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"A Republican minority shouldn't be allowed to hold the nation's economic recovery and public health hostage."

Amanda Gorman, the nation’s first youth poet laureate, captivated the hearts of Americans and likely anyone else who was listening to her deliver the Inauguration poem on Wednesday. The 22-year-old became the nation’s youngest inaugural poet.

Remembering Patrice Lumumba, Marielle Franco and Chico Mendes, and news of new year struggles in four continents

Joe Biden’s call for unity is a stretch, but that doesn’t mean progress is off the table.

The story behind that victory illustrates a lot about where we stand in the push for a fair and working planet.

In this time of unprecedented crises, Congress and the Biden administration must respond through unprecedented action

The ‘insurrection’ - who dunnit?

Honoring Dr. King: He concluded by promising that “ending poverty will not just be an aspiration, it will be a theory of change to build a new economy that includes everyone.”

Companies now stepping back from his GOP enablers spent years propping them up to boost their bottom line. The biggest prize won by the corporations from Republican policy-making in the Trump era came with the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

In a new book, Alicia Garza writes, “We can’t be afraid to establish a base that is larger than the people we feel comfortable with.” “The Purpose of Power: How We Come Together When We Fall Apart.”