TOP NEWS: Free School Meal Waivers Set to Expire as Senate Pushes $857 Billion Military Budget

Corporations and billionaires have their own media. Shouldn't we? Please support Common Dreams today. YES. I SUPPORT COMMON DREAMS June 21, 2022 Top News 'He Must Resign': Staff Texts Over Fake Elector Slates Implicate Ron Johnson "Trump and his MAGA allies planned, promoted, and paid for a seditious conspiracy to overturn an election they lost," said one Democratic Senate candidate. "And Ron Johnson attempted to deliver it to D.C. on a silver platter." by Brett Wilkins Study Shows Excess Corporate Profits in the US Have Become 'Widespread' A new research paper finds that corporate price markups and profits jumped to their highest levels in seven decades last year. by Jake Johnson Free School Meal Waivers Set to Expire as Senate Pushes $857 Billion Military Budget "There is always money backed by bipartisan support to fund militaristic endeavors, but when social safety net programs are up for debate, it's suddenly time to worry about the deficit," wrote progressive activist Jordan Uhl. by Jake Johnson More Top News • Global Summit to Halt Extinction Crisis Moved to Montreal • Filmmaker Has 'Fully Complied' With Subpoena of Secret Trump Tapes • Young Europeans Sue to Stop Treaty That Fossil Fuel Giants Use to Foil Climate Action • As Biden Reverses Trump Land Mine Policy, US Urged to Join Global Ban Treaty • African Climate Campaigners Demand Clean Energy Revolution, Not IEA's Fossil Fuel Push • Supreme Court Ruling Turns Separation of Church and State Into 'Constitutional Violation,' Warns Sotomayor • Demanding Prosecution, Legal Experts Say This Is the 'Smoking Gun' to Nail Trump VIEW ALL NEWS Opinion Why Merrick Garland Must Prosecute Donald Trump for Insurrectionist Plot Treason? A professor notes that the framers of the Constitution had "a very specific image in mind—men gathering with guns, forming an army, and marching on the seat of government." by Jesse Jackson The Right-Wing Supreme Court Readies to Help Destroy the Planet The SCOTUS is about to use it's ill-gotten power on behalf of the fossil fuel industry to cripple America's ability to meet the challenge of climate change. by Thom Hartmann Trump and His Allies Are 'A Clear and Present Danger to American Democracy' Every responsible media representative should have been amplifying Luttig's stark message, not deducting points based on performance. by Steven Harper VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, United States Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194