Capitol workers remove damaged furniture on from the U.S. Capitol on January 7, 2021, following the riot at the Capitol the day before. Bill Clark/Getty Images hide caption
Code Switch
Race. In your face.
Pro-Trump supporters gather outside the U.S. Capitol following a rally with President Donald Trump on January 6, 2021 in Washington, DC. Samuel Corum/Getty Images hide caption
Trump supporters try to break through a police barrier Jan. 6 at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C. Julio Cortez/AP hide caption
Police hold back supporters of Donald Trump as they gather outside the U.S. Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. Olivier Douliery/Getty Images hide caption
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Negro Union Infantry corporal, holding a Colt model 1849 pocket revolver. Bettmann/Bettmann Archive hide caption
(From left) Dickson "Q" Amoah, Jon McDonald, Kourtney Redmond, Costia Harris and David Hayes are members and/or officers of the Chicago chapter of the National African American Gun Association. Olivia Obineme for NPR hide caption
Carmen Maria Machado's new memoir is called "In The Dreamhouse." Art Streiber/AUGUST hide caption
Family tensions can bubble to the surface during the holidays, especially after a divisive election. Daniel Fishel for NPR hide caption
Thank You, Next
a photo collage of anti- and pro-Trump voters, with an elephant in the middle Tanganyika Zinzani for NPR hide caption
Vice president-elect Kamala Harris, front center, with, from left, her grandfather, sister, mother and grandmother in 1972. Twitter/ @mayaharris_ hide caption
Sen. Kamala Harris stands with attendees and participates in the Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. hymn at their Annual Pink Ice Gala in Columbia, South Carolina on Friday, Jan. 25, 2019. Elijah Nouvelage/Bloomberg via Getty Images hide caption
Geraldo Cadava, author of The Hispanic Republican: The Shaping of an American Political Identity, From Nixon to Trump Steve Castillo/HarperCollins hide caption
Victor Samuel Martinez-Rivera, Fernanda Ruiz Martinez, Heber Toscano and Alejandro Vasquez are voting for president for the very first time. Eve Edelheit, Deanna Dent and Xueying Chang/NPR hide caption
Here's a sampling of books Code Switch readers recommended. Natalie Escobar/NPR hide caption
Kamala Harris, then California attorney general, speaks to reporters on July 11, 2012. Justin Sullivan/Getty Images hide caption