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Common Dreams

U.S. left

Common Dreams is a nonprofit, donor-funded news and opinion site with no corporate owner, running no ads and taking no government money. It publishes progressive news aggregation and opinion writing aimed at a left-leaning readership. Its coverage of the second Trump administration has been consistently and strongly critical, framing many administration actions as harmful to civil liberties, health care access, and press freedom.

Owned byIndependent 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization (no corporate parent); founded by Craig Brown and Lina Newhouser

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On the administrationbroadly critical

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7.6average bias score across 43 stories
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun

Stories

9 Trump and Vance Announce $25 Million Fraud Tip Reward Program; Trump Says He Will Decide Who Gets Paid
8 Supreme Court Declines to Hear Fired NLRB Member Gwynne Wilcox's Appeal, Leaving Appeals Ruling for Trump in Place
7 Meta Suspended No Kings Instagram Account for About 90 Minutes During Oct. 17 Early-Vote Events; Meta Says Traffic From a Claude AI Tool Set Off Its Bot Filter
9 Trump Renews Pledge of $5,000 Payments to Adult Citizens if Republicans Keep the House and Senate, a Promise First Made Sept. 9
7 U.S. Employers Added 29,000 Jobs in September as Unemployment Rate Rose to 4.2%, Labor Department Says
8 Trump and Six AI Executives Sign Voluntary 'White House Accord on Super Intelligence' Calling for Outside Audits and Board Oversight
6 Harvey Weinstein Sentenced to 15 Years in New York for 2006 Sexual Assault of Miriam Haley
8 U.S. Diesel Averages $6.529 a Gallon in EIA's Sept. 21 Survey; USDA Raises 2026 Farm Fuel Forecast to $21.6 Billion
7 Trump Addresses 81st UN General Assembly on Iran War and Gaza Plan as Approval Hits 32% in Reuters/Ipsos Poll
8 NAACP-Led Coalition Sues DHS, ICE, DOJ and FBI Over Federal Agents at Polling Places
8 Senators Release Whistleblower Account Alleging DHS Officers Were Told to Pose as Voters on State Lookup Sites
7 Federal Judge Grants Preliminary Injunction Against OPM Essay Question on Trump Executive Orders in Civil Service Job Listings
8 D.C. Circuit Vacates Energy Department Emergency Order That Kept Michigan's Campbell Coal Plant Running
8 U.S. Average Diesel Price Reaches $6.06 a Gallon on Sept. 11, a Nominal Record; California Averages $7.98
8 Pentagon Polygraphed About 50 Joint Staff Members in Munitions Leak Investigation, Officials Say