Institute Insights: January 2021
By Asma Lateef As 2021 begins, Bread for the World Institute, along with many others in the United States, is trying to discern a way forward in the aftermath of the January 6 attempted coup. I never expected to write “attempted coup” about our own country. But what happened at the Capitol is how coups often unfold. The coup attempt targeted the very last step of the process before the inauguration of a new president—congressional approval of the results of the presidential election as certified by the Electoral College and each state. It is usually a formality since the ballots have al...
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