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More people are serving life sentences without parole in Pennsylvania than almost anywhere else in America. An increasingly vocal movement is trying to change that.

"Pete" was one of many slaves considered property of the Jarrot family in Cahokia Heights. He sued for his freedom, and the lawsuit closed Illinois' slavery loophole. Pete's lawyer, Lyman Trumbull, went on to shape the 13th Amendment.

The African American perfectionists offered “faith” instead of “hope”—emphasizing the struggle to realize a vision of justice rather than passive assurance that it would prevail.

An essential primer on humanity’s ongoing quest to understand the secrets of life

The movement to save democracy from threats is too quick to overlook the problems that have been present since the founding.

Police are investigating the assault as a potential hate crime as advocates call for local leaders to back a ceasefire in Gaza.

The Woody Guthrie Museum has done a public service spotlighting Ochs’s career. Phil Ochs’s biting commentaries remain resonant in an era where the U.S. government provokes wars overseas and sends young men to fight and die on dubious grounds.

Conservatives are launching a new battle to destroy what’s left of the Voting Rights Act.

Victory over climate deniers sends a strong message in defense of climate science and scientists.

Negative views of the economics of immigration are all wrong. Far from taking jobs away, foreign-born workers have played a key role in America’s recent success at combining fast growth with a rapid decline in inflation.