Study Shows

"When workers organize, they win."

Julia Conley · Jul 28, 2021

Fight for $15 protest in New York City

Hogs are raised on Duncan Farms on June 6, 2018 near Polo, Illinois. (Photo: Scott Olson via Getty Images)

Family Farm Action Alliance Releases Report to 'Counter Big Ag's Deception'

Kenny Stancil · Jul 28, 2021

Tax the Rich

At Times Square Rally, Activists Demand Congress 'Tax the Rich'

Brett Wilkins · Jul 27, 2021

New Yorkers receive food at a food distribution event

Unless Congress Acts, 20 Million People Will Lose Unemployment Aid in Just 41 Days: Analysis

Jake Johnson · Jul 27, 2021

Death toll of the uninsued

The Olympic Event We Need: A Race To See Where People Live the Longest

Sam Pizzigati · Jul 26, 2021

One Planet, One Internet: A Call To the International Community to Fight Against Mass Surveillance

Katitza Rodriguez · Jan 23, 2014

'New Hampshire Rebellion' Kicks Off Fight Against Money in Politics

Democracy advocates trek across state for campaign finance reform

Jacob Chamberlain · Jan 11, 2014

Aaron’s Walk: The New Hampshire Rebellion

Lawrence Lessig · Jan 11, 2014

Coming Soon: The Day We Fight Back Against NSA Surveillance

Rainey Reitman · Jan 10, 2014

Greenwald: NSA Stories Also Reveal Perilous State of Mainstream Journalism

'The surveillance state, by its necessity, by its very existence, breeds conformity,' he tells audience at international hacker convention

Common Dreams staff · Dec 30, 2013

2013: The Year in Internet Freedom

Josh Levy · Dec 21, 2013

The Over-Policing of America and Criminalizing Everyday Life

Police overkill has entered the DNA of social policy

Chase Madar · Dec 9, 2013

Aaron Swartz's Open-Source Whistleblower Project Lives On

Freedom of the Press Foundation announces they will carry forward the work of the late transparency advocate

Sarah Lazare · Oct 15, 2013

The Banality of Systemic Evil

Peter Ludlow · Sep 16, 2013

Where Unwelcome White House Petitions 'Go to Die'

'We the People' White House website answers joke petitions, leaves others in the dark

Jacob Chamberlain · Aug 14, 2013

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