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Protesters gather inside the U.S. Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"He shouldn't just be impeached or removed from office. He should be in jail."

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by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
"I've been reporting from the capitol for 11 years, nearly every working day. Never seen it like this."



U.S. Capitol police officers point their guns at a door that was vandalized in the House Chamber during a joint session of Congress on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Congress held a joint session today to ratify President-elect Joe Biden's 306-232 Electoral College win over President Donald Trump. A group of Republican senators said they would reject the Electoral College votes of several states unless Congress appointed a commission to audit the election results. (Photo: Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Common Dreams staff
"They're in the chamber. One is up on the dais yelling 'Trump won that election!' This is insane."



House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence prepare to preside over Congress' certification of the 2020 Electoral College vote on January 6, 2021. (Photo: Erin Schaff/Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
A desperate attempt at a coup is about to begin -- But let’s be clear: the results of the 2020 election will not be overturned. 




by Jake Johnson, staff writer
The lame-duck president's unhinged speech came as members of Congress met to officially certify President-elect Joe Biden's victory.



Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) walks to the Senate chambers December 30, 2020 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Mitch McConnell absolutely should not have a veto."



The "exclusion of undocumented workers in Nebraska from receiving vaccines is hypocritical, racist, cruel, and only helps spread Covid-19," said Rep. Joaquin Castro (D-Texas). (Photo: Natalie Behring/AFP via Getty Images)

by Kenny Stancil, staff writer
"Everyone deserves to be vaccinated, especially the workers who feed us—and essential workers have earned a fast-track to citizenship."




by Julia Conley, staff writer
"In almost every respect, the campaigns that Warnock and Ossoff ran were closer to what progressives counseled than what moderates have counseled."



People listen to Georgia Democratic candidate Rev. Raphael Warnock speak at his Labor Canvass Launch at IBEW Local 613 on January 5, 2021 in Marietta, Georgia.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Recurring survival checks, union jobs that pay a living wage, guaranteed healthcare, racial justice, voting rights, immigration reform, climate action, reproductive justice, education, and much more. It can't wait!"



<p>Caribou graze on the coastal plain of the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge in Alaska. (Photo: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/usfwshq/5124077710/in/photolist-8NNeMq-45Xbx-24J8KM-8Cmoh-98yHK-8Dpxb-24Nvsh">USFWS</a>/Flickr/cc)</p>

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"Trump's last-ditch effort to extract fossil fuels in this sacred region is a direct assault on Indigenous sovereignty, our climate, and communities."


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Trump supporters clash with police and security forces as they storm the US Capitol in Washington, DC on January 6, 2021. - Demonstrators breeched security and entered the Capitol as Congress debated the a 2020 presidential election Electoral Vote Certification. (Photo: Roberto Schmidt/AFP via Getty Images)

by Robert Weissman
Trump and his enablers have generated a quasi-fascist movement that is poised to perpetuate racist street violence, conspiratorial thinking, and serious perils for a functioning democracy.



The press must measure the Biden administration’s actions against what the science demands. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

by Mark Hertsgaard, Andrew McCormick
A new year's resolution: climate journalism to match the crisis.



 Let us enter 2021 with real yet cautious optimism. (Photo by Alexi Rosenfeld/Getty Images)

by Jeffrey D. Sachs
In the coming year, we can lay the foundations for a new era of sustainable development, peace, and cooperation, though we must also be vigilant to stop the forces of greed, ignorance, and hatred from hijacking the new technologies for their ulterior purposes.



Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross listens during a meeting of the National Space Council at the East Room of the White House June 18, 2018 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Alex Wong/Getty Images)

by Zena Wolf
The nation deserves a leader at the department who will fight for the urgent needs of people, not the desires of corporations.



This is your democracy, America. (Photo: SAUL LOEB/Getty Images)

by Charles P. Pierce
Nothing is over, to paraphrase Senator John Blutarsky, until they say it is. Which often is never.



A Palestinian child clad in mask due to the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic stands outside a mosque upon arriving for the prayers of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday which starts at the conclusion of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City on May 24, 2020. (Photo by MOHAMMED ABED/AFP via Getty Images)

by Ariel Gold
Palestinians in the West Bank and Gaza direly need the COVID-19 vaccine.


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