Top News: Sanders Says 'Congress Must Investigate' War Profiteering

URGENT. ALL GIFTS MATCHED. Every donation between now and midnight will be matched 100%. We’re still an alarming $24,500 short of our must-hit Summer Campaign goal. Donate now to double your impact.. DONATE TODAY Thursday, August 29, 2024 ■ Today's Top News  MASSACHUSETTS SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN IS FACING WELL FUNDED  REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION THAT MISREPRESENTS HER RECORD - SOME POLITICAL ADS ARE OUTRIGHT LIES.....SENATOR WARREN HAS TAKEN ACTION TO PROTECT ALL AMERICANS SUCH AS THE ACTION BELOW.  REPUBLICAN OPPOSITION INCLUDES CRYPTO SCAMMER CARPETBAGGER JOHN DEATON WHO VOTED 3 TIMES IN 20 YEARS, IS WOEFULLY UNINFORMED, AND HAS LIED REPEATEDLY.  AMERICANS NEEDS ELECTED LEADERS WHO FIGHT FOR WHAT'S RIGHT & REFUSE TO GENUFLECT TO $$$$!   Sanders Says 'Congress Must Investigate' War Profiteering by US Military Contractors "The greed of these companies is fleecing the American taxpayer and killing Ukrainians," said the senator. By Julia Conley Experts Explain Why 'No Taxes on Tips' Is Not What Tipped Workers Need "There are plenty of policies that would improve the lives of low-wage workers—raising the federal minimum wage, for starters, and ending the subminimum wage for tipped workers is a good place to start," wrote one economist. By Jake Johnson 'Big Win': UK Won't Defend Fossil Fuel Projects in North Sea Oceana U.K.'s leader called the decision "a massive win for campaigners and another step towards... a cleaner, greener future for our seas, planet, and climate." By Jessica Corbett EU's Top Diplomat Seeks Sanctions on Israeli Leaders for 'Incitement to Commit War Crimes' While welcoming the move, one Amnesty International campaigner asserted that "the E.U.'s call for a cease-fire and curbing settler violence rings hollow until it takes concrete action." By Brett Wilkins 'Colossal Waste': US Leads Way in Public Spending on False Climate Solutions "The fossil fuel industry delays climate action, distracts from real solutions that would end the fossil fuel era, and does everything in its power to squeeze the last drops of profit from a dying industry, at the expense of all of us." By Julia Conley Top Low-Wage Corporations Have Dumped $522 Billion Into Stock Buybacks Since 2019 New research from the Institute for Policy Studies shows that 100 major U.S. companies are prioritizing share repurchases and exorbitant CEO pay at the expense of their employees. By Jake Johnson 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 Tribes Celebrate as Dam Removals Set Klamath River 'Free' for First Time in a Century Israel to Allow Pauses in Assault on Gaza for Polio Vaccination Campaign UN Chief Demands 'Immediate Cessation' of Israel's Assault on West Bank 'Israel's Starvation Strategy': IDF Fires on World Food Program Team VIEW ALL NEWS ■ Opinion The Corrupt Right-Wing Supreme Court Is the Cancer at the Heart of US Democracy Republicans on the Supreme Court, 5 of the 6 appointed by presidents who lost the national vote, are the main reason why Americans can’t have nice things. By Thom Hartmann CEO Greed Feasts on the Sweat of Low-Paid Workers—And Here’s the Proof One-hundred S&P 500 firms with the lowest median wages, a group we’ve dubbed the “Low-Wage 100,” blew $522 billion over the past five years on stock buybacks. By Sarah Anderson With Regards to the Christening of the USS Patrick Gallagher Because we strongly believe, nay absolutely know, that the U.S. does not need another warship. By Dud Hendrick 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