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Common Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997. We are independent, non-profit, advertising-free and 100% reader supported. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good.

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commondreams.org > opinion > right-to-clean-water

The Time Has Come for a 'Right' to Clean Water

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (615+ words) Terrence Carter mixes bleach and soap into the water before washing dishes in response to the water crisis on September 1, 2022 in Jackson, Mississippi. Sometimes defeat can be clarifying. Last week, the US Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the dismissal…...

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commondreams.org > news > medicare-advantage-benefit-cuts

To Boost Profits, Medicare Advantage Giants Move to Kick Over a Million Seniors Off Their Plans

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commondreams.org > opinion > how-far-away-is-medicare-for-all

Medicare For All May Not Be as Far Away as You Fear

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (579+ words) The pessimistic view that we are moving in the wrong direction sees only the waves at the surface. It misses the subterranean tremors underneath. If we fight, we can win. Nancy Altman is president of Social Security Works and chair…...

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commondreams.org > news > electronic-price-tags-wages

Union Report Warns Electronic Shelf Labels Could Kill Jobs and Crush Wages

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (638+ words) Automated digital display price tags at Petco store, Manhattan, New York on October 12, 2023. Some states are cracking down on "surveillance pricing." But a report out from the AFL-CIO suggests that the risk of electronic shelf labels are much broader than…...

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commondreams.org > newswire > federal-appeals-court-hears-baseless-challenge-to-the-abortion-pill-mifepristone-again

Federal Appeals Court Hears Baseless Challenge to the Abortion Pill Mifepristone — Again

4+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1670+ words) The lawsuit seeks nationwide restrictions on a common medication for abortion and miscarriage care. In May, the Fifth Circuit ruled for Louisiana, resulting in a brief disruption of telehealth access to mifepristone before the U.S. Supreme Court temporarily paused the appeals…...

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commondreams.org > news > iran-healthcare-crisis

'A Serious and Alarming Threat': US Bombing, Blockade Deepen Iran Medical Crisis

4+ day, 13+ hour ago   (570+ words) Severe damage is seen at Gandi Hospital in Tehran, Iran, following US and Israeli joint strikes on March 2, 2026. "The most serious risk is premature death," said one physician. “The enemy has identified medicine as one of the sensitive areas of…...

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commondreams.org > news > sudan-healthcare-usaid-cuts

Doctors Without Borders Says Trump Aid Cuts Fueling Humanitarian Catastrophe in Sudan

5+ day, 11+ hour ago   (353+ words) Sudanese people fill cans with water at the Al-Afad camp for displaced people in the town of Al-Dabba, northern Sudan on November 21, 2025. "War is driving Sudan’s needs; funding cuts are shrinking the response." "War is driving Sudan’s needs; funding cuts…...

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commondreams.org > opinion > expanded-and-improved-medicare-for-all-act-2677829427

Medicare for All Also Means This: An Improved, Expanded Medicare

5+ day, 18+ hour ago   (326+ words) Members of National Nurses United union members wave "Medicare for All" signs during a rally in front of the Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America in Washington calling for "Medicare for All" on Monday, April 29, 2019. The wrong question is how…...

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commondreams.org > opinion > domestic-workers-retirement

I Spent 32 Years Caring for Children and I Still Can't Afford to Retire???I'm Not Alone

6+ day, 19+ hour ago   (778+ words) Childcare worker Debbie James-Dean uses a feather duster to tickle Aubrey Albritton, 16 months, as she goes over the color "green" during an activity at a Kids Are Us Learning Center in Southeast Washington, DC, on Friday, March 24, 2017. The work that…...

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commondreams.org > opinion > feeding-the-world

Feeding the World, Through Policy and Community

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (589+ words) Local residents receive food items during a Pop-Up Food Distribution and Vaccination Event with Lincoln Center, Disney, and WABC at Lincoln Center on May 26, 2021 in New York City. Bread for the World recently held its annual Advocacy Summit in Washington,…...