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How Inauguration Day played out in communities across the US

President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris and her husband Doug Emhoff watch a military pass in review ceremony on the East Front of the Capitol at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies, in Washington, Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021. (Photo by J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)

It remains to be seen if America will “master this rare and difficult hour,” but the scale and insight of recent work by Report for America corps members nationwide offers a hint: It must keep going.

 

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HERE ARE RECENT STORIES FROM REPORT FOR AMERICA CORPS MEMBERS THAT EXPLORE THE STATE OF THE UNION AS A NEW ADMINISTRATION SETTLES IN:

• AKRON, OH – FBI: National Guardsman expressed white supremacist ideology, Farnoush Amiri, AP

• MIAMI – “Some in Miami Spanish-language media falsely blame Black Lives Matter, antifa in riot,” Lautaro Grinspan and David Smiley, Miami Herald

• BILOXI, Miss. –  ‘In the dark.’ Family of man killed by police at Biloxi courthouse waits for answers Isabelle Taft, Sun Herald

 

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NATIONWIDE STATEHOUSE PROTESTS LOOM OVER 59th PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION

• SALT LAKE CITY – Utah Legislature opens amid pandemic, protest concerns, Sophia Eppolito, AP

• TACOMA, Wash. – WA National Guard troops headed to DC to provide support at presidential inauguration, Abbie Shull, News Tribune

• COLUMBUS, Ohio – Small crowd of protesters mingle, argue at Ohio Statehouse, Farnoush Amiri, AP

• DETROIT–Trump repeated lies about Michigan’s election before pro-Trump supporters stormed Capitol, Clara Hendrickson, Detroit Free Press

• DETROIT–At least 6 Michigan residents arrested in connection to US Capitol riot, Clara Hendrickson and Darcie Morgan, Detroit Free Press

• BROOKLYN – Haitians: Mob Violence In DC Hits Too Close To Home, Sam Bojarski, Haitian Times

 

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Edited January 29, 2021 by Grumpy Owl
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