Like many high schools across our nation, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin, offers their journalism students the student-run newspaper to publish their articles and experience the world of reporting. Cardinal Columns is extremely well written, edited and published while the school administration, as well as the student body at large, should be proud of the accomplishments […]
By Anneliese M. Schenk-Day, Ohio State University. Published 4-5-2024 by The Conversation The eruption of violence that Rwanda experienced beginning on the evening of April 6, 1994, continues to haunt the central African nation 30 years on – it has also changed the country’s gender dynamics. The genocide resulted in hundreds of thousands of men being killed, with many […]
“In this particular case, here’s the audacity: Self-managed abortion is not even a crime in fucking Nebraska,” said one rights advocate. By Jessica Corbett. Published 9-22-2023 by Common Dreams Amid a wave of right-wing efforts to quash abortion rights across the United States, a Nebraska judge on Friday sentenced Jessica Burgess to two years in […]
Opponents warn that the proposed legislation is “a naked land grab by the oil and gas industry” that critically imperils Peru’s uncontacted tribes. By Brett Wilkins. Published 6-13-2023 by Common Dreams A delegation of Indigenous leaders from Brazil is in Peru this week to join forces with their counterparts there who are fighting to stop […]
I’ve seen what a draconian abortion law can do in Poland. Here is what I think we should do By Klementyna Suchanow Published 5-12-2022 by openDemocracy I co-founded the Polish Women’s Strike, which led a series of anti-government demonstrations following the almost-total outlawing of abortion in 2020. I have spent six years of my life protesting […]
“The global number of undernourished people could increase by eight to 13 million people in 2022 and 2023,” says a new report by FAO, the global food agency. By Julia Conley Published 3-11-2022 by Common Dreams With dozens of countries around the world relying heavily on both Ukraine and Russia for food supplies, the United Nations […]
“This forced pregnancy act will drive women back into the [pre-Roe] shadows,” warned one Democratic lawmaker in the state. By Julia Conley, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 5-19-2021 “Abhorrent” and “unconscionable” were words used Wednesday by women’s health and rights advocates to describe the latest extreme ban on abortion care as Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott […]
While the Global South overprescribes antibiotics, in the West farm animals are pumped full of them, farmers even giving them to healthy animals so they can be packed tighter in ever-increasing herd sizes. By Alan Macleod Published 4-6-2021 by MintPress News Big pharmaceutical companies have not come out of COVID-19 looking like model global citizens. […]
“For the workers, their hands were forced by a combination of circumstances as toxic as the ash that falls over the region’s famous vineyards.” By Kenny Stancil, staff writer for Common Dreams. Published 9-7-2020 This Labor Day, immigrant and worker’s rights advocates are sounding the alarm in response to reports of migrant grape pickers, many […]
NYPD officers turning their backs on New York mayor Bill de Blasio after he remarked on police violence, Jan. 4, 2015. AP Photo/John Minchillo, Dwight Stirling, University of Southern California Many U.S. military members publicly disavowed President Trump’s decision to pardon Edward Gallagher, the former SEAL commando convicted of killing a teenage detainee in Iraq […]