Protests, parades and Pride: One week in June 2025 is drawing stark American fault lines
June 14, 2025
On the first weekend: a vision of the nation built upon inclusivity and the tenets of liberalism — a conception of country that incorporates generations of fights for equity, for compassion, for expanding what it means to be an American. On the second weekend, in the same town: a public show of strength and nationalism constructed on a foundation of military might, law and order, a tour de force of force. And on the days in between, in a city 2,000 miles from the capital locked in pitched battles over the use — abuse, many contend — of federal power and military authority. Today’s United States is encapsulated in a single week in June 2025, its triumphs and frictions on vivid display.
