For many people, 2021 has been better than the previous year. Major advances in the battle against COVID-19 have allowed millions to emerge from lockdown and resume a semblance of normal life. Many adults returned to work, students went back to school, and family and friends reunited with cautious embraces and less fear of spreading infection.

The pandemic, of course, is far from over, and by other measures 2021 also has been filled with trauma. In the United States, the chaos began to unfold during the first week of the year. On January 6, thousands of insurrectionists stormed the U.S. Capitol in an attempt to stop the counting of electoral votes from the 2020 presidential election. One