Howard NAACP chapter president speaks out about campus living conditions

Students at Howard University in Washington, DC, have been assembling for sit-ins at the school’s Blackburn University Center with tents, air mattresses and sleeping bags, demanding that Howard leadership address their concerns of subpar living conditions such as mold, mice and roaches in campus dorms. Howard student Channing Hill speaks to CNN. Source: CNN

Covid numbers don't bode well for winter, experts say

The coronavirus numbers don’t look so good this week. New Covid-19 diagnoses are up in about half of US states over the past week. Hospitalizations are up in 11 states, and deaths have risen in 17 states. Source: CNN

What the defense attorney said about Black pastors

A defense attorney for one of the three White men charged in Black jogger Ahmaud Arbery’s killing objected this week to nationally recognized civil rights leaders attending the trial to support the victim’s family. Source: CNN

Survivor of Rittenhouse shooting tries to clarify gun statement

In an interview with CNN’s Anderson Cooper, the lone survivor shot by Kyle Rittenhouse in Kenosha, Wisconsin, Gaige Grosskreutz, attempts to clarify his testimony and comments on “Good Morning America” about whether he pointed a gun at Rittenhouse. Source: CNN