ICYMI: Top takeaways from this week's "Face the Nation"
This week we sat down with Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Tim Scott and former FDA Commissioner Dr. Scott Gottlieb.
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Full transcript of "Face the Nation" on June 28, 2020
On this "Face the Nation" broadcast, we sat down with Vice President Mike Pence, Senator Tim Scott and former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb
Top NAACP lawyer: Police accountability "totally absent" from GOP bill
The Legal Defense Fund's president says legislation proposed by Republicans in the Senate doesn't go far enough to rein in police misconduct.
Transcript: Tim Scott on "Face the Nation"
The following is a transcript of an interview with Senator Tim Scott that aired Sunday, June 28, 2020, on "Face the Nation."
CA officers on leave amid probe into alleged racist Facebook posts
"The San Jose Police Department will be seeking assistance from the FBI regarding this matter," the SJPD said in a statement.
Princeton to drop Woodrow Wilson's name from school
The university's Board of Trustees voted to remove Wilson's name from the School of Public and International Affairs.
Germany confronts past to reshape policing
As the U.S. faces a reckoning over systemic racism and police brutality, other countries could offer fresh insight on reshaping law enforcement training and tactics. In Germany, officers must confront the past in order to move forward. New York Times correspondent Melissa Eddy joins CBSN from Berlin to explain.
N.C. cops fired over racist slurs have 89 incidents under review
"These individuals do not deserve to be in law enforcement," Chief Donny Williams told CBS News' David Begnaud.
North Carolina cops fired for racist slurs and threats caught on video
"I was shocked, saddened and disgusted," Wilmington Police Chief Donny Williams said. "There is no place for this behavior in our agency or our city."
The difference between being not racist and being antiracist
To truly be an ally, members of the black community say it's not enough to simply not be racist
Six Flags sorry for questioning guests' shirts linked to BLM
Theme park expresses "deep regret" after security guard stops mom and three kids over the slogans on their attire.
Disney is remaking Splash Mountain to feature first black princess
The popular ride is currently based on the 1946 film "Song of the South," which Disney has said is offensive.
Jason Reynolds on how to be antiracist
To help explain the difference between being "not racist" and "antiracist," author Jason Reynolds crafts an analogy from the world of baseball, saying it's essentially the difference between bunting and swinging for the fences.
Unilever to rebrand "skin lighteners" after outcry
Owner of Dove soap is dropping words like "fair" and "light" in marketing the cosmetics products popular in India.
HBO is bringing back "Gone with the Wind"
HBO Max removed the Civil War drama from its streaming platform two weeks ago amid criticism over the film's depictions of slavery and racism.
Mental illness and police encounters
A study by the Treatment Advocacy Center shows about a quarter of all fatal encounters with law enforcement involve a person with severe mental illnesses. Dr. Ashwin Vasan of Fountain House joined CBSN to discuss possible solutions.
Five years since Emanuel AME massacre
Wednesday marks five years since a white supremacist killed nine people at the predominantly black Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, South Carolina. As tens of thousands of people across the U.S. have taken to the streets this past month to protest racial injustice, the daughter of one of Emanuel AME's killed members says, "The country is in a place of reckoning."
Gladwell on police reform, Floyd protests
Bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell has written extensively on the issue of policing and race. He joins "CBS This Morning" with more on whether the U.S. has reached a tipping point on social justice issues and talks about what's on tap for the newest season of his hit podcast, "Revisionist History."
The Dalai Lama on COVID-19, Trump, and "old thinking" in America
Tibet's exiled Buddhist spiritual leader knows a thing or two about forced isolation, and he shares some wisdom with CBS News ahead of his 85th birthday.
Walmart rids Mississippi stores of state flag with Confederate emblem
With Magnolia State under pressure to redo its flag, retailing giant says it'll no longer display the banner in outlets.
NASCAR investigating noose found in Bubba Wallace's garage stall
Wallace is NACAR'S only black full-time driver, and led the push to ban the Confederate flag from NASCAR events.
Putting the last smonths' news into context
In the last six months, journalists have focused on two major stories as a nation: Protests over police brutality and the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. An article in the Columbia Journalism Review notes that these stories aren't distinct, but instead, are part of a web of "intricate and vast" connections. One of the writers of that piece, staff writer for the Columbia Journalism review Alexandria Neason joined CBSN to help put the last six months' news into context.
Addressing racism as a public health crisis
Black Lives Matter protesters are pushing to see changes beyond the justice system. Some are calling for legislators and city officials to declare racism as a public health crisis. Quartz science and health reporter Katherine Ellen Foley joined CBSN to explain how experiencing racism impacts health.
Restaurant fires managers who barred black child over clothing
Atlas Restaurant Group says it is "sickened" by incident in which a boy and his mother were denied entry to eatery.
Woman confronts resident in viral video
A woman apologized after a video showed her and her husband confronting a man and threatening to call police because he stenciled “Black Lives Matter” on his San Francisco property. The video has sparked accusations of racism and led a cosmetics distributor to cut ties with Lisa Alexander.
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