ExtremismFurious Extremists Call for More Violence Around Inauguration Day Published 14 January 2021 In the immediate aftermath of the November 2020 presidential election, pro-Trump and other extremists announced their initial plans to protest President-Elect Joe Biden’s inauguration in Washington D.C. While it is impossible for anyone to predict with certainty how the events of the

ExtremismCapitol Siege Raises Questions over Extent of White Supremacist Infiltration of U.S. Police By Vida Johnson Published 14 January 2021 The apparent participation of off-duty officers in the rally that morphed into a siege on the U.S. Capitol building Jan. 6 has revived fears about white supremacists within police departments. Reports of officers involved in

ARGUMENT: Impeachment & mad kingsNecessary and Insufficient: The Problems Impeachment Does Not Solve Published 14 January 2021 Congress could not ignore President Donald Trump’s relentless, persistent campaign of Big Lies about the 3 November election—a pattern of behavior that culminated in the president’s move last week to assemble a mob in Washington and loose it

SurveillanceFace Surveillance and the Capitol Attack By Jason Kelley Published 14 January 2021 After last week’s violent attack on the Capitol, law enforcement is working overtime to identify the perpetrators. This is critical to accountability for the attempted insurrection. Law enforcement has many, many tools at their disposal to do this, especially given the very

PandemicsSeeking to ‘Flush’ out COVID-19 in Wastewater Published 14 January 2021 Though it may seem a bit unsavory, studying human waste can tell us a lot about COVID-19 and give governments a leg up on containing the spread of the virus. Researchers can predict if the coronavirus might attack a community by checking sewers for

PandemicsGlobal COVID Rise Continues; 50 Nations Report B117 Variant By Lisa Schnirring Published 14 January 2021 In its weekly snapshot of global COVID-19 trends, the World Health Organization (WHO) said yesterday that after lower reporting over the 2-week holiday period, cases and deaths are on the rise again in all but one of its regions

Our picksNext Animal-to-Human Pandemic | Telegram Purges Extremist Content | Tackle Domestic Disinformation, and more Published 14 January 2021 ·  F.B.I. Urges Police Chiefs Across U.S. to Be on High Alert for Threats ·  Fueled by the U.S. Capitol Siege, Violent Extremists with ‘Political Grievances’ Will Likely Pose the ‘Greatest Domestic Terrorism Threats in 2021,’ Intelligence

Climate challengesA Climate in Crisis Calls for Investment in Direct Air Capture Published 14 January 2021 There is a growing consensus among scientists as well as national and local governments representing hundreds of millions of people, that humanity faces a climate crisis that demands a crisis response. New research explores one possible mode of response:

Democracy watchU.S. Prosecutors Expect to Charge Hundreds of Capitol Rioters By Masood Farivar Published 13 January 2021 U.S. prosecutors say they have identified more than 170 people for potential criminal charges in connection with the January 6 storming of the U.S. Capitol and that they expect that number to run into the hundreds in the

Democracy watchIs Impeaching President Trump “Pointless Revenge”? Not If It Sends a Message to Future Presidents By Michael Blake Published 13 January 2021 If Congress chooses to impeach President Trump, it is because there is a need to mark out, through a definitive statement, what no president ought to do. It will also set the