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capitol hill riots

Archivists Are Preserving Capitol Hill Riot Livestreams Before They’re Deleted
As Trump supporters posted tons of videos and photos to social media from the riots on Capitol Hill, digital archivists got to work saving the images.
Samantha Cole
1.7.21
Antifa

The Right Is Trying Really Hard to Blame Antifa for Storming the Capitol
It took just a few hours for the baseless claim about the antifa bogeyman to spread throughout the entire right-wing media ecosystem.
David Gilbert
Tess Owen
1.7.21
Capitol Riot

Police's Failure to Control the Pro-Trump Mob at the Capitol Was a 'Blatant Display of White Privilege'
Hundreds of rioters were allowed to walk free in what was seen as a failure of Capitol Police to guard Congress—and an indictment of how law enforcement assesses threats from white people.
Emma Ockerman
1.7.21
Hacking

Rioters Had Physical Access to Lawmakers’ Computers. How Bad Is That?
Several Trump supporters gained access to computers in the U.S. Capitol building. Is the security of the building’s networks compromised?
Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
1.7.21
us election

America Has Lost Its Right to Punish Others After Capitol Violence, Says Zimbabwe
The Zimbabwean government has called on the Trump administration to reverse its sanctions on the country.
Dipo Faloyin
1.7.21
Internet

Facebook Blocks Trump’s Accounts 'Indefinitely'
“We believe the risks of allowing the President to continue to use our service during this period are simply too great,” Mark Zuckerberg said in an announcement.
Joseph Cox
1.7.21
black voter turnout

'It's Just Beautiful': What the Georgia Runoff Means to Black Voters
VICE News talked to voters about the Black community’s critical role in defining the state’s political standing.
Trone Dowd
1.7.21
Trump supporters

Ban Pro-Trump Mob From Flying Home, Say Flight Attendants
The head of the nation's largest flight attendant union says Wednesday's riot at the Capitol "disqualif[ies] these individuals from the freedom of flight.”
Paul Blest
1.7.21
Hong Kong

Why Comparing the Capitol Riot to Hong Kong Protests is Disingenuous
Beijing’s propagandists are drawing false equivalence to bolster its rule.
Viola Zhou
1.7.21
Street Food Icons

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Wood-Fired Pizza From A Pickup Truck In LA
Eleodoro Lopez is the chef and owner of Elio’s Wood Fire Pizza, a Neapolitan-style pizza food truck that serves gourmet wood-fired pies on the streets of Los Angeles.
rideshare

Uber and Lyft Say They Reduce Car Ownership, But That Might Not Be True
A new study questions the validity of yet another claim the ridehail giants have made about their services.
Aaron Gordon
1.7.21
tech-science

Scientists Think the Multiverse Might Be the Key to Explaining Dark Matter
A new study theorizes that black holes made of collapsed universes originate dark matter, and our own universe may look like a black hole to outsiders.
Becky Ferreira
1.7.21
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