TOP NEWS: 'About Damn Time': NY Jury Finds Trump Organization Guilty on All Counts of Tax Fraud

December 06, 2022 Top News 'About Damn Time': NY Jury Finds Trump Organization Guilty on All Counts of Tax Fraud "Today's guilty verdict against the Trump Organization shows that we will hold individuals and organizations accountable when they violate our laws to line their pockets," said New York Attorney General Letitia James. by Brett Wilkins Family of Officer Who Died After Jan. 6 Won't Shake Hands With McConnell, McCarthy "No one should shake hands with insurrectionist sympathizers," said Voto Latino. by Jessica Corbett Sanders Says He Has Enough Support to Pass Yemen War Powers Resolution "By removing the possibility of more U.S. support for Riyadh and its partners to renew airstrikes in Yemen, Congress can play a constructive role to keep the pressure on the Saudis to negotiate an extension of the truce," said two advocates for the resolution. by Julia Conley More Top News • Biden Admin Takes 'Urgent and Necessary' Step to Protect 100,000+ Haitians From Deportation • 'Heartbreaking' and 'Pathetic': US Obstructs Patent Waiver for Covid Tests and Treatments • On Election Day, Warnock Supporters Urge Georgians 'Don't Walk, Run to the Polls!' • Revealing New Evidence in Abu Akleh's Killing, Al Jazeera Sues Israeli Forces at ICC • Patient Groups Push Congress to Combat Big Pharma Greed in Spending Bill VIEW ALL NEWS Quality journalism. Progressive values. Our new media model is simple: we rely on our readers and thousands of small donations to keep us moving forward. No ads; no paywalls: our content is free, and our readers sustain us. DONATE TODAY Opinion Congress: Thank You for Rejecting Permitting Reform Bill As faith leaders across diverse traditions, today we write to thank our legislators for taking a principled and ethical stand against this harmful deal. by Rev. Susan Hendershot, Rabbi Jonah Pester, Imam Saffet A. Catovic To Hold Powerful to Account, Journalists Must Be Free of Government Intrusion We cannot allow the government to surveil journalists and expose sources—even the threat of which produces a chilling effect on the press—if we expect journalists to expose corruption, speak truth to power, and print what the powerful don't want printed. by John Cusack The Most Effective Altruism? Igniting Positive Social Change Let's hope that Sam Bankman-Fried's crypto debacle drives a stake through the heart of Bankman-Fried's other fraud, the movement for effective altruism. by Phyllis Eckhaus 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