Stranger Than Fiction

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• Atlanta Police Shooting Sparks New Outrage “An Atlanta police officer who fatally shot a black man in his back Friday night was fired, officials said Sunday, as the Georgia man’s death sparked a fresh wave of anger over police departments’ use of deadly force in interactions with black people.” - WSJ

• Beijing Coronavirus Outbreak Tied to Market Sparks Fear of Resurgence “Chinese health authorities shut down parts of Beijing and adopted tight controls after the capital confirmed a record number of new Covid-19 infections, sparking growing concerns about a coronavirus resurgence.” - WSJ

• Cyber Libel Case Finds Rappler CEO Guilty “Maria Ressa, head of Philippine news website Rappler, known for its tough scrutiny of President Rodrigo Duterte, faces up to six years in jail after being found guilty of cyber libel in what is being seen as a test case for media freedom in the country” - Reuters

• Ripple effects of downturn show pandemic’s early economic toll was just the beginning “What began in China five months ago as a distant threat to U.S. factories’ supply chains has evolved into a mammoth shortfall in consumer and business spending that could hobble the economy for years.” - WaPo

WHAT I’M READING + WATCHING + LISTENING TO

• 🎧 LISTEN: They prepared for war with Antifa. Antifa never came.

• A Rainforest, Maya Ruins and the Fight Over a Tourist Train

• How smartphones became the weapon that tells the story

• 📖 READ: Ghettoside: A True Story of Murder in America by Jill Leovy 

THE COMMENT

“Now, all that has been swept away by the crisis. New economic gains are inherently precarious. And black employment is disproportionately concentrated in consumer-facing service industries and the retail sector, as well as local government — all hit hard by pandemic-related lockdowns. Thus, unemployment among African Americans now stands at 16.8 percent, 4.4 percentage points higher than the rate for whites. Equally worrisome is the damage being done to black businesses. The number of African Americans reporting that they were active as business owners declined from 1.1 million in February to 640,000 in April, a 41 percent drop, in contrast to the 17 percent drop for whites, according to new research by economist Robert Fairlie of the University of California at Santa Cruz.” - Washington Post Editorial Board

THE STRANGEST

• 'COVID-free' Italian village offering houses for $1

THE AV ROOM