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Members of a pro-Trump mob storm the Capitol building to disrupt the recording of Electoral College votes to confirm the victory of President-elect Joe Biden in Washington, Jan. 6, 2020. Not long after Sen. Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) warned his Republican colleagues that their efforts to overturn an election would send democracy into a death spiral, fear surged through the Senate chamber. Erin Schaff/The New York Times.
by Sarah Bahr
(NYT NEWS SERVICE)
.- Barbara A. Wolanin did not leave her TV much Wednesday afternoon, watching terrified, she said, as hundreds of Donald Trump rioters rushed into the Rotunda of the U.S. Capitol building where eight large, framed historical paintings hang. She once was curator for the Architect of the Capitol, the office that preserves and maintains the buildings art and architecture. She knew much better than most the horrific possibilities that were presenting themselves. What if rioters slashed John Tr
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December 29, 2020
A protester speaks to a crowd from the pedestal that once hosted the statue of Edward Colston. Photo by Giulia Spadafora/NurPhoto via Getty Images.
There’s no way around it: it’s been a bruising year.
The coronavirus pandemic taught us (as if we needed another lesson) that no one is an island. The police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and too many others reminded us that struggles for political justice are only just beginning. And the election of President Joe Biden suggested a potential return to order but really, how can things ever be as they were?
Aspen Art Museum’s Winterfest art sale and exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen Art Museum’s Winterfest art sale and exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen Art Museum’s Winterfest art sale and exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen Art Museum’s Winterfest art sale and exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen Art Museum’s Winterfest art sale and exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
Aspen Art Museum’s Winterfest art sale and exhibition on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. (Kelsey Brunner/The Aspen Times)
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