Political Reckoning
America’s global standing is at a low point. The pandemic made it worse.
(Jabin Botsford/The Post)
At home, President Trump’s handling of the pandemic has created division and confusion rather than a national strategy. The global community, meanwhile, is questioning the United States’ capacity for a leadership role at a time when the myriad crises call out for cooperation.
As public schools go all virtual, parents eye private schools that say they will open their campuses
It’s a situation that could exacerbate existing inequalities, with wealthier students attending classes in person at private schools, and everyone else using public schools’ distance learning.
Protests turn violent as weeks of civil unrest, clashes with police boil over
Thousands took to the streets this weekend from Los Angeles to Richmond to Omaha. In Portland, authorities declared a riot after protesters breached a fence surrounding the city’s federal courthouse building.
Today’s WorldView
Analysis A man scatters rose petals on the Edmund Pettus Bridge before a caisson crossed with the casket of John Lewis. (Video: The Post; photo: AP)
John Lewis makes final crossing over Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma
Fifty-five years ago, Alabama state troopers beat Lewis and hundreds of protesters as they crossed the bridge. On Sunday, law enforcement paid tribute to the late civil rights leader.
