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Former ‘Black Wall Street’ Aims to Rebuild as Tulsa Comes Into National Spotlight “The details of the 1921 massacre that destroyed Tulsa’s Greenwood district lay dormant for decades. Now, as the 100th anniversary of the rampage approaches, the city is finally reckoning with its history of racial violence” - WSJ
Trump’s Bid to End DACA Blocked by Supreme Court “The Supreme Court rejected the Trump administration’s cancellation of an Obama-era program that provided legal protections and work permits to unauthorized immigrants who came to the U.S. as children.” - WSJ
Facebook Removes Trump Campaign Ads Over Hate-Symbol Policy “The company said the president’s re-election ads violated its policy against “organized hate.” Some of the content Facebook took down featured a symbol once used by the Nazis, presented without context” - WSJ
A top State Dept. official resigns over Trump’s response to racial tensions “The resignation letter submitted by the assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs served as an indictment of President Trump’s stewardship from one of the administration’s highest-ranking African Americans and an aide who was viewed as loyal and effective in her job.” - WaPo
WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO
🎧 LISTEN: Activists united under the banner of Black Lives Matter have pushed for reforms at the local and state level since 2013. Now, their policy priorities are finding traction. WSJ's Arian Campo-Flores recounts the efforts that led to this moment.
Dozens of retired Black DEA Special Agents release statement decrying racism within the agency, say the DEA must move quicker to improve treatment of Black agents after years of litigation over discrimination within the ranks.
A story from my WSJ colleague, Deanna Paul about her father who went to prison when she was 8 years old.
THE COMMENT
“John Bolton is a weasel for not telling the truth about President Trump when it might have mattered — at least, theoretically. In practice, however, Bolton’s coming clean wouldn’t have mattered at all, since Bolton’s fellow weasels — Republican senators — were never going to remove the Head Weasel from office. That was always going to be our job.” - Eugene Robinson
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