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The rating covers Common Dreams’s news reporting, not its opinion pages. It is Mantle’s editorial judgement, last reviewed Sep 27, 2026. How outlets are rated. Disagree with this rating?

Rating history

• Rated Far LeftSep 27, 2026

  Opening rating on the five-point spectrum

Recent coverage

• 1 day ago

  No Kings Coalition Issues Open Letter to Mark Zuckerberg Demanding Answers on Meta’s Censorship of Historic Early Vote Mobilization

  Part of: Meta temporarily suspends No Kings Instagram account during nationwide protest day

• 2 days agoOpinion

  Whoosh And They're Gone

  Part of: New White House press secretary Katie Zacharia holds first briefing

• 5 days ago

  Elon Musk Becomes Senate Leadership Fund’s Main Donor In Quarter Three

  Part of: Musk gives $158 million to GOP Senate super PAC backing Paxton in Texas

• 6 days agoOpinion

  Make It Shitty, Vengeful, Inept and Untrue

  Part of: Federal agents search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Washington home in criminal probe

• Oct 14, 2026Opinion

  Prices Surge as Trump Fails to Deliver Relief for Working Families

  Part of: Consumer prices rise 3.7% over the year to September, Labor Department data show

• Oct 14, 2026Opinion

  Statement by Retiree Leader Richard Fiesta on the 3.6% COLA Increase for Social Security Beneficiaries

  Part of: Social Security benefits to rise 3.6% in 2027, up from 2.8% this year

• Oct 14, 2026Opinion

  Social Security’s COLA is on the Ballot in November

  Part of: Social Security benefits to rise 3.6% in 2027, up from 2.8% this year

• Oct 8, 2026

  Trump Administration Seeks to Exempt Oil and Gas Exploration in the Western Arctic from Environmental Review and Public Comment

  Part of: Trump administration exempts Alaska Arctic oil exploration from environmental reviews

• Oct 8, 2026Opinion

  Sierra Club Slams Trump Administration's Decision to Bypass Environmental Reviews for Arctic Oil Drilling

  Part of: Trump administration exempts Alaska Arctic oil exploration from environmental reviews

• Oct 8, 2026Opinion

  Ken Paxton Caught Planning Cuts To Social Security Benefits in Leaked Audio

  Part of: Leaked Audio Has Texas Senate Nominee Ken Paxton Discussing Mandatory Spending Cuts

• Oct 6, 2026

  Trump Must Reimburse Treasury for Public Funds Wasted on Partisan Ads

  Part of: Trump says he will stop using taxpayer money for TV ads promoting himself

• Oct 5, 2026

  Supreme Court Considers States’ Ability to Hold Fossil Fuel Companies Accountable for Climate Deception and Harms

  Part of: Supreme Court Hears Case on Whether Localities Can Sue Oil Companies Over Climate Damage

• Oct 5, 2026

  CCI Response to Suncor v. Boulder Arguments

  Part of: Supreme Court Hears Case on Whether Localities Can Sue Oil Companies Over Climate Damage

• Oct 2, 2026

  Patriotic Cowboys 'R Us

  Part of: Hegseth announces 20% cut in generals and admirals, outlines Pentagon culture overhaul

• Sep 30, 2026Opinion

  Senate Quashes Johnson’s Congressional Insider Trading Ruse

  Part of: Senate Democrats block bill restricting congressional stock trading over voter ID rider

• Sep 30, 2026

  Democrats Abandon Environmental Laws to Advance Pro-Fossil Fuel ‘Permitting Reform’

  Part of: Senators Reach Bipartisan Deal on Permitting Reform for Energy Projects

• Sep 29, 2026

  New FCC and FTC Complaint Demands Broadcasters Cease Airing Trump’s Illegal Taxpayer-Funded Ads

  Part of: Democrats Seek Investigation of Taxpayer-Funded Pro-Trump TV Ads

• Sep 28, 2026Opinion

  Fuel-Economy Standards Axed by Trump Administration

  Part of: Trump administration finalizes rollback of Biden-era fuel economy standards

• Sep 28, 2026Opinion

  'Consumers Will Pay the Price': Fury as Trump Pushes Through Rule Change to Make Vehicles Less Efficient, More Polluting

  Part of: Trump administration finalizes rollback of Biden-era fuel economy standards

• Sep 28, 2026Opinion

  Trump Administration Guts Mile-Per-Gallon Auto Rule

  Part of: Trump administration finalizes rollback of Biden-era fuel economy standards