Opinions P.M.: The data on covid-19’s racial and ethnic gap tells a painfully familiar story

Two comforting revelations from the Supreme Court; Trump and López Obrador perform a shape-shifting act at the White House; Failing to renew VOA foreign staffers' visas would devastate one of its core functions; What would Frederick Douglass think of the killing of 11-year-old Davon McNeal?; Trump has only been protecting us from things in his taxes too terrible to know!; Why the Supreme Court's order in an Alabama voting case sends a troubling message; Joe Biden and the death of the 'gaffe'; To cool off U.S.-China tensions, let's start with a truce on media access; What do you call what's going on at the Supreme Court?; Would you trust Trump with your kids' health?; Trump comes face to face with one of his greatest fears; Conservatives have a 'cancel culture' of their own; Pelosi hits Trump's weaknesses, which are multiplying; Readers critique The Post: Enough, already. Give women's sports fair coverage.; Appeals court schools D.C. day-care police; The 10 new names the Washington football team should really consider; The political pendulum has swung away from Trump. But there's time for it to swing back. ; Joe Biden just ate Trump's populist lunch; D.C.'s failed investigation into our son's death is a tragedy. So we conducted our own.; Another digital sex-crime scandal leaves South Koreans reeling — and waiting for justice; The way we commute is likely going to change. We should prepare now.; Ten years into redevelopment, is Tysons what we envisioned?; A covid-19 silver lining in Maryland: Better roads ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌  ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌

Sign up for this newsletter Read online Your afternoon dose of Post commentary and guest opinions.     (Erik S Lesser/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock) The data on covid-19's racial and ethnic gap tells a painfully familiar story This is yet another morbid illustration of the sometimes deadly effects of the racial discrimination. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Two comforting revelations from the Supreme Court We can be a little less cynical about the courts. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Trump and López Obrador perform a shape-shifting act at the White House Meet Trump, the pro-immigrant friend of the Latino community, and Andrés Manuel López Obrador, a market-friendly unconditional ally of the U.S. By Carlos Loret de Mola A. ●  Read more »   Failing to renew VOA foreign staffers' visas would devastate one of its core functions New leader Michael Pack seems committed to hobbling the organization's mission. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   What would Frederick Douglass think of the killing of 11-year-old Davon McNeal? McNeal was at the right place at the right time. And he still was killed. By Colbert King ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Trump has only been protecting us from things in his taxes too terrible to know! Oh, fools that we were! Fools that we are! By Alexandra Petri ●  Read more »   Why the Supreme Court's order in an Alabama voting case sends a troubling message Judicial rulings allow Alabama to restore ballot restrictions and put voting rights of some Floridians on hold. By Editorial Board ●  Read more »   Joe Biden and the death of the 'gaffe' Amid the current disaster, no one cares about gaffes anymore. As well they shouldn't. By Paul Waldman ●  Read more »   To cool off U.S.-China tensions, let's start with a truce on media access The solution could be establishing a clear-cut quota system for the number of reporters in each country. By John Pomfret ●  Read more »   What do you call what's going on at the Supreme Court? It shouldn't surprise anyone. By Tom Toles ●  Read more »   ADVERTISEMENT   Would you trust Trump with your kids' health? The president's credibility is virtually nonexistent. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Trump comes face to face with one of his greatest fears Trump has obsessed over crowd sizes for years. Now he's confronting the worst. By Greg Sargent ●  Read more »   Conservatives have a 'cancel culture' of their own When it comes to diversity of opinion, the right doesn't practice what it preaches. By Max Boot ●  Read more »   Pelosi hits Trump's weaknesses, which are multiplying Trump is losing on all counts. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   Readers critique The Post: Enough, already. Give women's sports fair coverage. This week's Free for All letters. By Letters to the Editor ●  Read more »   Appeals court schools D.C. day-care police People have a right to work in their chosen professions without unnecessary or excessive government interference. By Daryl James ●  Read more »   The 10 new names the Washington football team should really consider The Swamp? The Half-Smokes? The Deep State? By The Ranking Committee ●  Read more »   The political pendulum has swung away from Trump. But there's time for it to swing back. Society has moved so far left that there's time for it to swing back before the November elections. By Gary Abernathy ●  Read more »   Joe Biden just ate Trump's populist lunch The president got ambushed by the agenda he could have followed. By Jennifer Rubin ●  Read more »   D.C.'s failed investigation into our son's death is a tragedy. So we conducted our own. Thanks to negligence, incompetence and misconduct, the public still doesn't know the truth of what happened to our son. By Gail and Paul Casey ●  Read more »   Another digital sex-crime scandal leaves South Koreans reeling — and waiting for justice Law enforcement in South Korea is still woefully behind. By Haeryun Kang ●  Read more »   The way we commute is likely going to change. We should prepare now. To keep our region moving forward, we must reexamine our transportation investments. By Jason Stanford ●  Read more »   Ten years into redevelopment, is Tysons what we envisioned? The plan, so far, is failing to make the area as walkable and transit friendly as it's supposed to be. By Emily Hamilton ●  Read more »   A covid-19 silver lining in Maryland: Better roads Our crews have taken advantage of fewer vehicles on the highways and interstates to make significant progress on key projects. By Tim Smith ●  Read more »     We think you'll like this newsletter Check out By The Way for tips and guides that will help you travel better and make you feel like a local wherever you go. Delivered every Thursday. Sign up »

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