Events are current when they are in the news and media coverage. They are also current when they are the issues of this moment in time.
by Aaron Kirschenbaum in Common Dreams, July 9, 2026 Last week, millions of people around the world were subjected to record-breaking heatwaves. At least 25 deaths in the U.S. from this heat dome were reported. The French government also counted over 2,000 excess deaths during the June heatwaves. At the…
by Michele Mashburn on the All Things Disability Equity web site, June 4, 2026 Two weeks ago, more than 100 people lay down in a parking lot in East Oakland. Above them stood cardboard gravestones: “Died unhoused.” “No suicide hotline.” “Rural hospital closed.” “Can’t afford insurance.” Hospital and ER staff,…
by Joan Simon, speech given at San Jose Against War rally on March 3, 202 For years, I had always want to go to Cuba. I wanted to experience a society, if only for a very short time, that genuinely cares about its people. In 2015, I finally had an…
by Megan Russell, July 31, 2025 in Common Dreams Imagine: It’s the summer of 2025, and the United States has been surrounded by foreign military bases. The bases have been built by some antagonistic country on the other side of the world that drones on about the inevitability of war.…
Trump’s first term was four years of Christmas Days for billionaires and corporate interests, starting with the military-industrial complex. A repeat of that must not be tolerated. by Medea Benjamin and Nicolas Davies, December 30, 2024 in Common Dreams With President Jimmy Carter’s passing and Donald Trump about to return…
December 17, 2024 from handsoffuhuru.org "No one’s going to prison; no one’s going to be fined,” stated U.S. District Court Judge William Jung on Monday, December 16, 2024 in the sentencing of the “Uhuru 3.” Applause, cheers and tears rose up in the courtroom and hallway that overflowed with supporters…
November 19, 2024...Statement from CODEPINK, World Beyond War, Veterans for Peace, End Wars Working Group of Progressive Democrats of America, and Peace in Ukraine Coalition: We denounce President Biden’s decision to approve long-range missile strikes–already underway–deep inside Russia. Biden’s reckless decision ignores Pentagon advice against such long-range strikes, thereby escalating tensions…
Tampa, FL—The first week of the free speech trial of African People's Socialist Party Chairman Omali Yeshitela, Penny Hess and Jesse Nevel left observers shaking their heads and asking how the government has dedicated 30 FBI agents over the course of three years, conducted military raids on peaceful U.S. residents,…
by Professor Jodi Dean, published in Common Dreams, July 30, 2024 Shortly before midnight on 28 July, Venezuela’s National Electoral Council (CNE) announced that — with 80 percent of the over 20 million votes counted — the trend was irreversible: Nicolás Maduro had been re-elected president of Venezuela. According to…
On July 9, 2024, about 50 people gathered outside Regional Medical Center (RMC) in East San Jose to rally against the decision of Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) to close RMC's trauma center, and its special heart attack and stroke programs on August 12, 2024. Regional Medical Center is the…
