Top News: Trump-Vance Would Cause 'Irreversible Damage' to Climate

 

Thursday, July 18, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  Grassroots Latinx Group Says Local Organizing Is Key to Stopping Trump Agenda "We can't endorse Biden or the Democratic Party, but we understand the threat that a Trump administration poses to our communities," said the director of Mijente. By Julia Conley Sunrise Warns Trump-Vance Would Cause 'Irreversible Damage' to Climate "Vance, Trump, and their Wall Street allies have proven... that their priorities are with corporate polluters, not the people," an expert said. By Edward Carver UK Climate Campaigners Get 'Utterly Disproportionate' Sentences "Rulings like today's set a very dangerous precedent, not just for environmental protest but any form of peaceful protest," a U.N. official said. By Olivia Rosane Dems Spotlight Project 2025 Plan to Wield 'Zombie Law' Against Abortion Rights Project 2025 "includes a detailed blueprint for a future Republican president to impose a backdoor national abortion ban with a stroke of the pen," a pair of House Democrats warned. By Jake Johnson Amnesty Condemns Israel's 'Mass Incommunicado Detention and Torture' of Palestinians The head of the human rights group said Israel's Unlawful Combatants Law is enabling "rampant torture" of Palestinian detainees and "institutionalizes enforced disappearance." By Brett Wilkins Oil Giant Ran 1977 Article Linking Climate Change to 'Widespread Starvation' "Pestilence, starvation, drought. To know one's product may bring that about, and bury the evidence, is unspeakable,” an expert said. By Edward Carver JOIN THE MOVEMENT As a people-powered nonprofit news outlet, we cover the issues the corporate media never will. Your contribution supports this bold media model—free, independent, and dedicated to reporting the facts every day. Stand with us in the fight for economic equality, social justice, human rights, and a more sustainable future. JOIN WITH US TODAY ■ More News CFPB Aims to Protect Workers From Paycheck Advance Fees Report Shows How Lawmakers in GOP-Dominated South Harm Workers Report Details Israel's 'Water War Crimes' in Gaza Push for Biden to Drop Out Reaches Very Top of Democratic Party VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion Unity at the RNC Looks a Lot Like Jonestown We should be worried about the far right’s Project 2025, but we should be horrified by what we’re seeing right now in 2024, right here in the all-American city of Milwaukee. By Will Bunch Project 2025 Wants to Super-Size Profit-Seeking Medicare Advantage But Medicare Advantage (MA) is not a government-run healthcare program. It’s merely a way to turn tax dollars into profits for private health insurers. By Sonali Kolhatkar Planet Earth Is on the November Ballot If humanity wants to be part of a sustainable future, we know exactly what we need to do by 2030. These are precisely the years we cannot afford to lose. By Rick Steiner To Defend Multiracial Democracy, Progressives Must Embrace Court Reform When they have the political power to do so, progressives must immediately expand the court to reflect the diverse backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints of the nation, and impose term limits on justices. By Taonga Leslie VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams · PO Box 443 · Portland, ME 04112-0443 · USA Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194