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Top News Drop in Life Expectancy 'Speaks Volumes' About How US Handled Covid: Expert "While other high-income countries saw their life expectancy increase in 2021, recovering about half of their losses, U.S. life expectancy continued to fall," said Dr. Steven Woolf, co-author of the new study. by Jessica Corbett Far-Right Nationalist Le Pen Gaining on Macron Ahead of French Election The leader of the anti-immigration National Rally party has focused her campaign on issues affecting working French families, while President Emmanuel Macron has been derided as a "president of the rich." by Julia Conley Russia's Invasion of Ukraine Has Pushed Global Food Prices to All-Time High: UN Agency The Food and Agriculture Organization's index showed that prices of food commodities in March busted the record set the month before. by Andrea Germanos More Top News • Russian Airstrike Reportedly Kills 30+ at Train Station Used to Evacuate Civilians • Kremlin Shutters Amnesty, Human Rights Watch Offices in Moscow • NY Leaders Commit to Nation's First Fully Zero-Emission School Bus Fleet • 4,500 Unionized Nurses Vote to Authorize Strike at California Hospitals • 1,100+ Banned Books Across 26 States: Report Shows 'Shocking' Censorship VIEW ALL NEWS Quality journalism. Progressive values. Our new media model is simple: we rely on our readers and thousands of small donations to keep us moving forward. No ads; no paywalls: our content is free, and our readers sustain us. DONATE TODAY Opinion The Idea of a Clean and Efficient War Is a Dangerous Lie There is dominant propaganda that seems to suggest war can be conducted according to a set of acceptable, standardized, and abstract rules. It can't. by Antonio De Lauri Gas Prices Are High...So Electrify Make the transition to electric vehicles and get off the gas at home. by Bruce Mirken Opposing War: Standing Together for Peace War is hell, and when we wage it—when we dehumanize an enemy, thus allowing ourselves to commit mass murder—we dehumanize ourselves. by Robert C. Koehler VIEW ALL OPINION Call 207.775.0488 to donate by phone or mail a check to: Common Dreams, PO Box 443, Portland, ME 04112, United States Common Dreams is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit. Your contribution is tax-deductible. EIN: 20-3368194