‘A Shameful Distinction’: US Ranked World’s Biggest Perpetrator of Financial Secrecy
When it comes to the world's financial secrecy, the United States ranks number one.
Mass Mobilizations Planned as Supreme Court Targets Roe v Wade
The push by conservative justices to overturn Roe v. Wade, said one abortion rights advocate, "is giving us an opportunity to show them how ungovernable we will be if they…
Steven Donziger Walks Free After 993 Days of ‘Completely Unjust’ Detention
"He should have never been detained for even one day," said an Amnesty International official, "as it has been clear the whole process against him has been in retaliation for…
Outrage as Judge Approves Julian Assange’s Extradition to the U.S.
Read ScheerPost’s reporting on Julian Assange, including columns and reports by Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Hedges and interviews by Editor in Chief Robert Scheer, here. By Jake Johnson | Common Dreams…
‘He’s Cashing In’: Kushner Firm Gets $2 Billion From Saudi Fund Run by Crown Prince
Watchdogs noted that the investment came after Kushner "used his position in the White House to advance Saudi interests"—and shield the regime from accountability for the Khashoggi murder.
‘David Beats Goliath’: Workers in New York Vote to Form Amazon’s First-Ever Union in U.S.
A month after the National Labor Relations Board sued Amazon in federal court, warehouse workers in New York won their election to form the first Amazon union in the U.S.
Scientists Fear Soaring Methane Levels Show Climate Feedback Loop Has Arrived
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Fresh U.S. government data spotlighting the rapid growth of atmospheric methane concentrations in recent years has scientists increasingly concerned that the human-caused climate crisis…
Biden Considering Deploying Thousands of Troops to Eastern Europe
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams U.S. President Joe Biden is reportedly weighing a Pentagon proposal to deploy thousands of American troops to the Baltics and Eastern Europe as progressive…
100+ Ultra-Rich People Warn Fellow Elites: ‘It’s Taxes or Pitchforks’
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams A group of more than 100 millionaires and billionaires on Wednesday presented fellow members of the global economic elite with a stark choice: “It’s…
Tax on Global Mega-Rich Could Help Lift 2.3 Billion Out of Poverty
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams A new analysis released Tuesday estimates that an annual wealth tax targeting the world’s millionaires and billionaires would raise enough revenue to lift 2.3…
Biden Urged to Fire Covid Response Chief Over ‘Damning’ Failures
Zients has failed to provide the materials necessary to improve the U.S. response, or the guidance necessary to keep the pandemic under control.
To Avert ‘Global Nuclear Holocaust,’ U.S. Groups Demand Abolition of ICBMs
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams More than 60 U.S. organizations issued a joint statement Wednesday calling for the total elimination of the country’s land-based nuclear missiles, warning that the…
U.S. Billionaires Saw $1 Trillion Wealth Boom in 2021 Alone
A new analysis shows that Sen. Ron Wyden's proposed tax on billionaires "would be more than enough to cover the expansion of the child tax credit in the Build Back…
‘Huge Increase’ in Child Poverty Feared as Tax Credit Expires Amid Omicron Wave
"The pandemic isn't over—the relief to withstand it shouldn't stop," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal.
Big Pharma Hikes Prices on 442 Drugs
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams Patient advocates on Monday condemned the U.S. pharmaceutical industry for ushering in the new year with price hikes on more than 440 medications, a…