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

The GOP is a failed state, Donald Trump is its warlord. The 20 rebels are saying they rule the GOP, which they do. The narrowness of the GOP majority, which they are responsible for, brought the fracture into the open in a way that is unbridgeable.

The House report describes both a catastrophe and a way forward. For the first time in the history of the United States, Congress referred a former President to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution.

The goal of Israel’s fascist right is to establish a religious dictatorship run according to their openly oppressive principles, explicitly targeting Palestinians, LGBTQ people, women, and most every marginalized group in Israel.

Last Saturday marks the 50th anniversary of the death of baseball superstar Roberto Clemente.The fascinating story of a baseball superstar who is now remembered as much for his off-the-field activism.

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Howard Brown Health Center is well known as an LGBTQ-focused health provider and a stalwart Chicago progressive institution. Workers say that on the heels of their recent unionization, management is laying off 60 workers.

A group of video game testers at Microsoft have formed the tech giant's first union, and Microsoft has signed off on it, according to Communications Workers of America, which represents the employees.

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

If you think the crisis of American democracy is over, the circus in the House should remind you that a significant portion of the Republican Party has no interest in governing, policy, or democracy itself.