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Media

The media and the rise of Donald Trump

Marc Ash / Reader Supported News At the beginning of 2016 Hillary Clinton seemed like a shoe-in to win the White House. Her polling numbers were very strong and the Republicans were in disarray. It [...]

Inequality

Trade unionism vs. the Oligarchy on Labor Day and every day

Bernie Sanders Sep 02, 2024Common Dreams As we celebrate Labor Day, 2024, there is some very good news. Public approval of labor unions, at 70%, is higher today than it has been in decades. Over [...]

Democracy

Biden’s slow exit reveals Democratic Party’s money driven culture

Norman Solomon Jul 24, 2024TomDispatch The Biden campaign drove the Democratic Party into a ditch and speculation is rampant about grim prospects for the election. But little scrutiny has gone into examining how such a [...]

Environment

California victory against Big Oil shows what’s possible when we fight

Nalleli Cobo, 7/11/24 Common Dreams Our win against fossil fuel giants in California last month—a modern-day David and Goliath fight—marks a profound victory in our ongoing battle for a cleaner, healthier world. In the face [...]

Letters

Letters from an American – the media fog

Heather Cox Richardson Jul 10 In this morning’s Talking Points Memo, David Kurtz observed that “much of political journalism is divorced from policy and the substance of politics.” It’s all about a horse race, he [...]

Taking Action

How to stop fascism: five lessons of the Nazi takeover

Timothy Snyder / Thinking About As the United States hovers at the edge of fascism, the history of Germany can help. To be sure, Americans have other histories to ponder, including their own. Some American [...]

Human rights

Newsom: defund counties that don’t clear homeless encampments

Brett Wilkins Aug 09, 2024 After personally participating in the forced displacement of homeless people in a Los Angeles encampment, Democratic California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday threatened to withhold funding from counties that don’t [...]

Peace & War

10 principles for perpetual peace in the 21st century

Jeffrey D. Sachs Jul 24, 2024Common Dreams Next year will mark the 230th anniversary of Immanuel Kant’s celebrated essay on “Perpetual Peace” (1795). The great German philosopher put forward a set of guiding principles to [...]

Health care

Medicare advantage: overpaid for decades

Ana Malinow, Truthout 12/3/21 In the face of massive support for Medicare for All and the failure of the U.S.’s for-profit health care system, the inevitable fall of the medical-industrial complex can be predicted, if [...]

Editorial

We’re back!

After a longish, over 2 year break, Connections is set to rumble on into a challenging future. Sad it is that the issues and articles from over 2 years ago are the same – only [...]