Hope in a Dark Era | Your Week in Review

[Common Dreams | Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community] [Home] | [Donate] ---------------------------------------------------------------   [Hope in a Dark Era: In the Face of Barbarism, Thousands Turn to Democratic Socialism] by Jake Johnson It is clear that to effectively combat society's most pressing ills... we need a radical imagination, and radical action.         ['Enough to Make Me Gag': Warren and Sanders Decry Latest Big Pharma Giveaway] by Deirdre Fulton Sen. Elizabeth Warren vows to fight 21st Century Cures Act 'because I know the difference between compromise and extortion'         [Veterans Arrive at Standing Rock to Act as 'Human Shields' for Water Protectors] by Nika Knight 'I signed up to serve my country and my people'         [Trump Allies in Battleground States Rush to Stop Jill Stein's Recount Efforts] by Nadia Prupis Lawyers and super PACs in Wisconsin, Michigan, and Pennsylvania file federal lawsuits to halt or block efforts, some already underway         [Journalists Denounce WaPo Fake News Blacklist as Red Scare Redux] by Lauren McCauley "Basically, everyone who isn't comfortably within the centrist Hillary Clinton/Jeb Bush spectrum is guilty"         [Goodbye Grasslands. Goodbye Birds. Goodbye Carbon Sink.] by Andrea Germanos 'America's Great Plains are being plowed under at an alarming rate'         [Chilling 'Professor Watchlist' Aims to 'Expose' Leftist Educators] by Deirdre Fulton 'It would be easier to dismiss this rather silly project if the United States had not just elected a president who shouts over attempts at rational discourse and reactionary majorities in both houses of Congress'         [How to Save the Planet From President Trump] by Bill McKibben It’s quite possible that we’ve lost our best chance to combat climate change, but we must try to contain the damage         [Trump’s Seven Techniques to Control the Media] by Robert Reich Responsible media hold the powerful accountable by asking them hard questions and reporting on what they do. Apparently Trump wants to eliminate such intermediaries         [The Many Ways to Help Standing Rock] by Sarah van Gelder Even if you can’t show up at the wintry encampments, you can join water protectors in other ways: from calling the North Dakota governor to breaking up with your bank         --------------------------------------------------------------- [Find us on Facebook] [Follow us on Twitter] P.O. Box 443, Portland, ME 04112 Breaking News & Views for the Progressive Community. Independent, non-profit newscenter since 1997. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good. [www.commondreams.org] This email was sent to {EMAIL} because you are subscribed to the Week in Review Newsletter. [Click here to manage your email preferences.]