Gripped by disease, hardship, fury, America plunges into crisis
The nation’s political dysfunction and racial inequality were laid bare this week.
Fired officer charged in Floyd’s death used fatal force before
Derek Chauvin shot one suspect and was involved in the fatal shooting of another, according to police records and news reports.
Minneapolis struggled with police violence and adopted reforms. ‘And yet, George Floyd is still dead.’
The city again confronts the cycle of police violence, protests and calls for reform.
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The death of George Floyd: What video and other records show about his final minutes
The Washington Post reconstructed the events immediately preceding the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis using security footage, emergency services recordings and cellphone videos.
The Debrief
With ‘shooting’ tweet, Trump inflames rather than soothes tensions
Having contributed to another national cleavage over racial justice, the president elected to lead the nation through crises retreated from the responsibility of doing so on this one.
Pandemic’s overall death toll likely surpassed 100,000 weeks ago
A state-by-state analysis shows that deaths officially attributed to covid- 19 only partially account for unusually high mortality during the pandemic.
Americans are getting a burger and a haircut — but not dinner and a movie
As states start to reopen, here’s where people are going, according to a Post analysis of data provided by a company that aggregates cellphone location information.
Guide to the pandemic
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