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January 6 provided both a natural experiment for current research and a chance to see if past predictions might play out as expected. This collection of academic commentary on the attack should add ore light than heat to the discussion.
James Piazza concludes that when election losers in democracies reject election results, becoming “sore losers,” tribalism grows and political violence becomes less taboo.
David Canter considers the tragic implications of people not understanding what they are told by politicians and experts.
David Canter considers what the mob attack on the U.S. Capitol in Washington tells us about the power inherent in a crowd.
A day after President Donald Trump incited supporters to attack the U.S. Capitol, Democratic Sen. Chuck Schumer called on Vice President […]
The Conversation asked Ore Koren, even as what some are calling an insurrection unfolded at the U.S. Capitol, to ask him for some perspective on the event.
In the wake of a violent insurrection in Washington D.C. which interrupted, but did not derail, the U.S. Congress counting […]
