President Trump has been impeached for inciting an insurrection on the Capitol one week ago. CNN’s Elle Reeve was there and explains who was duped into mobbing the government. Plus, Washington Post’s Dan Lamothe reports on how the government plans to prevent another mob from wreaking havoc.

Impeachment won’t stop the United States’ slide towards authoritarianism. Voter reform might.

First he lost his Facebook. Then he lost his Twitter. As of today, President Trump had been limited or booted by more than a dozen platforms. Casey Newton, editor of Platformer, explains the historic shift on social media.

Infighting among Republican lawmakers reached a breaking point this week. The Atlantic’s McKay Coppins explains why and the tough road ahead for the GOP.

Washington Post national security reporter Dan Lamothe explains how a number of agencies and politicians put together a historically bad security plan for Congress on Wednesday.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney of New York explains what it was like to live through today’s violent transfer of power.

Viruses mutate, but this time it’s different.

Tuesday’s election will decide who controls the Senate, but the president is still hung up on the election he already lost.

It’s been a year.

In the final episode of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” people look back on a very long year.

In the fourth of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” a reminder that we’re not the only animals who got Covid-19 this year. Science writer David Quammen explains why our health and theirs are intertwined.

In the third of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” Dr. Anthony Fauci reflects back on his pandemic year, what he’s learned, and what he’d do differently.

In the second of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” musicians explain how they got creative when live shows and tours were canceled.

In the first of our five-part series, “You, Me, and Covid-19,” millennials are moving back in with their parents (again), but they are discovering multigenerational living has its perks.

An estimated 143 million people will relocate to escape climate change in the next three decades. Quartz’s Amanda Shendruk explains how cities can transform themselves into climate havens.

In this episode of the Go for Broke podcast, host Julia Furlan travels back to the mid-’90s to explain how a bygone web browser set the stage for modern tech.

One of the most popular porn sites on the internet just purged more than 10 million videos. Vice’s Samantha Cole explains why.

The Covid-19 vaccine is being distributed in the United States, and you have questions. Vox’s Umair Irfan has answers.

The world’s biggest democracy is contending with what might be the world’s biggest labor stoppage.

On this episode of the Decoder podcast, host Nilay Patel speaks with Shelli Taylor, the CEO of Alamo Drafthouse.

Martin Kenyon was one of the first people to get the Covid-19 vaccine this week. He talks about his experience, and an epidemiologist explains how to talk to the “vaccine hesitant” people in your life.

Joe won. And won. And won. Rudy can fail. And fail. And fail.

Melbourne, Australia, had a first wave. Then it had a second wave. Then it decided it was done with Covid-19.

In an end-of-year plot twist, Congress is working on a fresh bipartisan stimulus bill.

Millions of women left the workforce as Covid-19 forced school closures, but that doesn’t mean they have less on their plates. Is government-funded child care the answer?