Jimmy Carter: “I am writing to congratulate you on the productive session that the 96th Congress has had to date.”

The aircraft carrying the 52 American hostages had cleared Iranian airspace on the first -- first leg of a journey home. And at every one of the 52 hostages was alive, was well and free.

I fear for our democracy.

We look on human rights as an ability to live in peace. And to believe that your future will be better than your past might be.

One year on, promoters of a lie that the election was stolen have taken over one political party and stoke distrust in our electoral systems. These forces exert power and influence through relentless disinformation which continues to turn…