It's important to put the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riots in their proper perspective with the decidedly racist elements that define its legacy.
The Jan. 6 Capitol riot was actually a counterinsurgency; a response to the movement for Black lives and insurgency of post-1960s advancements, writes Rev. Osagyefo Sekou.
Thompson said that while the committee’s work was ending, there was still a long road ahead for the nation. Â
Defending democracy continues beyond the Jan. 6 hearings writes Lawyers' Committee CEO and President Damon T. Hewitt.
Ali Alexander is playing to those who still believe in his claims and "the Big lie."Â Â
Their testimony comes 58 years after three voting organizers were killed by the KKK for helping to register Black voters in Mississippi.
Prosecuting far-right groups has tended to be very difficult.
Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene made her first court appearance in a hearing brought on by a group of Georgia voters backed by non-profit organization, Free Speech for People, who are seeking to bar her from seeking re-election.
There is a growing number of concerns ahead of the so-called Justice for J6 right-wing rally in the nation's capital that critics fear will become another gathering place for violent white supremacists.
