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By David Andersson After the March for Our Lives rallies ​that ​mobilized million​s​ of people ​the main focus​ for gun control activists is gain​ing​ political power. This a great direction​, seeking to engage people in ​the democratic process​,​ and was…

“Who here is going to vote in the 2018 election? If you listen real close, you can hear the people in power shaking.” by Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams (watch the videos here) Taking the stage on the…

By Chris Hedges Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas, along with 18 members of the House of Representatives—15 Republicans and three Democrats—has sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions demanding that the Qatari-run Al-Jazeera television network register as a foreign…

By Andre Damon Google announced Wednesday that it is partnering with the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Financial Times and other major news outlets to reinforce their monopoly over news coverage by blocking independent news organizations. The New…

The Washington Post reports more than 187,000 students have been exposed to gun violence at school in the 19 years since the Columbine High School massacre in 1999. Despite the high number, school shootings represent only a tiny fraction of…

The war on Iraq was a propaganda war where loaded phrases, such as “weapons of mass destruction” and “rogue state” were hurled like precision weapons at the target audience: us. Blair paid a price for his grandiose puffery. Bush has skated…

​As we approach the March For Our Lives in Washington DC on March 24th, the issue of gun control and school security ​remains at the ​forefront of ​public ​debate. ​A month after ​the ​Florida School shooting​ which kill​ed 17 people,…

New reports reveal how pro-Trump firm Cambridge Analytica ‘exploited’ Facebook to harvest data of 50 million users “This story is a devastating tale of how personal data and massive, unaccountable technology platforms combined with malevolent political interests to subvert the…

Teaching children how to dissent in response to a violent situation that they feel threatens their well-being is aligned with the purposes of democratic schooling. Indeed, a flourishing democracy depends on such an informed and active citizenry who will speak…

In a historic day of action, more than a million students from over 3,000 schools walked out of classes to protest gun violence on Wednesday. Walkouts occurred in all 50 states as well as some overseas. In Littleton, Colorado, hundreds…