Insurrection Archives - YES! Magazine

The Danger of Normalizing Trump’s Enablers

Testifying against Trump in the Jan. 6 Committee hearings should not absolve his enablers of the harm they helped him inflict.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jul 14, 2022

Contextualizing the Jan. 6 Hearings

According to political analyst John Nichols, the House Select Committee hearings remind us that Trump was at the center of an attempted coup and, at the very least, that ought to make him ineligible for future elections.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jun 24, 2022

Can We Still Save U.S. Democracy?

Voting rights reform has died an ignoble death in Congress. The way forward isn’t clear or inspiring, but at least we still have one.

Chris Winters | Jan 25, 2022

A Year Later, Justice for the Insurrection Remains Elusive

White rage and violence in American society are age-old phenomena. It should not surprise us that the wheels of justice are moving so slowly to respond to last year’s D.C. riots.

Sonali Kolhatkar | Jan 6, 2022

The Jan. 6 Insurrection Showed Us the Limits of Polarization

Not all political polarization is bad—some of it is inevitable in a healthy democracy. But the U.S. is not a healthy democracy.

Robert B. Talisse | Jan 6, 2022

Ah, Sweet Normalcy: Obstruction and Dysfunction

Initial progress in Biden’s first weeks may be overshadowed by rising obstructionism, and timidity in his own party.

Chris Winters | Feb 9, 2021

Opinion | Politics | Racial Justice | Racial Equity | History

A Tale of Two Insurrections

In the wake of an insurrection, reconstruction has always been an optimistic act of rebuilding, reimagining, and recreating our country.

Johnisha Levi | Feb 9, 2021

Not Just Angry White Men: White Women Stormed the Capitol, Too

The women who took part in the siege of the Capitol are part of a long history of women’s participation in extremist violence, both in the United States and abroad.

Jakana Thomas | Jan 28, 2021

Opinion | Republicans | Inauguration | Democrats | Joe Biden

Unity Is Impossible Without Accountability

President Biden’s inaugural address focused on bringing the nation together. But that won’t happen if “unity” means we revert to the way things used to be.

Chris Winters | Jan 20, 2021