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Gottlieb says there’s “no question” protests will increase coronavirus spread
Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb says there’s a “shared responsibility” by protesters and authorities to take steps to reduce transmission of the virus at large gatherings. Source
Trump’s promise to “forgotten men and women” stops short at ending racism
60 Minutes correspondent John Dickerson on the week that was in Washington, and the president’s approach to healing a nation in agony. Source
Condoleezza Rice to Trump: “Twitter and tweeting are not great ways for complex thoughts”
Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discusses President Trump’s handling of racial divides and her advice to the commander-in-chief. Source
The resonance of racial violence across generations
In 1921 a mob of whites in Tulsa, Okla., descended upon a black-owned business district, burning it and murdering as many as 300 people. Contributor Kelefa Sanneh, of The New Yorker magazine, looks at a particularly heinous example from the ugly history of racism, and how it continued to color discussions of race in Tulsa for decades after. Source
Peaceful demonstrators flood the nation’s capital
CBS News’ Kris Van Cleave on the call for an end to injustice against black Americans heard through the streets of Washington. Source
Open: This is “Face the Nation,” June 7
oday on “Face the Nation,” as Americans push to end the racial divide, there is frustration and lack of unity between the people and our leaders on how to get there. Source
Colin Powell announces support for Biden, saying Trump “lies all the time”
“I certainly cannot, in any way, support President Trump this year,” Powell said on CNN. Source
On Broadway: Keeping the lights on
COVID-19 has shuttered stages on the Great White Way, but there are some traditions in Broadway theaters that can’t be totally turned off. Correspondent Mo Rocca talks with “Hadestown” star André De Shields, multiple Tony-winner Bernadette Peters, Broadway producer Jennifer Ashley Tepper, and Seth Rudetsky & James Wesley, the couple behind the “Stars In the House” web series, about how theater artists are coping with the shutdown by turning to a whole new stage. Source
Barr says deploying troops within U.S. should only be “a last resort”
Barr said that active-duty troops have been sent to U.S. cities and states before, including twice while he was attorney general in the early 90s. Source