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Martin Luther King, Jr., Internationalist

King looked beyond our borders — not only at injustice, but how people worked together to end it. It’s an example we need today.

Even without Congress, the president could take important steps to ease federal cannabis prohibition. What’s he waiting for?

King spent his last birthday organizing poor people of all races against immoral spending priorities. We need that revolution today.

The price of “freedom.”

One year after January 6, corporations are once again filling the campaign coffers of politicians who tried to overthrow the last election.

The coup attempt turned into a road map for the national GOP. Whether democracy survives is up to us.

When I think of January 6, I remember the overwhelming helplessness — a familiar feeling to residents of the capital.

Did January 6 actually fail?

The year to come could still see big changes for the better. Here’s how.

Feeling bleak? Well, 2021 wasn’t all bad — here are a few astounding things ordinary people won at home and abroad.