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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 proposal to reduce the 60-hour overtime threshold threatened to regulate New York’s family farms out of existence,”

The Persian American poet Majid Naficy warns of celebrating a change of regimes too soon.

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.