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Police seen around Capitol building where pro-Trump supporters riot and breached the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

by Jeffrey C. Isaac
It will be hard to disentangle the levels of causal, moral, and legal responsibility, and harder still to repair the damage.


Trump supporters clash with police and security forces, as they storm the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2021.

by Mark Schlosberg
The dangerous attempt at a coup of the Capitol didn't happen in a vacuum. A culture of misinformation — even from those who should know better — has played a role in distancing too many people from the realities our country faces, including climate change.


Protesters supporting President Donald Trump break into the U.S. Capitol on January 06, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Andrea Germanos, staff writer
The resolution co-led by Rep. David Cicilline says Trump "will remain a threat to national security, democracy, and the Constitution if allowed to remain in office."


President Donald Trump speaks to reporters during a Cabinet meeting at the White House on October 21, 2019 in Washington, D.C. (

by Ralph Nader


US President-elect Joe Biden speaks at the Queen Theater on January 6, 2021, in Wilmington, Delaware. - Biden on Wednesday denounced the storming of the US Capitol as an "insurrection" and demanded President Donald Trump go on television to call an end to the violent "siege." (Photo: Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images)

by John Ripton
"A lukewarm Biden-Harris presidency—even one that eventually brings the pandemic under control—will not achieve the populist policy objectives necessary to win in 2024."


More than half of Americans want President Donald Trump removed from office, according to a new Reuters/Ipsos poll released January 8, 2021. (Photo: Kena Betancur/AFP via Getty Images)

by Brett Wilkins, staff writer
Fully 79% of all respondents, including two-thirds of Republicans and Trump voters, described the president's supporters who attacked the Capitol on Wednesday as "criminals" or "fools."


Bill Zawacki carries a banner that reads "impeach" near the U.S. Capitol two days after a pro-Trump mob broke into the building on January 8, 2021 in Washington, D.C. (Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images)

by Jessica Corbett, staff writer
"It must be made clear that no president, now or in the future, can lead an insurrection against the U.S. government."


Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) during a press conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC January 7, 2021.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"If the threat is so serious that you have to ask one of Trump's own appointees to keep him from firing nuclear missiles, the threat is serious enough to impeach him today and not wait until next week."


Pro-Trump extremists storm the U.S. Capitol (Photo: Shutterstock)

by Walden Bello
The violent storming of the Capitol by pro-Trump extremists underlines the face of crises to come.


Sen. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) signs on to the Pennsylvania objection in the House Chamber during a reconvening of a joint session of Congress on January 6, 2021 in Washington, D.C.

by Jake Johnson, staff writer
"Trump and members of Congress must face consequences for inciting an attempted coup to stop the peaceful transition of power."

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