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Brett Wilkins

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Staff Writer at Common Dreams

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  • 1 week ago | commondreams.org | Brett Wilkins

    A group of prominent international economists on Friday gave a ringing endorsement to New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani's campaign platform, asserting that the Democratic state lawmaker's progressive policies offer a "coherent agenda that rejects austerity and embraces the city's power to make life more affordable for New Yorkers." "We write, as economists from across the world, to support Zohran Mamdani's mayoral platform as a bold yet practical blueprint to tackle some of New...

  • 1 week ago | commondreams.org | Brett Wilkins

    Amid President Donald Trump's barrage of executive orders banning refugee entry into the United States and ending protected status for immigrants from some of the world's most unsafe and destabilized countries, Amnesty International led human rights defenders Friday in a World Refugee Day plea to the U.S. administration and other governments to "protect, not punish" people seeking refuge from violence, repression, and impoverishment.

  • 1 week ago | commondreams.org | Brett Wilkins

    This is a breaking news story... Please check back for updates... A federal judge in New Jersey on Friday ordered the release of Mahmoud Khalil, a permanent U.S. resident and former Columbia University graduate student arrested in March and marked for deportation amid the Trump administration's crackdown on pro-Palestine activists.

  • 1 week ago | truthout.org | Brett Wilkins

    More than 5,000 children under the age of 5 were treated for the life-threatening condition last month alone. By Brett Wilkins , CommonDreams Published June 20, 2025 Islam Hajjaj holds her 6-year-old daughter Najwa, who suffers from malnutrition, at a shelter in central Gaza City, on May 11, 2025. Majdi Fathi / NurPhoto via Getty Images Honest, paywall-free news is rare. Please support our boldly independent journalism with a donation of any size.

  • 1 week ago | nuclear-news.net | Brett Wilkins |Christina MacPherson

    House Progressives Back War Powers Resolution as Trump Ratchets Up Rhetoric Against Iran Brett Wilkins, 17 June 25, https://www.commondreams.org/news/progressives-war-powers-iran Numerous House progressives said Tuesday that they will support legislation that would force President Donald Trump to obtain congressional permission to wage war on Iran, a development that followed Monday’s introduction of two Senate measures aimed at stopping Trump from dragging the United States into the widening...

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Brett Wilkins
Brett Wilkins @BrettWilkinsSF
16 Jun 25

"You don't spin up this kind of skyward muscle just to flex," says @allenanalysis amid the deployment of dozens of US refueling planes. By @BrettWilkinsSF https://t.co/9Wsi4KCjAD

Brett Wilkins
Brett Wilkins @BrettWilkinsSF
16 Jun 25

RT @DropSiteNews: NEW: Israel is now targeting and killing journalists in Iran—after murdering hundreds in Gaza and Lebanon. Footage shows…

Brett Wilkins
Brett Wilkins @BrettWilkinsSF
16 Jun 25

RT @thejazzestate: A recent performance by a saxophonist performing in Lebanon. https://t.co/FDkmfQdRnh