Katrina vanden Heuvel: The Exit From the Ukraine Crisis That’s Hiding in Plain Sight
The crisis over Ukraine grows simultaneously more dangerous and more absurd. There is, however, a glimmer of hope.
Ilhan Omar Warns Democrats’ Ukraine Proposal Only ‘Escalates the Conflict’
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams Congresswoman Ilhan Omar on Wednesday delivered a detailed rebuke of congressional Democrats’ proposed legislative response to the escalating crisis involving Ukraine and Russia, declaring…
Report: Amnesty International Describes Israel’s Cruel Apartheid Against Palestinians
On Tuesday, Amnesty International became the latest on a growing list of human rights organizations to explicitly call Israeli policies and actions against Palestinians "apartheid."
John Pilger on Julian Assange’s Extradition Appeal
On this week's "On Contact," Chris Hedges discusses the implications of the latest British High Court of England and Wales ruling for Julian Assange’s case with the documentary filmmaker and…
U.N. Officials Warn of ‘Record-Shattering Month’ for Civilian Deaths in Yemen
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams As United Nations officials projected Tuesday that the civilian death toll from the Saudi-led coalition’s strikes on Yemen will break records this month, Oxfam…
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…
Why Palestine is Burning Like Never Before
The dialogue phenomenon tries to cover up the fact that millions of Palestinians are displaced and that despair is all that life has to offer them. But it provides no…
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…
Biden’s Four Biggest Mideast Challenges in 2022
From Iran to Israel, the U.S. president faces a number of challenges this year, but corporate media is focusing on the wrong ones.
UN Envoy Warns ‘Threat to Civilian Lives Is Increasing’ in Yemen
By Jessica Corbett / Common Dreams A United Nations special envoy on Tuesday raised alarm about the safety of civilians in war-torn Yemen given escalating violence, including airstrikes by the…
A Few Amazing Progressive Wins That Happened in 2021
Feeling bleak? Well, 2021 wasn’t all bad — here are a few astounding things ordinary people won at home and abroad.
The Far Right Continues to Build Its International
The far right only grows stronger, locally and globally, slowly making Steve Bannon's alt-right dreams come true.
Richest 1% Took 38% of New Global Wealth Since 1995. The Bottom Half Got Just 2%.
By Jake Johnson / Common Dreams In the nearly three decades since 1995, members of the global 1% have captured 38% of all new wealth while the poorest half of…
COVID Europa: The Fourth Wave
By Kenneth Surin / CounterPunch Europe is embarking on a fourth wave in Covid cases. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have placed several European countries in its…
Reining In the Pentagon
By Mandy Smithberger and William Hartung / TomDispatch Even as Congress moves to increase the Pentagon budget well beyond the astronomical levels proposed by the Biden administration, a new report…