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Instead of healing divisions on the bench, Roberts and his Republican confederates old and new have issued a blistering succession of polarizing and reactionary majority opinions. By: Bill Blum August…
By: Chuck Idelson Aug 25, 2025 Common Dreams Editor’s Note: the following article is republished here from the Common Dreams website. As with Trump’s march to autocratic power, the parallels…
Dictators can’t be dictators without first cowing the people, terrifying even elected officials, and asserting their absolute and unlimited power to use violence any where, any time, and under any…
Given his wreckage of lives, livelihoods, health, safety, and freedom of speech here and abroad in just 100 days, Trump invites daily the unifying command arising out of his declaration…
The list of common characteristics in the study of 20th-century fascist dictators and their regimes includes 14 categories in all, and Trump and his MAGA disciples have already exhibited characteristics…
Unless he changes course, he will be brought down by corruption throughout his ranks, plunging polls, resistance by many states, and a Congressional GOP realizing that it is their political…
By: Jessica Corbett, Common Dreams “So if you’re wondering if Donald Trump is trying to kill your kids, yes, yes he is,” said one critic. Public health advocates, federal lawmakers,…
By: Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) We have got to take on Trump and the oligarchs. And the best way to do that is to educate and organize, educate and organize. You…
The latest book by the Poor People’s Campaign co-chair shows how racial division keeps both Black and white communities poor—and lays out a real vision to defeat it. For progressives…
“When it comes to the DOJ’s proposal to reschedule marijuana, public opinion could not be clearer,” said a campaigner with Drug Policy Alliance, which analyzed public comments on the pending…