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Common Dreams has been providing breaking news & views for the progressive community since 1997. We are independent, non-profit, advertising-free and 100% reader supported. Our Mission: To inform. To inspire. To ignite change for the common good.

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commondreams.org > news > electronic-price-tags-wages

Union Report Warns Electronic Shelf Labels Could Kill Jobs and Crush Wages

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (638+ words) Automated digital display price tags at Petco store, Manhattan, New York on October 12, 2023. Some states are cracking down on "surveillance pricing." But a report out from the AFL-CIO suggests that the risk of electronic shelf labels are much broader than…...

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commondreams.org > news > trump-drug-pricing

Trump Pharma Deals Called Distraction From 'Failed Plan to Lower US Drug Prices"

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (570+ words) US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. speaks in front of President Donald Trump during an announcement about drug prices in the Oval Office at the White House in Washington, DC on September 30, 2025. "Lasting relief requires transparent, enforceable…...

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commondreams.org > news > august-gas-prices-iran

Trump Hammered Over Iran War That Drove Gas Prices Above $4 Per Gallon Every Day in August for First Time Ever

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (318+ words) A person pumps gas at a Chevron gas station on August 7, 2026 in Austin, Texas. "Donald Trump started a deadly and costly war with Iran that has driven gas prices through the roof, and Americans are breaking the bank to fill…...

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commondreams.org > news > consumer-confidence-trump-war

Consumer Confidence Hits Lowest Level in Months as US Faces 'Trump's Reckless Tariffs and War With Iran"

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (446+ words) We vow—with your help—to keep fighting like hell for it. Our journalists are working overtime to cover the onslaught of horrors and the growing resistance—fighting for peace, democracy, and an economy that serves the working class, not…...

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commondreams.org > news > canada-retaliatory-tariffs

'Canada Must Respond': Ottawa Slaps Retaliatory Tariffs on US Goods After Trump Trade War Escalation

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (714+ words) We vow—with your help—to keep fighting like hell for it. Our journalists are working overtime to cover the onslaught of horrors and the growing resistance—fighting for peace, democracy, and an economy that serves the working class, not…...

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commondreams.org > news > us-treasury-bond-buybacks

'Bessent Is a Political Actor': Treasury Move on Bond Market Seen as Midterm Damage Control

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (479+ words) US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent testifies during a Senate Committee on Finance hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on June 3, 2026 in Washington, DC. "Trump is going to pump billions of dollars into the bond market to push…...