Trump's EPA Wants to Count Microplastics While Corporations Keep Dumping Them | Common Dreams
Committing $144 million to study microplastics while subsidizing fossil fuels by nearly $31 billion a year is like trying to clean up an oil spill with a spoon while the tanker is still spewing.
Trust, Land, and Community Under the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act | Common Dreams
Farmers in San Joaquin Valley need enough support to turn a forced transition into a livable one, where they can afford to retire acres while still keeping a foothold in agriculture and in their communities.
Amy Goodman on the Media’s “Access of Evil”
Journalist Amy Goodman — the subject of a new documentary “Steal This Story, Please!” — on why independent media is needed now more than ever.
Viral Parody Video Exposes Absurdity of Trump's Illegal Iran War | Common Dreams
Comedian Dave Columbo parodies Trump's Iran war rationale in viral video.
Zohran Mamdani on Using Government to Fight for the Many
In a speech marking his first 100 days as New York City mayor, Zohran Mamdani describes his administration’s accomplishments so far and champions “pothole politics,” a 21st-century version of Milwaukee’s proud tradition of sewer socialism.
State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings https://theintercept.com/2026/04/13/trump-boat-strikes-iachr/
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State Department Tells Human Rights Watchdog to Ignore Trump’s Extrajudicial Killings
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights “lacks the competence” to review Trump’s campaign of deadly boat strikes, a State Department spokesperson said.
Iran’s top diplomat says Trump team sabotaged talks with deal ‘inches away’
“Zero lessons earned,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi.
A lack of democracy in the United Farm Workers gave Chavez immunity
Frank Bardacke's history of the Farm Workers union opened many eyes to the reasons the UFW became a shadow of its former self.
‘Hungary has chosen Europe’ as voters end 16 straight years of Orbán’s far-right rule
“Europe has always chosen Hungary,” said the head of the European Union. “Together, we are stronger.”
Inside Israel’s Prison Regime
"There is one law for Israeli Jews and there is another law for Palestinian Arabs."
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