Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson digs beneath historic, systemic racism to examine social hierarchies that transcend classifications based on race, gender or class Source
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Book excerpt: “Homeland Elegies” by Ayad Akhtar
In a new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of “American Dervish” and “Disgraced,” an immigrant father and his son search for identity in post-Trump America Source
The Book Report: Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles (August 30)
Recommendations of new fiction and non-fiction titles Source
1 shot and killed as Trump supporters and protesters clash in Portland
Officers arrived at the shooting scene “within a minute,” police said, but the man who was shot did not survive. Source
U.S. Marshals say they found 39 missing children in 2-week operation
“These missing children were considered to be some of the most at-risk and challenging recovery cases in the area,” the U.S. Marshals Service said. Source
CBS Weekend News, August 29th, 2020
President Trump tours areas devastated by Hurricane Laura; Team of women skydivers celebrate women’s suffrage Source
The stage is set for the 2020 presidential election
The national conventions are over and the stage is set for the 2020 presidential election. Yahoo national reporter and producer Marquise Francis spoke with CBSN’s Lana Zak about what we can expect on the campaign trail moving forward. Source
Team of women skydivers celebrate women’s suffrage
A group of women skydivers formed a team to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment. The team planned a series of jumps in locations pivotal to the women’s suffrage movement. Nancy Chen reports. Source
Relaxed restrictions make it easier to sell homemade, locally-sourced food in several states
Multiple states have adopted legislation that makes it easier for people to sell homemade and locally grown food directly to consumers. Wyoming allows people to sell food directly to others without any regulation. Janet Shamlian reports. Source
President Trump tours areas devastated by Hurricane Laura
President Trump on Saturday visited parts of Louisiana and Texas that were hard-hit by Hurricane Laura. Thousands are still without power and at least 14 people died in the storm. Omar Villafranca reports. Source