Florida shatters single-day infection record with 15,300 new cases
The staggering number surpassed previous highs reported by California last week and New York on April 15. Florida is set to host the Republican National Convention next month.
Fauci sidelined by White House as he steps up blunt talk on pandemic
President Trump has not talked to the scientist in more than a month, even as coronavirus infections have surged in large swaths of the country.
Economic recovery may be fizzling as disruption from virus lingers
The pandemic shock, which economists once assumed would be only a temporary business interruption, appears instead to be settling into a traditional, self-perpetuating recession.
Jerome Adams has been thrust into the role of the pandemic surgeon general. (André Chung for The Post)
Surgeon General Jerome Adams may be the nicest guy in the administration. But is that what America needs right now?
In the midst of a surging pandemic, Adams is hoping to veer away from the political hot spot of Washington to get up close and personal outside the Beltway.
‘On our own’: Kenyan activists feel alone in the fight against police brutality
High-placed allies in international organizations have dropped out of protests for fear of breaking pandemic laws, and police have used a colonial-era Public Order Act to arrest those who show up.
Perspective
As Confederate monuments fall, don’t forget Bree Newsome’s athletic act of protest in 2015
It was the most athletic activist feat during this era in which we’ve come to celebrate the notion of athlete activism.
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