Why white supremacists and QAnon enthusiasts are obsessed – but very wrong – about the Byzantine Empire

By Roland Betancourt, University of California, Irvine

Colleges Confront Their Links to Slavery and Wrestle with Atonement

By Calvin Schermerhorn, Arizona State University

The Occasional Eccentric Random Week in Review: Saturday 13 February 2021

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Congress could use an arcane section of the 14th Amendment to hold Trump accountable for Capitol attack

By Gerard Magliocca, Indiana University

Why the US Rejoining the Paris Climate Accord Matters at Home and Abroad

By Morgan Bazilian, Deb Niemeier, Edward R. Carr, Kristie Ebi, and Walt Meier

Police, Soldiers Bring Lethal Skill to Militia Campaigns against US Government

By Arie Perliger, University of Massachusetts, Lowell

Who’s Who in Joe Biden’s Cabinet

By Julie M. Norman, University College London

Explaining the Hate Symbols Present During the US Capitol Riot

By Jonathan D. Sarna, Brandeis University

Why Trump’s Senate supporters can’t overturn Electoral College results they don’t like – here’s how the law actually works

By Donald Brand, College of the Holy Cross

Does Having Churches as Polling Stations Sway the Ballot?

By Jordan LaBouff, University of Maine, The Conversation