What is the background of Common Dreams?

[The Backlash Cometh]

I know Common Cause has a good reputation, but I don't know anything about Common Dreams.

[billyskank]

1. I read it regularly

they reproduce articles by commentators in various liberal publications from around the world. But don't take anybody's word for it, check it for yourself:

http://www.commondreams.org

[welshTerrier2]

2. my number one source for news

Common Dreams reposts articles from a wide variety of news sources ...

they also carry some of the best editorials anywhere on the web ...
want to read something incredible?

check this out: http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1103-20.htm

[madfloridian]

3. Here is something about the founders, and also comments from good people.

http://www.commondreams.org/editor.htm
Craig Brown created NewsCenter in May of 1997 and has served as Editor since then. He is the Executive Director of Common Dreams - a non-profit founded in 1996 to develop use of the internet as a progressive political organizing tool.

A carpenter- turned social worker - turned political consultant, Brown is a native of Massachusetts. Brown began his career in progressive politics when he served as Chair and then Executive Director of the Maine Public Interest Research Group from 1973-1977. In 1976, Brown was a co-organizer of the anti-nuclear Clamshell Alliance - and spent time in New Hampshire jails for sitting in front of bulldozers at the Seabrook Nuclear Power Plant construction site.

Brown has managed dozens of state, local, Congressional and US Senate campaigns over the past 25 years. He has managed and worked for many environmental, anti-nuclear and human rights referendum campaigns. He has worked on campaigns for Common Cause, Maine Audubon Society, Freeze Voter '84, the High-Level Nuclear Waste Project and Americans for Medical Rights. Brown worked for the Citizen's Party on ecologist Barry Commoner's 1980 presidential campaign. He later served on the presidential campaign staffs of former US Senator Alan Cranston (D-CA) and former US Senator Paul Simon (D-IL



And this is from the About Us section, which you should always read.
http://www.commondreams.org/about.htm

'CommonDreams.org is a "must" in my life and work'
Bill Moyers
Host of NOW with Bill Moyers

'Thanks to the Internet, progressives are organizing like never before -- despite a mainstream media dominated by corporate and right-wing viewpoints. And there is no more important website than Common Dreams. I swear by it. And I donate to keep it going.'
Jeff Cohen, founder FAIR, the progressive media watch group.

'The News Center site is excellent.'
Hamilton Fish
President/The Nation Institute
New York City

'Wherever I go, I urge audiences to log into Common Dreams to get their daily progressive news and commentary. Keep up the good work'
Ralph Nader, 12/24/2003

'Congratulations on your site. I read it all the time.'
Jim Ridgeway
Writer/Village Voice
New York City

'It is extraordinary how much you are accomplishing compared to many other sites.'
Michael Kieschnick
President/Working Assets
San Francisco

'I'm a huge fan of Common Dreams. Keep up the good work. I love your site!'
Robert F. Welsch
President/Lens Publishing
Utne Reader/Utne Reader Online
Minneapolis

'You're doing such a great job! Bravo.'
Laura Flanders
Radio for Change

'Amazing site!'
Danny Schecter
Founder/MediaChannel.org
New York City