Jessica Corbett, staff writer
A coalition of more than 40 press freedom and human rights groups from across the globe sent a letter Friday to Brazilian authorities condemning cybercrime charges brought against American investigative journalist Glenn Greenwald earlier this week as a clear intimidation effort for his reporting on key members of President Jair Bolsonaro's government.
Raffi Cavoukian
A youth holds a placard as she participates in a climate strike to protest against governmental inaction towards climate breakdown and environmental pollution, part of demonstrations being held worldwide in a movement dubbed "Fridays for Future" in Hyderabad on September 20, 2019. (Photo: Noah Seelam/AFP/Getty Images)
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
There have been two confirmed cases of the disease in the U.S. so far, and a number of further samples are being tested.
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Why is POTUS, who has the power to remove ambassadors, conspiring with goons to do so?"
Derrick Z. Jackson
Wheeler, a former coal lobbyist, not only went against dollars and cents in pleasing his fellow polluters, he went against all scientific sense. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)
Common Dreams staff
"You know you can't trust this president to do what's right for this country. You can trust he will do what's right for Donald Trump. He'll do it now. He's done it before."
Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"It is time to get out of our comfort zones."
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"We want to see Iraq with full sovereignty."
Julia Conley, staff writer
Indigenous leaders in Brazil on Friday vowed to stop President Jair Bolsonaro's assault on their land and members of the country's 300 tribes, filing a lawsuit against the president for his latest racist statements about Indigenous people.
David Korten
"We are now awakening to the responsibilities that come with our distinctive ability to consciously create our future." (Photo by Aliraza Khatri/Getty Images)
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
Privacy advocates in the United Kingdom responded with alarm Friday to an announcement that the Metropolitan Police plans to use live facial recognition cameras at specific London locations "to try to locate and arrest wanted people."
Danny Sjursen
The current commander-in-chief could never have expanded America’s wars in the Greater Middle East (contra his campaign promises) or unilaterally drone-assassinated a foreign leader, without the militaristic foundations laid down for him by George W. Bush and Barack Obama. (Photo: Wikimedia Commons)
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Ralph Nader
Speaker Pelosi missed known opportunities to throw the Republicans on the defensive in the Senate and tie them up in knots. (Photo: Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"The president's war on healthcare knows no bounds."
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Nozomi Hayase
The public must engage in order to end this war on journalism. (Photo: Jack Taylor/Getty Images)
Jon Queally, staff writer
"Any agricultural platform that does not adequately address the worsening factory farm crisis we're facing across the country, is half baked and majorly flawed."
Jake Johnson, staff writer
Democratic congresswoman and chair of the House Abortion Access Task Force said she "would welcome the opportunity to educate" the Education Secretary on reproductive rights. And maybe U.S. history of chattel slavery?
Jake Johnson, staff writer
"As a candidate, Trump said he'd protect Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. Now he has an obligation to tell the American people: 'I was lying. It was all just a campaign ruse.'"
Julia Conley, staff writer
Gun control advocates slammed the Trump administration Thursday for siding with gun manufacturers and lobbyists as it slashed the oversight process for exporting weapons overseas.
Eoin Higgins, staff writer
"A lethal diversionary tactic at the expense of Palestinian rights and international law."
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