Politics – Page 510 – People's World

Most dangerous Supreme Court in history back on the job today

October 3, 2022 By Mark Gruenberg And John Wojcik

Affirmative Action, civil rights, what’s left of the Voting Rights Act, and same sex marriage are all on the chopping block.

Republican Mastriano’s election in Pennsylvania could kill democracy nationwide

October 3, 2022 By Blake Skylar

He would end the rights of women to control their own bodies and fight to impose a right-wing Christian theocracy.

‘Nothing Compares’ review: Sinéad O’Connor doc boldly engages protest artistry and Irish history

September 30, 2022 By Chauncey K. Robinson

She’s known for is tearing up a picture of the pope, but O’Connor’s influence and artistry goes far beyond that moment.

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.