While overall Democrats fared poorly in the 2020 House elections, progressives had successes running on movement politics.  Today we look at Marie Newman of Illinois, a 56 y/o ally of movement politics who unseated conservative incumbent Dan Lipinski.

In Music History News we look at the 1970 release of Simon and Garfunkel's last album as a duo.

Sources:

https://prospect.org/politics/class-of-2020-newest-squad-members/

https://calendar.songfacts.com/january/26/