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But workers across the country rose to the occasion, making 2019 one of the most exciting years for the labor movement in recent memory.

The editor in chief of Christianity Today explains his scathing editorial about the president’s behavior—and the damage he argues his fellow Christians are doing to the Gospel.

It is as if the people as a democratic entity have just awakened from their slumber, casting aside the weight of a feeling of powerlessness and depression. They are giving us a priceless Christmas present: a shot of real positivity.

This might be a moment of political desolation for the socialist left in Britain, but those revelling in their apparent triumph have no answers to the problems we face. The struggle for social transformation in this country must continue.

After a brief decline, the number of US television watchers of professional football is once again on the upswing. Here are the six ways the National Football League groomed us for Trump and is still trying to keep us in its formidable grasp.

The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew highlights the top 10 amazing discoveries from the new plants and fungi found by the institution and its partners in 2019. Many are at risk of extinction from deforestation, agriculture and energy development.

"Once Upon Impeachment," A Late Show Animated Christmas Classic. Otis Taylor | Resurrection Blues. Bob Dylan | Long Ago, Far Away. Don McLean | Vincent ( Starry, Starry Night). Bob Marley | Get Up Stand Up.