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Trump told reporters that unless Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz, “every bridge in Iran will be decimated” and “every
There’s always a temptation to celebrate when Trump does something sensible, like firing his attorney general, Pam Bondi — until
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This week’s video is important. It shows a clear path to getting rid of the Supreme Court’s horrific 2010 decision Citizens
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My granddaughter began scrolling on a cellphone when she was around 2 years old, her index finger repeatedly swiping across
As we near the fourth week of Trump’s war with no end in sight, I want to make sure you
The Wall Street Journal — hardly an outpost of left-wing propaganda — reported on the results of an investigation conducted by the Journal’s Hannah
No one knows what Trump is going to do from minute to minute, least of all Trump. But it’s looking
Let me stipulate five things: First, Artificial Intelligence is a tsunami bearing down on human beings at a remarkable speed.
Today I’m burdening you with a longer-than-usual post — one that’s not about Trump, or his war, or Jeffrey Epstein,
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“We are just getting started,” Trump’s secretary of “war,” Pete Hegseth, said this week, adding that the attacks on Iran
NATO is now involved. It has shot down an Iranian missile heading into Turkish airspace. Turkey is a NATO member
The United States is now at war with Iran. A single person, Donald J. Trump, has released the dogs of
I’m very short. At my zenith I was 4 feet, 11 inches. From time to time, worried parents of abnormally
Which is more important to you? Allowing Pete Hegseth to use artificial intelligence (AI) however he wants, OR preventing AI
I’m not going to waste any of your or my time talking about Trump’s State of the Union Speech (which
America is barreling towards authoritarianism at such a breakneck pace that it should alarm every single one of us. But instead of meeting this moment...
A 6-3 majority of the Supreme Court decided that Trump cannot take core powers that the Constitution gives Congress. Instead,
America is barreling towards authoritarianism at such a breakneck pace that it should alarm every single one of us. But instead of meeting this moment...
What would a typical worker earn now if their wages had grown as much as the pay of CEO’s at
I was secretary of labor 30 years ago when the U.S. economy was producing an average of 200,000 new jobs
This week New York City’s new mayor, Zohran Mamdani, proposed raising property taxes in the city by nearly 10 percent
We’re witnessing a full-scale collapse in the journalism industry at the very moment accountability is needed most. Common Dreams remains one of the...
America is on the brink of a full-scale war with Iran — but no one is willing to say exactly
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Producer Alicia Hastey departed CBS News Wednesday, saying the kind of work she came to do was “increasingly becoming impossible,” as stories
May I be candid with you about the U.S. economy? It’s growing nicely, and the stock market has soared. But
What should Democrats be demanding as a condition of releasing funds for the Department of Homeland Security? Over the last
The Justice Department announced it would finally conduct a civil rights investigation into the death of Alex Pretti, the VA
In the first year of Trump’s second term, he imposed his thuggery on the United States. In the second year,
Trump isn’t just destroying the White House to make room for a vanity ballroom — he’s selling it off to
The most dangerous corporation in America is one you may not have heard of. It’s called Palantir Technologies, a Silicon
The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary has named “rage bait” its phrase of the year. Call it the monetization
The richest man on earth owns X. The family of the second-richest man owns Paramount, which owns CBS — and
The Big Mac has a big problem. According to the CEO of McDonald’s, fast food chains saw a double-digit dip in
Trump has ordered the U.S. Treasury to draft a $1 coin featuring him on both sides, for the purpose of