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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.

Social media posts about Oct. 7 got him fired, arrested, and thrown in jail. Now, Meir Baruchin faces a fight to return to a school that wants him gone.

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

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

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.

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

The simple reality is that the future of American democracy is as much on the line now as it was in 1866. That was lost in yesterday’s arguments, but should have been central to them.

To reach 270, Biden needs to win either Pennsylvania, or Georgia + Michigan.

Palestinians and Israelis who’ve experienced the settlers’ attacks first-hand see the move as a positive but wholly insufficient step toward accountability.