TOP NEWS: 'Playing With Fire,' Says China After Pelosi Lands in Taiwan

August 02, 2022 Top News Scientists Say 'Catastrophic' Climate Scenarios—Including Human Extinction—Demand Further Study "Could anthropogenic climate change result in worldwide societal collapse or even eventual human extinction?" asks a new analysis. "At present, this is a dangerously underexplored topic." by Brett Wilkins 'Playing With Fire,' Says China After Pelosi Lands in Taiwan One anti-war group called the U.S. House speaker's trip "unnecessary, dangerous, and utterly reckless at a time when the war in Ukraine continues." by Brett Wilkins Alarm Raised Over Manchin Side Deal That Would Pave Way for Major 'Climate Bomb' "Democrats shouldn't be sacrificing communities in the path of the Mountain Valley Pipeline just to please a senator in the pocket of Big Oil." by Jake Johnson More Top News • Kentucky 'Now a Forced-Birth State' After Judge Reinstates Abortion Bans • Anti-Choice Forces Push Disinformation as Kansas Votes on Abortion Rights • 'Come On, Kyrsten': Koch Network Pleads With Sinema to Tank Senate Deal • Giant Earth and Half a Million Signatures Demand Biden Declare 'Climate Emergency' • Yemen Truce Extension Applauded Amid Demands That US End Support for Saudi-Led War • Rebuffing GOP Attack, Pennsylvania Supreme Court Upholds Universal Mail-In Voting • 'This Cannot Wait': Groups Warn Democrats Not to Let Stock Trading Ban Die VIEW ALL NEWS Opinion The 'Missing Text Messages' Timeline: Incompetence, Obstruction, or Worse? As Trump railed against the "Deep State," he was creating one of his own. by Steven Harper The Killing of al-Qaeda Chief Ayman al Zawahiri Will Not Make Us Safer Whatever people in the U.S. might think about the killing of al Zawahiri in the middle of the Afghan capital 7,000 miles away, safety and security are hardly likely to top the list. by Phyllis Bennis Welcome to the New Era of Rightwing Judicial Supremacy The U.S. Supreme Court has entered a legal fantasy world: advancing a regressive political agenda free from democratic accountability. by Bill Blum 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