The Take
Analysis America is at a low ebb, shaken by multiple blows, and Trump adds to the distress
The pandemic, the economic collapse, the death of George Floyd and the cities aflame — all are battering the country with pain and destruction.
In African American communities, private grief amid public rage
A series of attacks on black people, including several caught on tape, created additional waves of pain for communities already ravaged by the pandemic and its economic fallout.
Police form a line in front of St. John’s Church near the White House on Sunday as demonstrators protest the death of George Floyd. (AP)
Protesters set fire the road signs and an American flag Sunday as they gathered near the White House. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Post)
Signs and chants during the protest made reference to George Floyd, whose death in Minnesota sparked the nationwide protests. (Evelyn Hockstein for The Post)
Fire set at historic D.C. church as protesters, police clash outside White House
More than 1,000 people marched to Lafayette Square across from the White House, and at nightfall American flags and parked cars and buildings were lit ablaze — including St. John’s Church, a historic landmark opened in 1816 and attended by every president since James Madison.
Royce White towers above the Minneapolis protests, and thousands are looking up to him
The 6-foot-8 former basketball star is an emerging leader in a new civil rights moment that began as incidents of police brutality began to be captured on smartphones and shared widely online.
For Trump, May was a month of distractions, grievances as nation marked bleak milestone
Facing in the coronavirus an enemy he could not tweet into submission, the president was desperate to change the subject, from pressing bogus conspiracy theories to inflaming tensions over the death of George Floyd.
Trump is pushing churches to open. Black pastors in hard-hit St. Louis preach caution.
The disproportionate impact of coronavirus on African American communities has left faith leaders fearful of a resurgence.
Crowded demonstrations across U.S. spark concerns about fresh outbreaks of coronavirus
Despite the close quarters, however, experts say it’s more difficult to contract the virus outdoors.
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