After the NBA, WNBA and MLB all postponed games this week as athletes demanded a renewed focus on racial injustice. Source

President Trump will go to both Louisiana and Texas on Saturday to get a first hand look at the damage wrought by Hurricane Laura. The president is campaigning in New Hampshire on Friday, trying to build political momentum after his speech to almost 2,000 mostly-maskless supporters Thursday night on the White House lawn. Weijia Jiang reports. Source

“The death toll from Hurricane Laura more than doubled to at least 10 in Louisiana and four in Texas. Most were killed by trees falling on homes or by carbon monoxide poisoning while using generators. Omar Villafranca reports. ” Source

President Trump hit the campaign trail Friday, one day after formally accepting his party’s nomination for president. CBS News chief Washington correspondent Major Garrett, CBS News senior investigative correspondent Catherine Herridge, and CBS News political contributor Molly Hooper join CBSN’s Elaine Quijano to discuss. Source

The new allegations emerged just days after Falwell resigned as head of Liberty University, one of the nation’s largest Christian schools. Jericka Duncan reports. Source

“Social media platforms have become de facto public forums where people exercise their freedom of speech — but social media can also be used to challenge that freedom. The latest episode of CBSN Originals “Speaking Frankly” series explores this controversy. CBS News documentary reporter Ines Novacic joined CBSN to discuss. Source

The RNC said it had diligent safety protocols in place. Source

It has been six years since 18-year-old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri, his body left in the street for nearly four hours. No charges were filed against Officer Darren Wilson. Brown’s death and a grand jury’s decision not to charge Wilson sparked protests — and inspired a new generation of activists who mobilized voters to make change in Ferguson through the ballot box. Wesley Lowery reports for the CBSN special “The Power of August.” Source

In an editorial written by Congressman John Lewis and published on the day of his funeral, the longtime civil rights activist wrote “Emmett Till was my George Floyd.” The horror of both killings, 65 years apart, sparked two movements. Vladimir Duthiers reports for “The Power of August,” a CBSN special. Source

Some say voting rights have been threatened for millions of Black Americans since the Supreme Court struck down a key section of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, which required states with racist histories to get federal approval for changes in voting laws. Across the country, polling places in minority communities were closed, forcing voters of color to travel greater distances to stand in hours-long lines just to cast their ballots — a deterrent in past years but potentially life-threatening this year amid the coronavirus pandemic. Michelle Miller reports on the activists working to boost voter registration and participation among Black Americans. Source