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The 117th Congress has finished its work, with little to offer American children. Lawmakers were unable to muster a deal to combine an extension of last year’s expanded child tax credit with tax breaks for businesses.

California’s hospitals struggle once more to find beds for desperate patients. In Los Angeles County, the average number of available hospital beds slipped to its lowest level since the pandemic began.

Before the holiday travel nightmare, attorneys general begged the Transportation Secretary and Congress to crack down. "The Department of Transportation has yet to fine any airline a single dollar!"

Taking inventory for the new year of transformation and action

Will the billionaires and corporations behind ALEC and other groups fighting racial, gender, income, and educational equality in America succeed?

"This association is robust—and it has nothing to do with politics," said one co-author. "It's all backed by the data."

It ain’t over. For sure, we are in for an epic clash in 2023 between the demands for inclusive, multiracial democracy and an even more MAGA-fied Republican party. Our job is to help to inform and mobilize every day. We need your help.

El Paso, Texas, witnessed the first violent outburst of US eco-fascism—and is also a living rebuttal to the hateful ideology

Guns have become the leading cause of death for American kids

Year end reflections on the ever-changing world of communications