Media

Phil Donahue, 1935-2024

Jeff Cohen / Common Dreams Aug 20, 2024 Remembering TV’s most progressive daytime host, fired for giving airtime to Iraq War opponents. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Column

From Iran to the US: Our History of Coups Has Come Home to Roost

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Aug 25, 2023 70 years after the CIA-assisted overthrow of Mohammad Mosaddegh, Trump's coup attempt is making its way through the courts. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Social Justice

Racism and the Abuse of Technology, From Henrietta Lacks to Porcha Woodruff

Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan / Democracy Now! Aug 11, 2023 Woodruff was the first woman known to have been arrested due to faulty facial recognition software. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Medicare for All Should Be a Reality Today

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Feb 20, 2020 "People with low or moderate incomes do not get the same medical attention as those with high incomes." President Harry Truman in 1945. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Greta Thunberg, Frances Crowe and a Passing of the Torch

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Aug 28, 2019 Thunberg walks the walk; her work as an activist is just beginning. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Death and Resistance on the U.S.-Mexico Border

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Aug 21, 2019 The desert erases evidence of those who fall there. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Trump’s America: Gun Violence and the War on Immigrants

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Aug 8, 2019 The president's response to the recent scourge of shootings was predictable and predictably insufficient. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Environmentalists Risk Their Lives to Save the Planet

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Aug 1, 2019 Fighting for the planet's survival has become more dangerous for activists around the globe. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Pa’lante Puerto Rico

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jul 25, 2019 "Never has a governor been forced to resign by a popular protest," notes Juan Gonzalez of "Democracy Now!" Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

There Are No Democratic Adults in the Room

Paul Street / Truthdig Jun 20, 2019 After losing in grotesque fashion to Donald Trump in 2016, our “inauthentic opposition” is making the same mistakes all over again. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Fewer Than Half of House Democrats Have Signed On to Medicare-for-All

Eoin Higgins / Common Dreams Mar 7, 2019 A week after Washington Rep. Pramila Jayapal introduced single-payer legislation, citing its broad popularity, the party remains divided. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and the Politics of Dancing

Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan Jan 9, 2019 The old guard in Congress, both Republican and Democrat, should follow in her footsteps. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )