Brett Wilkins

Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

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Immigration

Migrant Defenders Slam Biden’s Plan to Deploy 1,500 Troops to Southern Border

The administration is playing into the hands of anti-immigrant zealots who demonize asylum seekers, said one advocate.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

May 3, 2023

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Immigration

Advocates Warn Biden’s New Migrant Policy Restricts Rights of Asylum Seekers

Expanding refugee resettlement shouldn’t be traded off, undermining those seeking asylum at the border, activists say.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 28, 2023

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Politics & Elections

My Pillow CEO Ordered to Pay $5 Million to Expert Who Disproved Election Lie

Mike Lindell is also the target of a $1.3 billion defamation lawsuit filed by Dominion Voting Systems.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 20, 2023

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War & Peace

Lockheed Martin Got $106 From the Average Taxpayer, While Renewables Got Just $6

Tax Day analysis also shows defense contractors received four times as much money as primary and secondary education.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 17, 2023

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Economy & Labor

Oxfam Report: US Billionaires Almost a Third Richer Since COVID Hit

"Tax Day is a reminder that the tax system isn't working for ordinary Americans."

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 15, 2023

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Reproductive Rights

DeSantis Signs Near-Total Abortion Ban Into Law in Dead of Night

Abortion rights defenders warn that the six-week ban poses life-and-death risks to Floridians.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 14, 2023

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Racial Justice

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Seeks Pardon for Man Convicted of Murdering BLM Protester

Daniel Perry accelerated his car into a crowd of protesters during the 2020 George Floyd protests in Austin.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 10, 2023

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Reproductive Rights

AOC Calls on Biden to Ignore Mifepristone Ruling, Resist “National Abortion Ban”

Ocasio-Cortez called Friday's decision invalidating the FDA's approval of the abortion pill "an extreme abuse of power."

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 10, 2023

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Politics & Elections

Lawmakers Urge Chief Justice Roberts to Probe Clarence Thomas’s Secret Trips

Calls mount for Thomas to be investigated after accepting millions in undisclosed gifts from billionaire Harlan Crow.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 9, 2023

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Education & Youth

Students Across the US Stage Walkouts, Demanding an End to Gun Violence

Relentless shootings have already claimed more than 10,000 lives in a little over three months this year.

By: Brett Wilkins ,; CommonDreams

April 6, 2023

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