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commondreams.org > news > data-center-health-risks

Trump EPA Accused of Endangering Public as Study Highlights 'Hidden Health Costs' of Data Centers

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (807+ words) Michigan residents rally against the planned $7 billion Stargate data center in Saline on December 1, 2025. The Environmental Protection Network listed actions "that could increase pollution-related health risks, weaken protections that would otherwise reduce those risks, or shift more costs onto families…...

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commondreams.org > opinion > how-trump-wields-power

We Need a President Who Wants to Build a Better Country, Not a Bigger Ballroom

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (533+ words) Trump understands how to wield power. His objectives and motivations are all wrong, but we need a president who will to exert executive authority in the name of the common good and a brighter future for our nation. Corbin Trent…...

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commondreams.org > opinion > muslim-children-9-11

Muslim Children Should Not Carry the Burden of the 9/11 Attacks

4+ day, 23+ min ago   (30+ words) Opinion | Muslim Children Should Not Carry the Burden of the 9/11 Attacks Common Dreams To donate by check, phone, or other method, see our More Ways to Give page....

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commondreams.org > news > iran-healthcare-crisis

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

4+ day, 17+ 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 > opinion > shadow-hearing-cuba-blockade

A Shadow Hearing to Break the Blockade on Cuba Is Just the Beginning

5+ day, 35+ min ago   (228+ words) (L-R) Rev. Robert Turner, Congresswoman Delia Ramírez (D-Ill.) Ms. Suzanne Adely, Mr. Felix Sharpe Caballero, and Congresswoman Maxine Dexter (D-Ore.) pose. “May we not remain silent at a time of injustice and what feels like a quiet genocide on the…...

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commondreams.org > news > trump-takeovers

'Absolutely Bonkers' and 'Unacceptable': Trump Posts Map Showing US Takeovers of Other Nations

6+ day, 13+ hour ago   (517+ words) "As always, he is telling us what the plan is," said one critic. "We must take it seriously." US President Donald Trump has spent his second term threatening takeovers of various other countries, from Canada and Cuba to Greenland, and…...

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commondreams.org > news > chris-wright-venezuela-oil

Trump Official Denies Stealing Venezuela's Oil One Hour After Boasting Country is 'Forced to Work' With US

1+ week, 18+ hour ago   (387+ words) US Secretary of Energy Chris Wright arrives at the US Senate in Washington, DC on June 18, 2025. "We have a lot of leverage over Venezuela. We control the sale of oil outside of their country," said US Energy Secretary Chris Wright....

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commondreams.org > opinion > staying-grounded-in-hard-times

Staying Grounded When the Earth Cracks: On Political Focus in an Age of Overstimulation

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (614+ words) Part of the Guadiana river has dried up and gives way to dry land under the Puente de la Mesta medieval bridge in Villarta de los Montes, in the central-western Spanish region of Extremadura, on August 16, 2022. Surviving these times requires…...

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commondreams.org > news > canadians-us-enemy-poll

Plurality of Canadians See US as 'Enemy' Thanks Almost Entirely to Trump: Poll

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (388+ words) Canadians' disdain toward the US is driven almost completely by Trump, with 64% saying their opinions of the country would likely change if he were no longer president. A survey released Saturday by polling firm Leger finds that a plurality of…...

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commondreams.org > news > pentagon-polygraph-campaign-leaks

Pentagon Launched 'Unprecedented' Polygraph Spree After Leaks Revealed Disastrous Truth About Iran War: NYT

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (368+ words) Dozens of officers were grilled on whether they leaked classified information about the Iran War leaving the US with critical shortages in key munitions, The New York Times reported. The polygraph campaign "appeared aimed at not just ferreting out anyone…...