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

President faces disciplinary hearing after Hollywood union finds he “violated the union’s Constitution”.

A new book invites us to revisit the world and ideas of one of our great writers, who also served, during the 20th Century, as a one of our society's outstanding voices of conscience and tribunes for justice.

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

How you feel about the ending of Promising Young Woman likely depends on what genre you think the movie is in.

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.