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FAQs: 2021 inauguration plans after Capitol riot, amid pandemic

By Dan Friedell
José Umaña
Preparations take place for President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration on the West Front of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Friday, Jan. 8, 2021, after supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the building. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

What will President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration look like Wednesday, two weeks after a violent insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by President Donald Trump’s supporters and amid surging coronavirus cases even as vaccinations continue?

WTOP has answers to that question, and more, right here.

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Column: WTOP anchor shares what Kamala Harris means to her

By Stephanie Gaines-Bryant
I lived at 112 Tyler St. for most of my college years. The rickety, old white house was right outside the gates of Hampton Institute, a historically Black college in the Tidewater area of Virginia. If walls could talk, the walls at 112 Tyler St. from 1980 to 1983 would tell you about hourslong talks between me, my roommate Jameta Rose and dozens of friends who floated in and out of our doors over the years. We would sit around solving the world’s problems with our 20-something logic and naïve solutions. The question was usually, “What should Black people do now?”
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