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Xtandi

Biden Must Take on Big Pharma Over Cancer Drug That Costs $189,000 Per Year

Ambika Verma ·
The medication in question Xtandi—developed with taxpayer dollars and used to treat prostate cancer—costs up to five times more in the U.S. than in Japan, Canada, the U.K., or France.
Citizens in eastern Ukraine

We Must All Recognize That a War Over Ukraine Is Not the Answer

Bridget Moix ·
Trump rally in Arizona

Fighting Back When "The Blood-Dimmed Tide Is Loosed"

Max Elbaum ·
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Voting rights protesters hold sign reading "Democracy" in Washington, DC

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A column by Abby Zimet
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A column by Abby Zimet
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These Are Not the Best of Times

Bad news on the culture war battleground that is our schools, where wingnuts in power are begetting a flood of untrue, inexact, "pedagogically pernicious" and proliferating "educational gag orders" - no sex, race, class, "anti-American ideology," "divisive concepts" or "discomfort." Parents can ban books, sit in on classrooms, sue teachers or snitch on those "behaving objectionably." Thus did a Florida school district just cancel a civil rights history lecture for teachers 'cause it might sorta be (banned) CRT. Its silenced speaker: "The victims of this censorship are history and the truth."

Abby Zimet · Jan 24, 2022

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Participants at a Fridays for Future demonstration hold a banner with the inscription "Climate Justice Now" in Munich, Germany, on November 29, 2019.

Fridays For Future Announces Global Climate Strike for March 25

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AOC Leads Call for Improved At-Home Covid Test Program

Jessica Corbett ·

A mother puts a mask on her child

As CTC Ends, Study Says Monthly Payments Boost Baby Brain Activity

Julia Conley ·

Amanda Solano and other members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 gathered for a rally in Glendale, Colorado, on January 13, 2022, during the strike against King Soopers.

'Strikes Absolutely Work': Kroger Workers Win New Contract

Kenny Stancil ·

Workers move packages of Covid-19 vaccines

With Covax Out of Cash, Inadequacy of Vaccine Charity Model Further Exposed

Jake Johnson ·

Alabamians attend the funeral of John Lewis

Court Strikes Down Alabama GOP's Racist Congressional Map

Jake Johnson ·

The sun sets over container ships and oil platforms off the coast of Huntington Beach, California on January 12, 2021. (Photo: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

One Year In, Biden Fails to Boost C- Grade on Environment

Jessica Corbett ·

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters

'A No-Brainer': Lawmakers Urge Pelosi to Hold Vote on Stock Trading Ban

Jessica Corbett ·

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Rep. Ocasio-Cortez Calls for Expansion of Residential Standards for At-Home Testing

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War & Peace

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US Puts Troops on Standby as War Tensions Over Ukraine Mount

The U.K. threatens "lightning war" as military forces mobilize in eastern Europe.
Andrea Germanos ·
Civilian participants in a Kyiv Territorial Defense unit train on a Saturday in a forest on January 22, 2022 in Kyiv, Ukraine.
Omar Assad

Leaked Report Suggests Impunity for IDF Troops in Deadly Stop of Palestinian-American Elder

Brett Wilkins ·

Biden, Xi summit

Groups Warn US Lawmakers Against Fueling 'New Cold War' With China

Jessica Corbett ·

Yemenis inspect the scene of aerial attacks said to be carried out by aircraft of the coalition led by Saudi Arabia on January 18, 2022 in Sana'a, Yemen.

Saudi Bombings Kill Scores of Civilians—Including Children—in Yemen

Andrea Germanos ·

Syrian workers are seen at the Tabqa Dam on May 18, 2017.

