Common Dreams staff
Experts: “The recently announced decision sends an unfortunate message to the Colombian people that your administration is not committed to abandoning the ineffective and damaging war on drugs internationally."
Dr. Haemin Cho
"These hate crime murders did not happen in isolation. They happened because good people did not rise up to take back our country from right-wing extremists and demagogues."
Tinashe Goroga, Dana Brown, and Siddhartha Mehta
The pandemic has blown up the myth that our personal health cannot be separated from the health of our neighbors or our planet.
Gaby Goldstein, Krithika Harish
Building a strong progressive candidate pipeline is a long-term and multi-cycle effort, and allies must be committed for the long haul.
Allie Granger
Before a severe weather event, producers must provide extra feed and adequate shelter to their animals, monitor water and heat sources, and develop an evacuation plan.
Tim Koechlin
'Neoliberalism is a relentless and shameless assault on the commons: the planet, public health, community, public spaces, rich conversation, trust, love, history, clean air and clean water. '
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Kids need to be in school... but we are concerned this change has been driven by a lack of physical space rather than the hard science."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"Remember, each 'unaccompanied minor' is a human being with a story," the Connecticut Democrat tweeted after his tour of the El Paso detention center.
