As US small colleges close, towns can struggle. In Vermont, one turned the page.

Small, private colleges in the U.S. are closing more often, depriving communities of resources and people. One Vermont town has a solution that could work…

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Intensified by Fossil Fuel-Driven Climate Crisis, 'Godzilla-Level' El Niño Smashing Records Ahead of Peak | Common Dreams

This year's El Niño event is like no other, with temperatures rising at an alarming rate and experts predicting unprecedented heat extremes and extreme weather. Are we prepared for the catastrophic im...

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Vance Fraud Task Force Condemned as ‘Smokescreen’ for Booting 700,000 More People Off Healthcare | Common Dreams

"This so-called task force is nothing more than a bullshit distraction."

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'FAA Should Not Use My Constituents as Guinea Pigs': House Democrat Demands End of AI Air Traffic Control | Common Dreams

"Dangerously rushing a system that holds Americans’ lives in its hands is not a good use case for artificial intelligence."

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'Do I Drive Them Into Hell?' Trump Again Threatens to 'Annihilate' Iran in Genocidal UN Speech | Common Dreams

"Trump doesn’t know how to end the war he started with Iran," said one critic. "He’s so desperate that he’s threatening war crimes in front of the entire United Nations."

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The FBI Anti-Corruption Squad Was Circling Susan Collins — Until Trump Got in the Way

After the FBI caught a defense contractor’s CEO making illegal campaign contributions, it sought to launch a sweeping political bribery probe involving Collins and others. Then the second Trump admini...

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In Riverside Church Address, Sanders Warns 'Dangerous Global Oligarchy' Threatens Humanity | Common Dreams

"If there was ever a time in human history, in our country and throughout the world, that we have got to come together and create a world not based on greed but based on justice, based on decency, now...

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'Unforgivable Sin': Pentagon Reportedly 'Hiding' US Deaths in Iran War | Common Dreams

"When the government hides the true cost of its war, it misleads the country and dishonors the fallen," said one veterans' group.

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Trump Greenland Deal Panned as 'Largely a Rebranding of the Status Quo to Claim a Win' | Common Dreams

"Trump did an incredible job negotiating for things we already had in Greenland," said one US critic.

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'Do I Blow the Entire Nation Up?': Trump Says He's in 'Deciding Mode' on Iran War | Common Dreams

A senior Iranian official said that “our conditions are an end to the war on all fronts, the release of our frozen funds, and an end to the naval blockade."

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The Magick of Mugwort - A WitchCon Online 2027 class with Ellen Evert Hopman

Mugwort (Artemisia spp.) is a common roadside “weed” that deserves our respect and attention. This talk will be a deep dive into the folklore and magick of this potent medicinal and spiritual…

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Universal Health Coverage Could Save $1 Trillion and 114,000 Lives Every Year, Yale Study Projects

A single-payer universal health care system could cover every American, save more than 100,000 lives a year, and still cost $1 trillion less than the system it

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Andrew Yang on AI safety issues: The fear is real, the concern is real

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Advocates Call BS on Trump EPA Study of Imaginary Water Contamination From Abortion Pills | Common Dreams

President Trump's EPA is using environmental protections to restrict abortion medication and potentially birth control. But experts say the study is baseless and ideologically driven. Is this really a...

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'We Are Spending Our Reserves,' WMO Chief Warns as UN Drops Global Water Report | Common Dreams

"The buffers that have historically protected water security—snow, ice, groundwater—are eroding in many regions on a timescale of years, not overnight," the agency leader said, stressing "a sense of u...

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UN Experts Say US War Crimes Likely in Iran School, Sports Complex Massacres | Common Dreams

UN experts found US likely committed war crimes in Iran, killing 178 civilians, including 120 children. Pentagon failed to release findings, Trump admin deprioritized civilian harm mitigation.

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Antarctic, Greenland Sheets Have Melted Enough Since the '70s to Cover US in 5 Feet of Ice | Common Dreams

Greenland and Antarctica's ice sheets have lost about 11.3 trillion metric tons, or 12.5 trillion US tons, since the 1970s.

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As World 'Pretends There's a Ceasefire,' Israeli Minister Doubles Down on Gaza Expulsion Plan | Common Dreams

Citing the 70% depopulation of Gaza, Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz vowed to "finish the job" of what he called Palestinian "migration"—a euphemism, say critics, for ethnic cleansing.

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Did Johnson Just Adjourn Congress for 7 Weeks to Avoid Massie's Impeachment Articles Against Hegseth? | Common Dreams

US House Speaker Mike Johnson cut short the session to avoid a vote on impeachment against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. Republicans are running from accountability for war in Iran and boat bombings...

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Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding

Rep. Robert Garcia said the revelations that Umar Kremlev had bankrolled the wedding raise “serious national security and public corruption concerns” and requested the president’s son provide financia...

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'End the AI Arms Race,' Casar Says at Pro-Human Assembly Amid 'History-Defining Moment' | Common Dreams

"We all still inhabit this small planet, we all still breathe the same air, and we all still cherish our children’s future."

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Senate Rejects 'Dangerously Weak' Clarity Act on Crypto | Common Dreams

​"The need for responsible cryptocurrency regulation remains," said one anticorruption advocate.

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'Major Win' for Democracy as Supreme Court Rejects Trump Attack on Mail-In Voting | Common Dreams

"This executive order was a blatant power grab designed to silence voters and undermine our elections, but it failed because the people and the law were on our side."

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How a MAGA Influencer With Ties to Russia Became Trump’s Arctic Adviser

As head of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission, Thomas Dans has backed a takeover of Greenland and other items on President Donald Trump’s list. But it’s not always clear where the administration’s ag...

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Federal Court Blocks Trump's 'Loyalty Question' on Civil Service Job Applications | Common Dreams

Court blocks Trump admin's loyalty question on job apps, a win for nonpartisan civil service & communities served. Was it right to prioritize loyalty over qualifications? Should public servants be hir...

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