The news of her death was discouraging to the point of despair. And yet, upon further reflection, I realized quickly that Cecile’s life should guide us.

On Monday, hours before President-elect Donald Trump was sworn into office for a second time, Cecile Richards’ family confirmed the formidable feminist activist and former president of Planned Parenthood passed away at 67.

Cecile Richards, a leading figure in the fight for women's reproductive rights and other progressive causes, died on Monday at age 67.

Cecile Richards, the organizer and activist who transformed Planned Parenthood into a political powerhouse, died on Monday at age 67. A year ago, Richards announced that she had been diagnosed with glioblastoma, an aggressive and incurable form of brain cancer.

Cecile Richards, the longtime advocate for women’s rights who was president of Planned Parenthood, has died. She was 67.

Cecile Richards, a national leader for abortion access and women’s rights who led Planned Parenthood for 12 tumultuous years, has died. She was 67.

Cecile Richards died Monday after battling an aggressive form of brain cancer, her family said in a statement.

The violent January 6 prisoners Trump pardoned reenter a country increasingly endangered by political violence. He loves it.

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MSNBC's Lawrence O'Donnell speaks to California Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff, member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a former member of the House Jan. 6 Select Committee, about Donald Trump's blanket pardons for those convicted for their actions in the January 6 Capitol riot.

MSNBC’s Lawrence O’Donnell details how Donald Trump is lowering the standard “from hiring to truth telling” to pardons that “no other president in history would ever consider,” including a child pornography user who attacked police on January 6th and the world’s biggest drug dealer.