Alec MacGillis writes for ProPublica and the New Yorker about the lasting effects of remote learning on low-income students and the public school system. Chalkbeat has a national survey that breaks down disparities in remote learning across the U.S. NPR talks with Black Americans who are purchasing firearms after seeing videos online of Black people being gunned down. And the Los Angeles Times profiles the Minnesota Freedom Fighters, a group of Black men who have joined together to protect their communities and fill what they see as a void left by police. The MLB playoffs begin today. ESPN explains what makes this postseason different from others in the past. NPR has the story of the NASA astronaut who will be casting her ballot from space.

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