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San Francisco poet Beau Beausoleil opens the new year with poetry of hope.

This sweeping survey of the post-war period contains fascinating insights but lacks an organizing principle.

The 1995 Christmas rom-com While You Were Sleeping stars Sandra Bullock as a union transit worker in Chicago. Over 25 years later, it’s still a delightful working-class holiday watch.

Diet-related diseases from UPFs (ultra-processed food, or junk food) kill over 600,000 Americans a year. By contrast, at current rates, Covid-19 will kill 100,000 people in the US next year.

Andor actually shows why the Empire is terrifying. We see the Empire’s strategy over and over again: Extract resources. Displace indigenous populations. Partner with corporations for profit. And when all else fails, suppress dissent — increasingly, as the show progresses, by any means necessary.

Entering the year’s end, Georgia poet Alice Friman suggests how much, how little, time carries as life goes on.

This book is a detailed critique of the judicial philosophy to which the current majority of the Supreme Court of the United States adheres.

She Said, the new film about the exposure of Harvey Weinstein, keeps its focus on the disgraced movie producer and poster villain for #MeToo — but misses a chance to expose the “girl bosses” who protected him for years.

Eating mindfully means using all of your physical and emotional senses to experience and enjoy your food choices which can increase gratitude and the overall eating experience.

We're seeing more scenes of people having to cross state lines for an abortion, running up against gestational limits, and other barriers mimicking the news.