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From KQED.

Thank you. From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

The violent attack on the capital year ago was a jolt to the American consciousness

that our revered democracy had broken. Now with the anniversary of the

attacks behind us, we want to give you a different perspective on those events. Today on

forum, we look ahead with journalist Jim Fallows to ask, where is our democracy the strongest?

How do we nurture it? What's working in American government? And we'll ask him if he thinks we can damn the streams of disinformation

that have corrupted our politics.

He's coming up next after this news. Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal.

Jim Fallows has been a regular guest on Forum for many years now, and his journalism has been a source of good sense for even longer.

Thinking about who I wanted to talk

with the day after January 6th, I could think of no one better. On the major themes of that day

and its aftermath, the derangement of American conservatism, Trump's unique flaunting of democratic

...