Older Americans Pushed Into Poverty as Feds Garnish Social Security for Student Debt

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Dec 22, 2016 Data from the Government Accountability Office showed that people over the age of 50 are the fastest-growing group with student debt, outpacing younger generations. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Big Pharma Prepares to Spend Hundreds of Millions to Keep Drug Prices High

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Oct 26, 2016 "[Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America's] decision to hike membership dues 50 percent will increase the trade group's considerable coffers to more than $300 million per year," Politico reports. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Climate Activist Unrepentant After Being Charged in #ShutItDown Pipeline Protest

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Oct 22, 2016 "My actions of walking across a field and cutting a fence chain are inconsequential and excusable compared to the ghastly effect of continuing to burn tar sands oil," said Ken Ward. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

More Than 200 Scholars Decry the Trans-Pacific Partnership’s ‘Frontal Attack’ on Law and Democracy

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Sep 8, 2016 "Today's letter from top legal experts makes clear: ISDS [the Investor-State Dispute Settlement, part of the TPP] undermines the American judicial system and tilts the playing field further in favor of big multinational corporations," Sen. Elizabeth Warren declares. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

In a Major Ruling, Grad Students Win the Right to Unionize at Private Universities

By Deirde Fulton / Common Dreams Aug 24, 2016 The National Labor Relations Board announced that a previous ruling—that graduate workers were not entitled to collective bargaining because they are students—was flawed. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

All Eyes on Flint, but Drinking Water Crisis Stretches Nationwide

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Mar 17, 2016 A USA Today investigation finds 350 schools and day-care centers failed lead tests about 470 times from 2012 through 2015. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Upholding Power of the People, California Court Says Voters Can Weigh In on Citizens United

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Jan 5, 2016 "Are we a democracy of, by and for the people, or are we to be ruled by an elite, monied class?" Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )