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Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

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Pledge to Protect the Freedom to Read This Banned Books Week (October 5–11, 2025), join EveryLibrary and We Believe in standing up for every reader’s right to read and access every story.

📚 It’s Banned Books Week. Book bans don’t protect kids — they censor them. Stand with libraries, stand with readers, stand for the #FreedomToRead. ✊ #BannedBooksWeek #StopBookBans Sign the pledge today! via @everylibrary.bsky.social

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Are We on the Road to a Totalitarian US? | Common Dreams In important ways the Trump brand of authoritarianism contains hallmarks of totalitarianism in seeking to ensure that there is only one permissible way to think..

Are We on the Road to a Totalitarian US? www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...

We Must Call It What It Is: A Genocide in Gaza | Common Dreams For too long, our elected officials have hidden behind euphemisms like “tragedy” or “conflict.” But history will not remember their silence kindly.

We Must Call It What It Is: A Genocide in Gaza www.commondreams.org/opinion/geno...

Dems, Don't Fund the Destruction of US Democracy | Common Dreams ​Democrats need to hold a nationally televised news conference and announce as a unified group that they won’t fund the federal government if Trump is going to use those dollars to invade blue cities.

Dems, Don't Fund the Destruction of US Democracy www.commondreams.org/opinion/dems...

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans | Common Dreams Former US surgeons general warn that HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. poses a threat to public health with anti-vaccine views and misinformation.

Former Surgeons General Say It's Their Duty to Warn of 'Profound' Threat RFK Jr. Poses to Americans www.commondreams.org/news/rfk-jr-...

Trump Admin Weighs Privatizing Student Loans, Fulfilling Another Project 2025 Objective | Common Dreams The Trump admin may sell federal student loans to private investors. An advocate for Protect Borrowers said privatization "will limit access for students from the most underrepresented communities, ra...

Trump Admin Weighs Privatizing Student Loans, Fulfilling Another Project 2025 Objective www.commondreams.org/news/trump-a...

As Bondi Testifies to Senate, DOJ Alumni Blast 'Appalling' Leadership | Common Dreams "It is incumbent on all of us to fight for the Justice Department before it's too late."

As Bondi Testifies to Senate, DOJ Alumni Blast 'Appalling' Leadership www.commondreams.org/news/doj-pam...

Schiff Lists All the Questions Pam Bondi Refused to Answer During Contentious Senate Hearing | Common Dreams US Attorney General Pam Bondi faces tough questions from Senate Democrats, dodging answers on Trump, Epstein, and DOJ integrity.

Schiff Lists All the Questions Pam Bondi Refused to Answer During Contentious Senate Hearing www.commondreams.org/news/pam-bon...

Israel's Destruction of Gaza Over Last 2 Years 'Would Not Have Been Possible' Without $21.7 Billion From US | Common Dreams US support has enabled Israel's slaughter of 67,000 Palestinians in Gaza. #GazaWar

Israel's Destruction of Gaza Over Last 2 Years 'Would Not Have Been Possible' Without $21.7 Billion From US www.commondreams.org/news/us-aid-...

Renewables Surging Worldwide—But Going Backward in US Under Trump | Common Dreams Despite US backsliding, solar and wind generated more electricity than coal worldwide for the first time this year.

Renewables Surging Worldwide—But Going Backward in US Under Trump www.commondreams.org/news/global-...

GOP Senator Calls ICE Comments by Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Criminal Incitements to Violence | Common Dreams Republican senator accuses Chicago mayor and Illinois governor of "inciting violence" by criticizing federal immigration agents. ICE raids in Chicago have led to arrests of US citizens, legal immigran...

GOP Senator Calls ICE Comments by Pritzker, Chicago Mayor Criminal Incitements to Violence www.commondreams.org/news/ice-rai...

‘Reality Breaking Through,’ Says Casar, as MTG Scolds Fellow Republicans Over Healthcare | Common Dreams "Not a single Republican in leadership... has given us a plan to help Americans deal with their health insurance premiums DOUBLING!!!" wrote MAGA firebrand Marjorie Taylor Greene.

‘Reality Breaking Through,’ Says Casar, as MTG Scolds Fellow Republicans Over Healthcare www.commondreams.org/news/mtg-sco...

Union Fury After Trump Suggests Not All Furloughed Workers Will Receive Shutdown Pay | Common Dreams Federal employees' unions reacted with outrage Tuesday after Trump went back on promises that all furloughed employees would be paid after the shutdown. Federal workers, said AFGE president Everett Ke...

Union Fury After Trump Suggests Not All Furloughed Workers Will Receive Shutdown Pay www.commondreams.org/news/trump-f...

'I'm Terrified I'll Die': Bernie Sanders Unveils Report on Healthcare Devastation Looming for American Families | Common Dreams Sen. Bernie Sanders' report reveals Americans' fears over GOP healthcare policies, detailing personal stories of struggles with rising insurance costs.

'I'm Terrified I'll Die': Bernie Sanders Unveils Report on Healthcare Devastation Looming for American Families www.commondreams.org/news/bernie-...

Don't let Texas execute #RobertRoberson — an innocent man — on Oct. 16. Call Gov. Abbott right now at 737-277-6778. Find a call script here: bit.ly/4gSqZtA

📢 Protect Our Planet News — October 7, 2025 | Updates and Actions You Can Take Today 🌎 News & Actions: October 07, 2025. Climate change poses an urgent and immediate danger to our environment, our planet, and the very future of life on Earth. Together, we can protect our planet.

📢 Protect Our Planet News — October 7, 2025 | Updates and Actions You Can Take Today
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Governors Warn of 'Martial Law' and Trump 'Invasion' as US Judge Halts Troop Order—for Now | Common Dreams "This is a moment where every American must speak up and help stop this madness," declared Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker.

Governors Warn of 'Martial Law' and Trump 'Invasion' as US Judge Halts Troop Order—for Now www.commondreams.org/news/martial...

America’s Fourth Amendment Is on Life Support — What Do You Do When Your Government Becomes the Criminal? Raids without warrants, kids in zip-ties, and officials who say “F** the children”: this is the moral collapse of the American state. It's time for state authorities to start making arrests...

America’s Fourth Amendment Is on Life Support — What Do You Do When Your Government Becomes the Criminal?
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October 6, 2025 If White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller is at the head of the administration’s deployment of federal agents against undocumented immigrants, it appears that Office of Management and Budget...

October 6, 2025
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Two Years After 10/7 An illegal military occupation, a yet expanding genocide, and what must happen to ensure peace and justice going forward

Two Years After 10/7
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First they tried to "cure" gayness. Now they're fixated on "healing" trans people. Inside the movement to resurrect conversion therapy.

First they tried to "cure" gayness. Now they're fixated on "healing" trans people. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

A 90-second crash course in Trump's betrayal of American soy farmers Here’s the geopolitical beans.

A 90-second crash course in Trump's betrayal of American soy farmers www.motherjones.com/food/2025/10...

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws" Public comments suggest repealing the Clinton-era "roadless rule" is wildly unpopular.

Outcry as Trump plots the plunder of US forests: "You can almost hear the chainsaws" www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Is America contagious? Scholars in political extremism are documenting the global spread of right-wing populism.

Is America contagious?  www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

SCOTUS wades back into the war on trans kids—and considers greenlighting conversion therapy The science is in: The anti-LGBTQ "treatments" are ineffective and dangerous.

SCOTUS wades back into the war on trans kids—and considers greenlighting conversion therapy www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

If you want to stay healthy and you care about humanity, here's what to eat Scientists say this diet could prevent 40,000 early deaths per day, and cut food-related emissions by half.

If you want to stay healthy and you care about humanity, here's what to eat www.motherjones.com/environment/...

Climate scientists raise a middle finger to Trump's censorship efforts Hundreds are collaborating to make sure accurate data is available to the public.

Climate scientists raise a middle finger to Trump's censorship efforts www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border “We’re not begging for crumbs anymore. We’re demanding what’s rightly ours."

Indigenous nations plan a tariff-free trade corridor across the US-Canada border www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there. Authoritarianism—but make it look like the rule of law.

The “dual state” theory was invented to describe Nazis. The Supreme Court could take us there. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...