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Pete Kiehart / Redux The Contested Significance of January 6
Surveying the divide as America marked a fraught anniversary
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Tasos Katopodis / Evaristo SA / Ferenc Isza … January 6 Didn’t Happen Just to America
Around the world, Trump allies are laying the groundwork to sow doubt in the democratic process and, if necessary, subvert elections.
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Erin Schaff / The New York Times / … It’s Time for Democrats to Break the Glass
One year after the January 6 insurrection, the United States is less stable than at any time in recent memory.
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Seth Herald / Redux America Is Running Out of Time
A reader’s guide to The Atlantic’s coverage of a worsening democratic crisis
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FBI The Strangest Ongoing Mystery of January 6
Who planted the Capitol Hill pipe bombs?
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Getty; The Atlantic What Gang-Backed Government Could Do to America
January 6 was a warning: When public authority and private muscle join forces, democracy is in danger.
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Martin Chavez / Getty The Coup at 30,000 Feet
Stuck on a plane flying back to Washington, I feared the version of the country I would land in.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Termite Coup
To fully understand January 6, you must consider all that happened before (and after) the attack.
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Joshua Roberts / Bloomberg / Getty Investigate Them
The DOJ must examine the roles of government officials, including former President Donald Trump, in the Capitol insurrection. To look away is fantastically dangerous.
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Samuel Corum / Getty We Are Living Through a Democratic Emergency
A conversation with Anne Applebaum, Barton Gellman, and Adrienne LaFrance about January 6 and the fragility of American democracy
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Daniel Constante / Alamy; Getty; Paul Spella / … Fox Hosts Knew—And Lied Anyway
Text messages sent to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows reveal a disturbing truth.
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Getty; Adam Maida / The Atlantic The Paperwork Coup
A much more dangerous insurrection was under way in the inboxes of Trump’s inner circle in the weeks before January 6.
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Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg / Getty Why the January 6 Investigation Is Weirdly Static
The House committee can still succeed, but success won't look like what a lot of onlookers are hoping for.
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Greg Nash / AFP / Getty What a National Guard Commander Saw on January 6
William J. Walker led the D.C. National Guard during the Capitol attack, but for hours that day, he felt helpless.
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Lisa Ferdinando, Department of Defense The Experiment Podcast: Protecting the Capitol One Year After January 6
Nearly a year after commanding the D.C. National Guard during the January 6 insurrection, Sergeant-at-Arms William Walker is helping ensure that the Capitol will never be attacked again.
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The Atlantic The Atlantic Daily: January 6 Was Practice
Donald Trump was unable to subvert the 2020 election results. He’ll have a better shot in 2024, Barton Gellman warns.
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Mel D. Cole Trump’s Next Coup Has Already Begun
January 6 was practice. Donald Trump’s GOP is much better positioned to subvert the next election.
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Danielle Del Plato Are We Doomed?
To head off the next insurrection, we’ll need to practice envisioning the worst.
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Getty; The Atlantic The Right’s Total Loss of Proportion
Support an attack on Congress? No problem. Vote for Biden’s infrastructure bill? You’ve betrayed your country.
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Toma Vagner The Man Who Made January 6 Possible
The story of Johnny McEntee—the “deputy president” who rose to power at precisely the moment when democracy was falling apart
