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Common Dreams NewsCenter, often referred to simply as Common Dreams, is a popular U.S. based news website with a progressive perspective. Common Dreams publishes both news stories and editorials. Common Dreams also re-publishes syndicated content from Associated Press, columnists such as the late Molly Ivins, and news stories from a number of mainstream mass-market newspapers. The website also provides hyperlinks to other columnists, periodicals, radio outlets, news services, and websites. Common Dreams is nationally based, and aims to bring liberal/progressive Americans together to ... More » (Source: Wikipedia)
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Where our defense money goes
The same week the Senate voted to cut funding for additional F-22s, for a savings of $1.75 billion, the Senate Armed Services Committee added another $9 billion in earmarks to ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Action at State Department on Tar Sands - World's Dirtiest Oil
The Canadian Tar Sands are located a day’s drive from Glacier National Park and are one of the most destructive projects on Earth. Already visible from space, the Tar Sands, ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Drinking from Plastic Bottles 'Increases Exposure to Gender-Bending Chemical'
Scientists have demonstrated for the first time that polycarbonate containers release the chemical bisphenol A (BPA) into liquid stored in them. BPA has been shown to ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
What Was I Fighting For?
I never detained or arrested anyone guilty of a crime. I witnessed firsthand the ineffectiveness of US military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq. However, I didn't fully ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
"How Wall Street and Washington Betrayed America"
"The financial sector invested more than $5 billion in political influence-purchasing in Washington over the past decade, with as many as 3,000 lobbyists winning deregulation ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Coen Brothers Direct New "Clean Coal" Ad
The Reality Campaign has released a new ad. They're the folks behind the widely-played ad that featured a foreman in a hard hat taking viewers on a tour of a non-existent ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Senate's socialist scores a win
Sanders is often dismissed as a novelty in two-party Washington. But the move toward heightened corporate regulation moves him a step closer to the political mainstream. ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Investing in Our Human Infrastructure: The Real Wealth of Our Nation Is Its People
Over half a million people lost their jobs last month. There's no question we need a job-creation plan. The real question is what kind of plan will most quickly stimulate the ...Posted by Dale Penn -
NSA Spied on Journalists? Whistleblower Reveals Surveillance Target
In an exclusive interview tonight on MSNBC's "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," former NSA analyst Russell Tice says that the agency under the Bush administration secretly ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Mumbai was not our 9/11
...But November isn't September, 2008 isn't 2001, Pakistan isn't Afghanistan and India isn't America. So perhaps we should reclaim our tragedy and pick through the debris with ...Posted by Shams Kazi
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Kucinich's Brave Health Vote Vs. Obama's Failed Promise
There were plenty of cowardly votes in the House last night but there was only one truly brave one. The unsung hero of the night was Ohio Representative Dennis Kucinich.Posted by Dwight Rousu -
The Republican Party Has Failed–And That’s Not Good For Anyone
(Blog Post) The Republican party's failure has me thinking of a Seinfeld episode, the one where Kramer is upset about a Kenny Rogers Roasters restaurant featuring a bright neon sign that ...Posted by Cynthia Gilbert -
Healthcare vs. Warfare: The Future Costs of the Afghanistan War
On Wednesday, President Obama will address a joint session of Congress on health care. Later this year he will decide whether to deploy additional troops to the war in ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Death Bonds: Wall Street Teams Up With Insurance Companies to Kill People, Reap Profits
Wall Street's latest scam is to bundle life insurance policies purchased from the sick and the elderly into securitized death bonds and funds. The earlier the group of ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Free Press Calls on Obama Administration to Resist Extremism in the Media
"Beck has a First Amendment right to stoke prejudice, and we do not and will not support efforts to silence him. This is not about censorship; it’s about sanity. Our leaders ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Israel Authorizes 455 New Settlement Units
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has authorized the construction of more than 450 new housing units in settlements in the occupied West Bank, his ministry said in a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Dear President Obama: A Modest Medicare Proposal
I understand you're thinking of dumping your "public option" because of all the demagoguery by Sarah Palin and Dick Armey and Newt Gingrich and their crowd on right-wing radio ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Hey, Did You Hear That Democrats Won The Election?
I don't know about you, but I think maybe all those government officials and media reporters who say Democrats won the last election (actually, the last two of them) have just ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Kucinich Calls for Debate on National Priorities, Speaks Against Military Funding Bill
"We need to have a serious debate about the wars in both Iraq and Afghanistan and the priorities of this nation. We need to discuss our options and we must immediately ...Posted by Dwight Rousu -
Dow Pitching New Pesticide That Doubles As an Extraordinarily Potent Greenhouse Gas
"The hazards of using sulfuryl fluoride in agriculture have not been evaluated. It is also 4,780 times as potent a greenhouse gas as carbon dioxide," said Dr. Brian Hill, a ...Posted by Dwight Rousu
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