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The slant - Calls for racial justice touched nearly every aspect of American life on a scale that historians say has not happened since the civil rights movement of the 1960s. The “Black lives matter” slogan was claimed by a nation grappling with Mr. Floyd’s death. But for many Black Americans, real change feels elusive. There is backlash to the George Floyd verdict. Republican-controlled state legislatures have proposed bills to reduce voting access, protect the police and effectively criminalize public protests. It is not clear how the nation will tilt in the coming years. But one thing is clear, we will forever look back at this moment in American history.

The slant - Privately owned SpaceX is making progress to popularize space travel. The ability to re-use rockets and capsules is first step to affordability. The commercial flights have ended the U.S.’s reliance on Russian rockets, which is a good thing. The private company already has put six people in space, as many as NASA’s Project Mercury did back in the early 1960s when it launched the first Americans. The upcoming flight will boost that number to 10.

The slant - Where did the idea come from that the pandemic was over, or even waning. Covid-19 infections have risen at an alarming rate for eight consecutive weeks, the World Health Organization (WHO) warned, as the virus sweept unabated through hotspots in several corners of the globe. More than 5.2 million new cases were recorded last week and deaths also increased for the fifth straight week as the pandemic officially claimed more than 3 million lives. The warning counters unfounded optimism that the end is in sight as the pace of the pandemic accelerates even as some countries tout their own improved vaccination programs.