In the new novel by the author of “Homecoming,” Ghanaian immigrants in Alabama search for the answers to their family’s suffering by turning to science and to faith Source
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Book excerpt: “Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents”
Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Isabel Wilkerson digs beneath historic, systemic racism to examine social hierarchies that transcend classifications based on race, gender or class Source
Book excerpt: “Homeland Elegies” by Ayad Akhtar
In a new novel from the Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and author of “American Dervish” and “Disgraced,” an immigrant father and his son search for identity in post-Trump America Source
The Book Report: Reviews from Washington Post critic Ron Charles (August 30)
Recommendations of new fiction and non-fiction titles Source
1 shot and killed as Trump supporters and protesters clash in Portland
Officers arrived at the shooting scene “within a minute,” police said, but the man who was shot did not survive. Source
CBS Weekend News, August 29th, 2020
President Trump tours areas devastated by Hurricane Laura; Team of women skydivers celebrate women’s suffrage Source
The stage is set for the 2020 presidential election
The national conventions are over and the stage is set for the 2020 presidential election. Yahoo national reporter and producer Marquise Francis spoke with CBSN’s Lana Zak about what we can expect on the campaign trail moving forward. Source
President Trump tours areas devastated by Hurricane Laura
President Trump on Saturday visited parts of Louisiana and Texas that were hard-hit by Hurricane Laura. Thousands are still without power and at least 14 people died in the storm. Omar Villafranca reports. Source
New Zealand mosque shooter sentenced to life in prison
A white supremacist who killed 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole. Prior to sentencing, survivors and family members of his victims gave emotional testimonies. Roxana Saberi reports. Source
Actor Chadwick Boseman dies at 43
Actor Chadwick Boseman died Friday at the age of 43 after a four year battle with colon cancer. Boseman is remembered for his portrayal of iconic figures such as Jackie Robinson and James Brown, and his work in the ground-breaking film “Black Panther.” Michael George has more. Source