Brady Condon
On January 6, 2021, thousands of insurrectionists terrorized our nation’s capital. A police officer was beaten to death with a fire extinguisher, dozens more were injured, and millions of Americans felt unsafe. As the mob set its sight on the capitol, the very heart of our democracy was struck.
Read MoreBy: Bobin Park
No plane has ever crashed from turbulence / That hit a little too close to home // I knew we had seat belts for a reason / That we had binding words to keep peace in air / But how did we rest when the one to trust at the helm / Knew as little about flying a plane as we do?
Read MoreBy: Braeden Condon
The 2016 Presidential Election sparked my initial interest in politics. Before that year, I just echoed what my Republican family had said in conversations around the dinner table. However, with a new interest in politics, I set out on my own for a new political identity, one that I made throughout my own research and beliefs.
Read MoreBy: Shruthika Araselvan
On Wednesday January 6th, as Congress was certifying Biden’s win in the presidential election, a group of Trump supporters stormed the US Capitol in protest. The following pictures show the destruction caused by the attackers.
Read MoreBy: Herbie Waters
January 6th, 2021. As 2020 came to a close, many Americans were looking forward to the illusion of a fresh start, a better hour, a respawn point. When we reached the first week of 2021, a few days after the checkpoint, tone-setting events were on our minds - the Georgia runoff election, for instance, whose outcomes were both photo-finish Democrat wins. The cusp of this projected win, however, allowed a mob of disgruntled Americans to accelerate up their curve and land crashing down on the United States Capitol Building, bringing recklessness and the coronavirus to the home of the Senate and House.
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