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Trump supporters face off with police and security forces in front of the US Capitol in Washington DC on January 6, 2021. - Donald Trump's supporters stormed a session of Congress held today, January 6, to certify Joe Biden's election win, triggering unprecedented chaos and violence at the heart of American democracy and accusations the president was attempting a coup. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images)

American democracy: Are we ready yet?

Chauncey DeVega
Evangelist and author Beth Moore (Terry Wyatt/Getty Images for Dove Awards))

Evangelical sexism is driving women out

Ashlie D. Stevens
A group of pro-Trump protesters raise a giant America Flag on the West grounds of the Capitol Building on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Jon Cherry/Getty Images)

A (culture) war of desperation

Heather Digby Parton
Divided United States and partisan politics (Getty Images)

Can we fix our damaged democracy?

Dan Froomkin - Press Watch
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In this handout image provided by Harpo Productions and released on March 5, 2021, Oprah Winfrey interviews Prince Harry and Meghan Markle on A CBS Primetime Special premiering on CBS on March 7, 2021. (Harpo Productions/Joe Pugliese via Getty Images)

How Oprah triumphed over British media

Melanie McFarland
Donald Trump and Joe Biden (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

We must move past Trump to defeat COVID

Amanda Marcotte
A member of the clinical staff wearing Personal Protective Equipment PPE cares for a patient with coronavirus in the intensive care unit at the Royal Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England (Neil Hall/Pool via AP)

One year that changed everything

Alan D. Blotcky, Seth D. Norrholm
President Donald Trump (Doug Mills-Pool/Getty Images)

Scientific integrity at a crossroads

Augusta Wilson - Undark
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U.S. Senate Majority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks to the press at the U.S. Capitol on March 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. The Senate passed the latest COVID-19 relief bill by 50 to 49 on a party-line vote, after an all-night session. (Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)

It's time for progressives to celebrate

Amanda Marcotte
Kyrsten Sinema and Joe Manchin (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Is the end of the filibuster now near?

Heather Digby Parton
Reverend William Barber II (JOSH EDELSON/AFP via Getty Images)

Democrats who refused $15 will pay

Bob Hennelly
The Hagia Sophia stands as a testament to Byzantium’s achievements. (Salvator Barki/Getty Images)

Why QAnon fans love the Byzantine Empire

Roland Betancourt - The Conversation
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Young woman sorting donations (Getty Images)

Women more likely to donate to charity

Tessa Skidmore, Charles Sellen - The Conversation
Syrian Arab and Kurdish civilians arrive to Hassakeh city after fleeing following Turkish bombardment on Syria's northeastern towns along the Turkish border on October 10, 2019. (Delil Souleiman/AFP aia Getty Images)

How the media sells war to liberals

Alan MacLeod - FAIR
Second-grade pupils wear face masks as they attend school lessons (INA FASSBENDER/AFP via Getty Images)

Are schools safe? Teachers are terrified

Bob Hennelly
Grover Cleveland and Donald Trump (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Sir, you're no Grover Cleveland

Matthew Rozsa
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Lynchings by states and counties in the United States, 1900-1931 (Library of Congress)

How Black cartographers fight racism

Derek H. Alderman, Joshua F.J. Inwood - The Conversation
Crowds gather outside the U.S. Capitol for the "Stop the Steal" rally on January 06, 2021 in Washington, DC. Trump supporters gathered in the nation's capital today to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden's Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Robert Nickelsberg/Getty Images)

Endless war and the Capitol riot

Andrea Mazzarino - TomDispatch.com
The Vampire Diaries (CW/Viacom)

Whiteness and the Hollywood of the South

Margaret McGehee
A blister pack of Ketamine lozenges at the psychedelic therapy clinic | Girl with recreation drug on tongue (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

When psychedelic drugs get medicalized

Jonathan Dickinson, Dimitri Mugianis
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Liz Cheney, Mitt Romney and Mitch McConnell (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Julie Hollar
Elizabeth Olsen as Wanda Maximoff and Paul Bettany as Vision in "WandaVision" (Disney+)

"WandaVision" grants Scorsese's MCU wish

Melanie McFarland
Joe Manchin and Kyrsten Sinema (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Dumping the $15 wage: Doom for Dems?

Ramsey Touchberry
Bruce Springsteen (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

How the Boss should reclaim patriotism

David Masciotra
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