Trump’s push to amplify racism unnerves Republicans
President Trump has left little doubt through his utterances the past few weeks that he sees himself not only as the Republican standard-bearer but as a leader of a modern grievance movement animated by civic strife and marked by calls for “white power.”
The Debrief
For Trump, the threat now isn’t immigrants or other nations. It’s other Americans.
He made clear that his reelection message will do little to try to heal or unify the country but rather aims to drive a deeper wedge into the nation’s racial and cultural divides.
America’s 244th birthday: Dark skies, but also new hope
Frightened and isolated by the novel coronavirus, many Americans see protests over racial inequality as a step toward national renewal.
Fireworks light up the sky above the Washington Monument on Saturday. (Craig Hudson for The Post)
Visitors watch fireworks from the South Lawn at the White House on Saturday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
Black Lives Matter protesters face D.C. police while attempting to build a blockade on H Street near the White House on July 4. (Astrid Riecken for The Post)
The Adey family hold aloft a Trump 2020 campaign banner before a military flyover in Washington, D.C., on Saturday. (Craig Hudson for The Post)
Protesters march near the Washington Monument on Saturday. (Marvin Joseph/The Washington Post)
President Trump and the first lady watch military aircraft fly over the White House Saturday. (Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
In era of racial unrest, Americans converging in D.C. to celebrate Fourth of July question the meaning of freedom
The crowds that typically flow into the District on Independence Day were markedly thinner this year — and often headed in different directions. Hundreds flocked to Black Lives Matter Plaza, while hundreds more ventured to the Mall for protests or to celebrate the nation’s founding.
U.S. logs 26th straight day of record average case totals
Officials and health experts watched nervously to see whether July 4 gatherings would increase the spread while the virus continued to spiral out of control, particularly in the South.
To contain the spread of coronavirus, contract tracing is key. But doing it effectively will take an army of people. (Video: Lee Powell; photo: Jahi Chikwendiu/The Post)
Contact tracing is a race. But few U.S. states say how fast they’re running.
Coronavirus case spikes will hamper contact-tracing efforts, but even states seeing declines are finding it hard to measure their success.
