Democrats' message at gun-control rallies: Do what the students say; 'People need to listen to us': Crowds gather across U.S., world ; Picturing the March for Our Lives
| | Democracy Dies in Darkness | | | | | | The morning's most important stories, selected by Post editors | | | | | 'Welcome to the revolution': In huge D.C. rally, students demand action against gun violence | Hundreds of thousands of demonstrators gathered in Washington, D.C., and elsewhere, calling on Congress to enact stricter gun-control laws. Survivors of the Parkland, Fla., school shooting had an unequivocal message to legislators: Ignoring the toll of school shootings and everyday gun violence will no longer be tolerated. "Either represent the people or get out. Stand for us or beware. The voters are coming," one student said. | By Peter Jamison, Joe Heim, Lori Aratani and Marissa J. Lang • Read more » | Picturing the March for Our Lives | Vividly displaying the strength of the political movement led by survivors of a school massacre in Florida, thousands demonstrated in Washington to call for stricter gun-control measures. A look at the day in photos. | Read more » | | | | | How Trumpism has come to define the Republican Party | Using legislation and unilateral actions, the president seems to have overtaken his party's previously understood values, from a willingness to flout free-trade principles and fiscal austerity to a seeming abdication of America's role as a global voice for democratic values. "I would argue that Trump is more a reflection of where the voters are today," said a former campaign adviser. | By Ashley Parker • Read more » | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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