During this week's impeachment trial, images were shown of the Jan. 6 insurrection, which included the U.S. flag. In his essay, Scott Simon remembers more promising moments where the flag was flown.
The hotel company is the latest to sever ties with the Republican senator following his objection to Electoral College results during Congress' certification of President-elect Joe Biden's win.
A historic day in Georgia history was overshadowed by senseless violence encouraged by the president of the United States and hundreds of Republicans who have pushed baseless claims of election fraud. On this episode of Battleground: Ballot Box, what comes next in Georgia after Democrats flipped both U.S. Senate seats.
Violent acts of insurrection like the U.S. Capitol mob have been incubating in the western U.S. for years, where self-described "patriots" have led armed uprisings, often with few legal consequences.
The insurrection at the Capitol was just the latest chapter in America's ongoing battle over race, writes NPR host Sam Sanders. "Once you see it as such," he says, "it all makes a lot more sense."
Protesters for Black lives say when they protest for social justice, they're met with rubber bullets and tear gas. Meanwhile, a mob of white extremists storms the Capitol with little resistance.
Jacob Anthony Chansley, known as the "QAnon shaman," is charged alongside Adam Johnson and Derrick Evans in a federal court Saturday. Johnson is said to be the man seen carrying the speaker's lectern.
In an interview with NPR, the senator called the president's conduct a "flagrant dereliction of his duty." He also criticized Missouri Sen. Josh Hawley for his challenge to the election's results.
Rosanne Marie Boyland of Kennesaw had grown increasingly excited to support the president she loved, and upset over the election she perceived as stolen. By Wednesday night, she was dead amid the chaos that unfolded in the nation's capital.
The way police handled Wednesday's onslaught showed that "some people are ... given certain kinds of leeway or space, and other people are not," says African American studies professor Eddie Glaude.
As the nation continues to grapple with the deadly riots at the U.S. Capitol this week, Georgia scholars are weighing in on a new legal and political reality.
Army Secretary Ryan McCarthy said the fence will be in place for at least the next 30 days. He added that 6,200 members of the National Guard will be in the region by this weekend.
Georgia officials and organizations have issued mixed reactions, from a strong condemnation by the Governor to silence in some cases, to Wednesday's siege of the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump extremists.