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The goal of a new Federal Writers Project would be economic and cultural, putting writers to work capturing stories of the pandemic and this broader moment, while also serving as an archive for the existing work of local newspapers and non-profits.

Today Abraham Lincoln is widely revered, while many Americans, including historians, consider the militant abolitionist John Brown mad. Yet, according to two authors of new books on Lincoln and Brown, their chosen paths eventually seemed to converge.

In a difficult year, species were brought back from the edge of extinction; new protected areas were created; and Indigenous women leaders got long-overdue recognition. Mongabay looks back at some of the top positive environmental stories from 2020.

"Surging billionaire wealth hits a painful nerve for the millions of people who have lost loved ones and experienced declines in their health, wealth, and livelihoods."

The acceptance of Trump’s behavior by millions of his supporters will be his vilest legacy.

During the hearing, the High Court justices saw no problem with demoting the status of Arabic and claimed that 'equality' is something best left for the future.

Let “natural herd immunity” as a pandemic relief strategy be extinguished with the end of 2020.

Six ways that Biden can make the world safer in 2021.

All the Ways Georgia Is Suppressing the Vote. The 2020 Song - A Year in Review | We Didn't Start the Fire Parody. Bernie Sanders Slams Mitch McConnell on $2,000 Stimulus Checks. What $1.7 Trillion in Student Debt Looks Like. Do You Love Me?

A People’s Agenda; Trump Guilty of Sedition; Anger Over Trump Pardons; Union Members Who Voted for Trump; Leo Panitch; Fred Hirsch; Labor’s Untold Story; People’s History Books in 2021; The Chicano Revolt from 1969-1971; more...