US Risked Killing Thousands by Bombing Syria Dam on 'No-Strike List'

Kenny Stancil ·

Climate Emergency

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Fridays For Future Announces Global Climate Strike for March 25

"Join us for the Global Climate Strike as we demand policymakers and world leaders to prioritize #PeopleNotProfit!"
Common Dreams staff ·
Participants at a Fridays for Future demonstration hold a banner with the inscription "Climate Justice Now" in Munich, Germany, on November 29, 2019.
The sun sets over container ships and oil platforms off the coast of Huntington Beach, California on January 12, 2021. (Photo: Leonard Ortiz/MediaNews Group/Orange County Register via Getty Images)

One Year In, Biden Fails to Boost C- Grade on Environment

Jessica Corbett ·

Kern County, CA - March 23: LADWPs Pine Tree Wind Farm and Solar Power Plant in the Tehachapi Mountains Tehachapi Mountains on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 in Kern County, CA

260+ Companies Demand 'Big, Bold Action' on Clean Energy

Andrea Germanos ·

California firefighter responding to Camp Fire

PG&E Should Be Broken Up Over Probation 'Crime Spree': Judge

Julia Conley ·

Message to Biden on climate says "Stop Fueling the Flames"

Biden Outpaced Trump on Drilling Permits in First Year

Kenny Stancil ·

Covid-19

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AOC Leads Call for Improved At-Home Covid Test Program

"Families living in basement apartments, renovated multifamily units, and multigenerational family households should be able to order the tests they need," said the New York Democrat.
Jessica Corbett ·
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Workers move packages of Covid-19 vaccines

With Covax Out of Cash, Inadequacy of Vaccine Charity Model Further Exposed

Jake Johnson ·

Students wear masks to school in Virginia

Virginia Schools Sue Youngkin Mandate Making Masks Optional

Julia Conley ·

A patient receives treatment at a hospital in Indonesia

Advocacy Group Urges Pfizer to Combat Paxlovid Inequality

Kenny Stancil ·

Covid patient receives treatment at a hospital

WHO Chief: 'Dangerous' to Assume Omicron Is Last Variant

Jake Johnson ·

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As CTC Ends, Study Says Monthly Payments Boost Baby Brain Activity

"We have more than enough evidence: Giving parents assistance on a monthly basis is good policy," said one advocacy group.
Julia Conley ·
A mother puts a mask on her child
Amanda Solano and other members of United Food and Commercial Workers Local 7 gathered for a rally in Glendale, Colorado, on January 13, 2022, during the strike against King Soopers.

'Strikes Absolutely Work': Kroger Workers Win New Contract

Kenny Stancil ·

District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine speaks at a news conference on December 14, 2021, in Washington, D.C.

State AGs Allege Google Deceived Users to Profit From Location Data

Kenny Stancil ·

President Joe Biden talks to reporters during a news conference in the East Room of the White House on January 19, 2022, in Washington, D.C.

Biden Criticized for Ignoring Question on Student Debt Promise

Kenny Stancil ·

Puerto Ricans demand debt cancellation

Critics Warn Puerto Rico Debt Plan Will Lead to More Austerity

Julia Conley ·

Politics

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'A No-Brainer': Lawmakers Urge Pelosi to Hold Vote on Stock Trading Ban

"Perhaps this means some of our colleagues will miss out on lucrative investment opportunities," said House members in a bipartisan letter. "We don't care."
Jessica Corbett ·
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi speaks to reporters
Kyrsten Sinema

'Exactly Right': Progressives Back Arizona Dems Censure of Sinema

Brett Wilkins ·

CRT ban

Black Mississippi State Senators Stage Walkout as Critical Race Theory Ban Passed

Brett Wilkins ·

Trump

Draft Order Shows Trump Considered Using Military to Seize Voting Machines

Brett Wilkins ·

Kyrsten Sinema

To 'Hold Her Accountable for What She Did,' Primary Sinema Project Gets Into Gear

Brett Wilkins ·

Rights & Justice

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Right-Wing Supreme Court Takes Up Challenge to Affirmative Action

"We will vigorously defend access and opportunity in higher education," said head of civil rights legal group.
Jessica Corbett ·
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reproductive rights

Amid Existential Threat to Reproductive Rights, Congress Urged to Act

Brett Wilkins ·

Jamaal Bowman

Democracy 'On the Line' Says Bowman After Protest Arrest

Julia Conley ·

#FightFor15

Biden Praised for $15 Minimum Wage Hike for All Federal Workers

Brett Wilkins ·

Justice Sonia Sotomayor

Sotomayor Excoriates Majority for 'Egregious' Attack on Texas Women

Julia Conley ·

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