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'''Common Dreams NewsCenter''', often referred to simply as Common Dreams, is a popular<ref name = "popular"> {{cite journal
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}} </ref> U.S. based news website with a progressive perspective.<ref name = " "> {{cite journal
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}} </ref> Common Dreams publishes both news stories and editorials. Common Dreams also re-publishes syndicated content from [[Associated Press]], columnists such as the late [[Molly Ivins]], and news stories from a number of mainstream mass-market newspapers. The website also provides hyperlinks to other columnists, periodicals, radio outlets, news services, and websites.
==History==
Inspiration for the website name "Common Dreams.org" came from the book title ''The Twilight of Common Dreams: Why America is Wracked by Culture Wars'', written by "Common Dreams.org co-founder [[Todd Gitlin]] and published in 1995.
The non-profit organization Common Dreams was founded in 1996 by [[Craig Brown]], and the News Center launched the following year, in May 1997. Brown, a native of Massachusetts, has a long history in progressive politics. He was the director of the Maine Public Interest Research Group from 1973 to 1977 and worked on the presidential campaigns of former US Senators [[Alan Cranston]] and [[Paul Simon]]. Brown also served as [[Tom Andrews (politician)|Tom Andrews]]' Chief of Staff from 1990 to 1994.<ref name = "about"> {{cite journal
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}} </ref> Part of Brown's job was to compile news for Representative Andrews, which gave him the impetus to do the same on the internet.<ref name = "Kelley"> {{cite journal
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During the [[Kosovo War]] Common Dreams hosted the "Drumbeats of War" site which, according to the BBC, presented "a round-up of interesting articles with wide-ranging points of view that have previously appeared in newspapers and journals across the United States."<ref name = "kos"> {{cite journal
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| title =Internet Gives Peace a Chance; The anti-war movement has been fuelled by counter-cultural online news services, making it very different from its Vietnam predecessor
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by August 2003 commondreams.org had sold a quarter-million stickers at cost with the message: "Attack Iraq? NO!"<ref name = "million"> {{cite journal
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==Praise and criticism==
Common Dreams attracts both praise and criticism in political circles. Among its notable supporters are [[Bill Moyers]],<ref name = "moyers"> {{cite journal
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}} </ref><BR> [[Ralph Nader]], and [[Don Imus]].<ref name = "about">^</ref> The organization has been criticized both for being too progressive<ref name=discovernetworks>''[http://www.discoverthenetwork.org/groupProfile.asp?grpid=6887 Common Dreams Profile]''. Discoverthenetworks.org: A Guide to the Political Left. 2003. Access date unknown.</ref> and for not being progessive enough.<ref name=indymedia>"[http://portland.indymedia.org/en/2002/09/20239.shtml Common Dreams website completely fails to cover A22 Bush protest]". ''Portland Independent Media Center''. [[6 September]] 2002</ref>
==Features==
Common Dreams has featured original articles by the following authors:
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*[[Noam Chomsky]]
*[[Howard Zinn]]
*[[Eric Alterman]]
*[[Alexander Cockburn]]
*[[Jeff Cohen (media critic)|Jeff Cohen]]
*[[Juan Cole]]
*[[Joe Conason]]
*[[David Corn]]
*[[Robert Fisk]]
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*[[Tom Hayden]]
*[[Bob Herbert]]
*[[Arianna Huffington]]
*[[Jesse Jackson]]
*[[Naomi Klein]]
*[[Paul Krugman]]
*[[Michael Lerner]]
*[[Michael Moore]]
*[[Molly Ivins]]
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*[[Harold Pinter]]
*[[Ralph Nader]]
*[[Ted Rall]]
*[[Robert Reich]]
*[[Frank Rich]]
*[[Arundhati Roy]]
*[[Robert Scheer]]
*[[Cindy Sheehan]] <ref name = "sheehan"> {{cite journal
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*[[Katrina vanden Heuvel]] <ref name = "prince" />
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==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.commondreams.org Common Dreams] - Official website
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