Common Dreams

'Times-Picayune' Had Repeatedly Raised Federal Spending Issues. By Will Bunch

The hurricane that struck Louisiana yesterday was nicknamed Katrina by the National Weather Service. Its real name is global warming. By Ross Gelbspan

A top Army contracting official who criticized a large, noncompetitive contract with the Halliburton Company for work in Iraq was demoted Saturday for what the Army called poor job performance. by Erik Eckholm

When Cindy Sheehan marched into Crawford, Texas to ask President Bush why her son died in Iraq, it was Mother's Day. by Medea Benjamin and Gayle Brandeis

The search for the "noble purpose" in Iraq is more elusive than the search for weapons of mass destruction. But the logic of U.S. policy is being clarified in the present constitutional talks. by Tom Hayden

One of my neighbors appears to take his responsibility of raising a family in this affluent birthplace of the American revolution awfully seriously. He has draped an oversized American flag over his front door.

In the end it was the 'generosity' of Coca-Cola in distributing cadmium-laden waste sludge as 'free fertilizer' to the tribal aborigines who live near the beverage giant's bottling plant in this remote Kerala village that proved to be its undoing. By D. Rajeev

Health campaigners remain on a war footing against the U.S. soft drink industry, which this week announced a plan to limit sales of products blamed for obesity among American schoolchildren. By Abid Aslam

Gasoline is over $2.50 a gallon, the death toll of American soldiers in Iraq is over 1,850, and what patriotic, heroic displays of sacrifice can we find on the American landscape? By Derrick Z. Jackson

Civil libertarians and the Pentagon appear headed for yet another trainwreck in the ongoing dispute over the so-called second batch of photos from Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq. By William Fisher

Hundreds Converge on Peace House, Riling at least One of the President's Neighbors. By Michael Fletcher

When news of Pakistan's clandestine program showed how the country's top nuclear scientist was secretly selling Iran and North Korea, the so-called "Axis of Evil," blueprints for building an atomic bomb were uncovered last year, the world's leaders waited, with baited breath, to see how President Bu

Media Research Center - "the largest media watch-dog organization in America," it touts itself - is a non-profit conservative outfit founded and run by L. Brent Bozell, a prominent conservative activist. By Lila Rajiva

In just 10 years, that name has evolved into a phenomenon, spawning a worldwide community that has created a brand potentially worth hundreds of millions of dollars, an impressive not-for-profit online citizen's global encyclopedia available in scores of languages, a website now in the top 50 that g

The loss of more American soldiers may mark the beginning of the end for the occupation of Iraq, finds Diplomatic Editor Trevor Royle. By Trevor Royle

Environmentalists say Australia is facing "the most serious genetic contamination event" in its history, after the West Australian government confirmed low levels of genetically modified canola had been found in non-GM canola.

We must do more than remedy existing problems; changing our behavior now will prevent new ones. By Bill McKibben

Sixty years after the United States dropped two atomic bombs on Japan, a film documenting the aftermath is reminding Americans about the horrors of nuclear war. By Sadia Latifi

A story that the U.S. government hoped would never see the light of day finally has been published, 60 years after it was spiked by military censors. By Amy Goodman and David Goodman

Our interests are best protected not by unilateral action but by multilateral agreement and a world order governed by rules. Yet tonight the international partnerships most important to us are weakened: the European Union is divided; the Security Council is in stalemate.

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki 60 years ago were stunning and sobering events. They brought World War II to an end, and everyone was thankful for that. By Walter Cronkite

A Vacaville woman whose son was killed in an ambush in Iraq began Saturday what could become a monthlong anti-war protest outside President Bush's ranch near Crawford, Texas. By Jim Downing

Last week Sony BMG, one of four major record companies who control over 80% of the music industry, admitted to bribing DJ's and radio stations in a bid to get their songs on the air. By Justin Schlosberg

Media reform campaign goes global with the launch of tiny radio stations in Northampton, Massachusetts and Arusha, Tanzania, August 4th-7th.

Did the atomic bomb, in fact, cause Japan to surrender? Most Americans think the answer is self-evident. However, many historical studies–including new publications by two highly regarded scholars--challenge the conventional understanding. By Gar Alperovitz

The George W. Bush administration may soon resume production of antipersonnel land mines in a move that is at odds with both the international community and previous U.S. policy on the weapons, says a leading human rights organization. By Isaac Baker

House Energy and Commerce Chairman Joe Barton is so obstinate about global warming that he is harassing top scientists. By Derrick Jackson

by Leila Fadel

Ecocide means destroying our ecosystem by actions of the human species. Human activity like war and the profligate use of our ecosystem's resources is ecocidal. By Tom Turnipseed

So there it was again, my summertime conundrum. How do I reconcile the lush beauty of the countryside and my rewarding life with the mayhem my country causes in the world and the danger we all face, every day, as a result of it? By Joyce Marcel