Eight Ramsey County corrections officers have filed discrimination charges with the state’s Department of Human Rights. Source
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Apple CEO Tim Cook on the nexus of technology and social change
On the eve of Apple’s first virtual Worldwide Developers Conference, the exec talks about the democratization of tools for social progress. Source
6/21: Mark Warner, Chad Wolf, Scott Gottlieb
This week on “Face the Nation” alarming new increases in the number of COVID cases around the world as President Trump struggles to get the country — and his campaign — back on track. Source
“Sunday Morning” Matinee: “Chicago” in lockdown
When there is not a pandemic, the cast of the Tony-winning musical “Chicago” performs at New York’s Ambassador Theatre, home of the longest-running American musical in Broadway history. Alas, with stages shut down, the quarantined ladies of “Chicago” (Amra-Faye Wright, Arian Keddell, Mary Claire King, Pilar Millhollen, Rachel Schur and Tonya Wathen) have created a socially-distanced performance of “Cell Block Tango,” exclusively for “Sunday Morning” viewers. Happy Father’s Day! Source
Kurt Cobain’s “MTV Unplugged” guitar sells for record $6 million
Cobain used it to play tunes including “About a Girl” and “All Apologies” at the November 18, 1993, show in New York. Source
In conversation with Andrew Cuomo
New York governor Andrew Cuomo, who has proactively confronted the coronavirus outbreak in his state, has performed some political jujitsu – asking people to do hard things and sacrifice because of the pandemic, and getting more popular in the process. “Sunday Morning” host Jane Pauley sits down with Cuomo to discuss leading New York’s so-far-successful efforts to “flatten the curve”; the Trump administration’s COVID-19 response; living in quarantine with his daughters; and his political future. Source
Apple’s Tim Cook on a “giant leap” in social progress
Tim Cook has been the CEO of Apple for nearly a decade now, and still carries on an Apple tradition: their Worldwide Developers Conference, which starts tomorrow (though in an age of social distancing, this marquee event will be virtual). “60 Minutes” correspondent John Dickerson talks with Cook about societal changes, corporate responsibility, and the role of smartphone cameras in helping advance social progress. Source
Jim Gaffigan: What dads really want for Father’s Day
The comedian, who’s been living in quarantine for three months with his kids, has some thoughts on what would make an ideal Father’s Day this year. Source
Calls for reform, from activists and police
Demands for wholesale changes in policing that may have seemed unthinkable just a few weeks ago have erupted since the death, in police custody, of George Floyd in Minneapolis, and follow other cases of black people who have died at the hands of police officers. Correspondent Jeff Pegues reports on the longstanding tension between black and blue, their origins, and what calls to “defund the police” actually mean. Source
Nature: Great horned owls
“Sunday Morning” takes us near Lake Erie in New York, where a great horned owl dad and mom are busy with childcare. Videographer: Carl Mrozek. Source