TOP NEWS: 'This Is People Power': Michigan Groups Submit Signatures to Put Abortion Rights on the Ballot

July 11, 2022 Top News 'We Have to Do More Than That!' Father of School Shooting Victim Interrupts Biden Speech "There's nothing to celebrate," Manuel Oliver said of the newly enacted bipartisan gun measure. by Jake Johnson Climate-Intensified Yosemite Fire Threatens Hundreds of Ancient Sequoias "We can only expect as we get later in the summer, that the fires will get bigger," one expert recently warned. by Kenny Stancil 'This Is People Power': Michigan Groups Submit Signatures to Put Abortion Rights on the Ballot Advocates turned in a record-shattering 753,759 signatures to place on the November ballot a proposal to enshrine abortion rights in the Michigan state constitution. by Jake Johnson More Top News • In Earnings Call, Pfizer Celebrated Chance to Profit Off End of Public Health Measures • 'Good. Now Declare It,' Says Pressley as Biden Mulls Health Emergency for Abortion Rights • Survey Shows US Voters Want Congress to Expand—Not Cut or Privatize—Social Security • Outrage as Biden Reportedly Considers Lifting Ban on 'Offensive' Arms Sales to Saudi Arabia • Authoritarian Viktor Orbán to Speak at US Conservatives' Annual Summit • 64% of Democratic Voters Don't Want Biden to Be the Party's 2024 Nominee: Poll VIEW ALL NEWS Opinion US China Policy: A Perilous Arms Race Instead of Waging Critical Cooperation The forces for muscular peace and cooperation must show there is an alternative path to secure the common interests of the two nations. by Ralph Nader More Drilling Won't Lower Gas Prices—Price Controls and Renewables Will Some people assume more drilling will lower skyrocketing gas prices. Surprise—the U.S. drills plenty, but that won't save us at the pump. by Mia DiFelice Organized Labor and the Crisis of Democracy There is one glimmer of hope for democracy, and it comes from a source that might initially, to many people, seem rather unrelated: a renascent labor movement. by Chris Wright 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