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Brett Wilkins

Brett Wilkins is a staff writer for Common Dreams.

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Sep 22, 2020
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Central American asylum seekers wait as U.S. Border Patrol agents take groups of them into custody on June 12, 2018, near McAllen, Texas.
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Immigration

“Damning” New IG Report Finds Proof of Trump Team Cruelty to Asylum Seekers

The report directly implicates Trump in the disastrous family separation policy.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
January 15, 2021
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Abortion rights advocates including NARAL Georgia Director Laura Simmons (2nd-L) rally in front of the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta to protest new restrictions on abortions that were passed in Georgia, on May 21, 2019.
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Reproductive Rights

Reproductive Rights Advocates Say Ohio Fetal Remains Bill Is Unconstitutional

Senate Bill 27 was signed into law Wednesday by Gov. Mike DeWine.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
January 1, 2021
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Environment & Health

Fauci and Other Health Officials Warn of Post-Holiday Coronavirus Spike

The health experts’ warnings came the morning after Trump refused to sign a $900 billion pandemic relief bill.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
December 28, 2020
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Sen. Bernie Sanders heads to the Senate floor at the Capitol building on December 20, 2020, in Washington, D.C.
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Politics & Elections

Sanders Condemns Trump for Allowing Millions to Lose Unemployment Benefits

The Vermont senator lamented Trump’s unwillingness to avert catastrophe by signing the compromise relief bill.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
December 27, 2020
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People protest against the Enbridge Energy Line 3 oil pipeline project outside the Governor's Mansion on November 14, 2020, in St Paul, Minnesota.
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Environment & Health

Water Protectors Launch Direct Action Against Enbridge Pipeline in Minnesota

State regulators had denied a request from two tribes to stop the Canadian company from proceeding with the project.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
December 5, 2020
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A view of the line as Food Bank For New York City distributes Thanksgiving meals to go at Community Kitchen & Food Pantry on November 25, 2020, in New York City.
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Economy & Labor

Food Banks Are So Overwhelmed With Demand That They Are Resorting to Rationing

Black, Latinx and Indigenous communities are disproportionately impacted by the hunger crisis this holiday season.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
November 29, 2020
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The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would compel banks to lend to the fossil fuel industry.
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Environment & Health

Trump Is Trying to Force Banks to Continue Financing Arctic Fossil Fuel Drilling

The Trump administration is proposing a rule that would compel banks to lend to the fossil fuel industry.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
November 21, 2020
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A Honduran mother holds her two-year-old as U.S. Border Patrol agents take them and other migrants into custody at the U.S.-Mexico border on June 12, 2018, in McAllen, Texas.
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Immigration

Number of Seized Migrant Children That Cannot Be Reunited With Parents Now 666

The initial undercount was attributed to the government not providing phone number contacts for 129 of the minors.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
November 10, 2020
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Donald Trump holds an executive order on "Continuing the President's National Council for the American Worker and the American Workforce Policy Advisory Board" which he signed during an American Workforce Policy Advisory Board Meeting in the East Room of the White House in Washington, D.C., on June 26, 2020.
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Environment & Health

Trump Is Charging Ahead With Cataclysmic Deregulation in Case of Election Loss

Many of the changes reflect the agendas of powerful corporate interests whose key players have donated heavily to Trump.
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
October 18, 2020
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People with face coverings protest police brutality
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Politics & Elections

Activists Fight Florida Proposal to Impose Harsh Penalties on Protesters

The proposed bill came on the same day the Department of Justice designated three cities as “anarchist jurisdictions.” 
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Brett Wilkins,
Common Dreams
September 22, 2020
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