Common Dreams staff
Watch Anand Giridharadas share many of the lessons we have learned from the Covid-19 pandemic.According to him, "The question before us now is: What will do with these lessons?"
Futher Column - By Abby Zimet, Staff Writer
Sarah Sherman-Stokes
"Immigration detention cannot be improved, and the closure of Irwin and Bristol should be the first step toward ending immigration detention altogether."
Juan Cole
"The Palestinian uprising of spring 2021," writes Juan Cole, "showed that all of Kushner's premises, upon which he built the Abraham Accords, were deeply flawed."
Lori Williams
"Abortion is essential healthcare," writes a clinical director. "With our legal team, we will do everything we can to make sure the abortion care we provide remains accessible to anyone in Arkansas who needs it."
David Suzuki, Ian Hanington
"The era of coal, oil, and gas is over. We’ve done too little for the past 30 years. For the next 30, let’s work toward a cleaner, healthier future for all."
Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"A rocket docket that moves people too quickly through this flawed system is the opposite of justice."
Christopher Brauchli
In Alabama, writes Christopher Brauchli, "although the Legislature was able to expand the ability of those wanting to participate in yoga classes, it found a way to limit the ability of those wanting to participate in the electoral process. It banned curbside voting."
Ana Malinow, Kay Tillow
Warning! "Based on the historical precedents set by the Affordable Care Act (ACA)," write Ana Malinow and Kay Tillow, "the story of Medicaid expansion serves as a cautionary tale to those who’d like to leave healthcare to the states."
Cat Tebaldi
"Republican politics often use meat to mobilize an image of working-class, masculine toughness, or heartland American patriotism."
Thom Hartmann
"The GOP continues to promote policies that increase inequality and thus increase violent crime and mental illness, while blaming it all on Democratic welfare programs."
Brett Wilkins, staff writer
"It's time to pass a federal budget that affirms abortion care as the fundamental right that it is," asserts Rep. Ayanna Pressley.
