PROTESTS OF POLICE VIOLENCE
Protesters march on Pennsylvania Avenue toward the White House. (John McDonnell/The Washington Post)
Protestors rally at the African American Museum of History and Culture. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post)
Protesters march Saturday in D.C. to protest police brutality and the death of George Floyd. (Astrid Riecken for The Washington Post)
Caliyah Riley of Arlington leads demonstrators as they march to the U.S. Capitol. (Toni L. Sandys/The Washington Post)
Demonstrators march in downtown D.C. Saturday. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Washington Post)
A demonstrator climbs up to the new "Black Lives Matter" street sign near the White House on Saturday. (Astrid Riecken/For The Washington Post)
In massive day of rallies, more than 10,000 people pour into nation’s capital to protest racism, police brutality
Bearing flags and angry hand-lettered signs, legions of demonstrators gathered at the Lincoln Memorial, thronged outside the White House and marched across the District. What awaited them was a city that no longer felt as if it was being occupied by its own country’s military.
‘Vicious dogs,’ ‘ominous weapons,’ ‘a scared man’: Trump feud with Bowser escalates amid protests
The once-temperate relationship between the president and the D.C. mayor erupted in an ugly schism freighted with the overtones of race and power that have infused the demonstrations.
Black police chiefs express anger and dismay as they try to change their departments from within
George Floyd’s death and the ensuing protests present a particular challenge to black police executives, who are hurting and want communities to trust them.
In cities, a dramatic end to social distancing
Public health officials have urged people for months to resist their social nature amid the pandemic. The massive protests represent a risk of backsliding.
Fewer hours, less pay and more anxiety greet returning workers
As millions of Americans return to the labor force, they discover their old positions are far more burdensome than they used to be.
Husband and wife Dave Marecheau and Sergine Lucien look at their phones before falling asleep in their car in Kissimmee, Fla. (Eve Edelheit for The Post)
Sergine Lucien grabs clothing, toiletries and other important items out of the family’s storage unit. (Eve Edelheit for The Post)
Sergine Lucien and her daughter, Phoenix, organize their sample-size toiletries. (Eve Edelheit for The Post)
The pandemic hit, and a car became home for a family of four
Even when the economy was booming, Dave and Sergine had lived in a state of near homelessness. The coronavirus made it worse.
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