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Leonard Peltier, longest serving U.S. political prisoner, should be free

September 30, 2022 By Mark Trahant

Peltier, a Native humanitarian, is now the 78-year-old Turtle Mountain elder incarcerated for far too long.

Thanks to public programs, 20 million fewer Americans were poor in 2021

September 28, 2022 By Shailly Gupta Barnes

If poor people vote in the midterms like they did in 2020, we could make another leap towards ending the madness of widespread poverty in the midst of plenty.

Press coverage of declining U.S. life expectancy evades the truth about class

September 28, 2022 By W. T. Whitney, Jr.

COVID and racism combine to drag down the number of years Americans live, but what about economic class?

Green groups and Senate progressives win an improved money bill

September 28, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

Manchin backs down on his plan to slash provisions for environmental review and speed up permits for fossil fuel projects.

Was White House talking to insurrectionists as they trashed the Capitol?

September 27, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg

That and other questions may be answered by new Jan.6 Committee hearings tomorrow.