Ohio coal giant Murray Energy gave to dark money group at center of bribery scandal
Murray Energy gave $100,000 to the dark money group at the center of the alleged Ohio bribery and racketeering scheme…
Read More
Trump’s vaccine chief picks his own former employer—where he still holds millions in stock—for $2.1B deal
by Eoin Higgins, Common Dreams The White House on Friday awarded a record-breaking $2.1 billion contract for development of a…
Read More
Trump proclaims Nevada has made it ‘impossible’ for GOP to win by expanding voting rights during pandemic
by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams In a Monday morning tweet attacking Nevada’s proposed expansion of mail-in voting as “an illegal…
Read More
2 dead in Caribbean after Tropical Storm Isaias batters coast, crawls toward Carolinas
Tropical Storm Isaias was expected to regain strength, becoming a Hurricane again, and hit the Carolinas by late Monday. Over…
Read More
‘Indefensible and disgusting’: Senate departs for 3-Day weekend as unemployment benefits expire for 30 million
by Jake Johnson, Common Dreams The Republican-controlled U.S. Senate has adjourned for a three-day weekend as enhanced unemployment payments are…
Read More
Barack Obama: Honor John Lewis by renewing Voting Rights Act and ballot access in the U.S.
In his stirring eulogy at the funeral service for Congressmember John Lewis, President Barack Obama said expanded voting rights would…
Read More
Sea level rise puts about 900 toxic waste sites at risk for flooding
More than 875 toxic waste cleanup sites are at risk of flooding from even a low level of sea level…
Read More
212 environmental activists were killed in 2019, report shows
A record number of environmental activists were killed last year, according to a report released Wednesday by the NGO Global Witness. The…
Read More
Anti-abortion activists back Pennsylvania methane regulations
Environmental, public health, and anti-abortion activists called on Pennsylvania regulators to close loopholes in the rules limiting methane and other…
Read More
Air pollution shortens global life expectancy by nearly two years, study shows
Particulate air pollution causes people around the world to die nearly two years early, according to a newly updated report from the…
Read More
