Advocates, Opponents React To DACA Ruling; The History Of Juneteenth; The Story Behind A New Thelonious Monk Album

Plus, a little Dalí to add to your already surreal world. by Jill Hudson and Suzette Lohmeyer First Up [DACA image]( Nicholas Kamm/AFP via Getty Images Here's what we're following today. The U.S. Supreme Court issued a decision Thursday that extends the life of DACA, the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program. The ruling was a big surprise to many, including DACA recipients who worried they might soon face deportation. Here's [how advocates and opponents reacted to the ruling]( and a look at the ways DACA has [transformed the lives of many "Dreamers]( Plus, [listen to NPR's Nina Totenberg]( talk about the future of DACA. Corporate executives and sports officials are joining a growing number of elected officials who want to recognize Juneteenth, a day that commemorates the end of slavery, as an official U.S. holiday. The movement is being fueled by the Black Lives Matter protests demanding reforms following the killing of 46-year-old George Floyd by Minneapolis police on May 25. Juneteenth, which is on June 19, has long been an important holiday in the African American community, a [time for celebration rather than mourning and remembrance](. TSA Federal Security Director Jay Brainard alleges PPE was withheld from TSA employees, that local supervisors were not permitted to mandate masks, that the TSA failed to adequately execute contact tracing, and that TSA declined to require that employees [change or sanitize gloves between passengers](. The U.S. Department of Education is making it harder for colleges to reconsider — and potentially increase — financial aid for students who have lost jobs or family income in the current economic crisis. "This has [real impact for aid offices on campuses]( across the country trying to help students work through a very complicated process and get their financial aid," says Justin Draeger, president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators. --------------------------------------------------------------- Newsletter continues after sponsor message --------------------------------------------------------------- The Daily Good [High school student went blind image]( Courtesy of Cole Phillips Just months before starting his freshman year of high school, Cole Phillips lost his vision to glaucoma. Rugenia Keefe was there to assist him in school. But, she says, Phillips was the one who got her through a dark time. "Oh, Cole, you saved my life," Keefe told StoryCorps. "Four years ago was a dark time. I had a drug addict in my family. And you gave me a purpose to get me through. I was there to help you. But, in the end, you were saving me." Here’s the [story of how they inspired each other](. --------------------------------------------------------------- Today's Listen [Monk image]( Larry Fink/Courtesy of the artist The summer of 1968 looked like the summer of 2020. Americans were in the streets protesting racism, among other things. And a high school student in Palo Alto, Calif., got in on the action by enlisting the help of a jazz legend. Danny Scher came up with the idea to book Thelonious Monk to play at his school's auditorium to ease racial tensions in his community. One of the school’s janitors convinced Scher to let him record the concert in exchange for tuning the piano. The recording, an album called Palo Alto, will be released publicly for the first time on July 31. ([Listen here]( or [read the story]( June 19 marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, with news that President Abraham Lincoln had signed the Emancipation Proclamation. That day came more than two years after Lincoln signed the order freeing enslaved people — a day now observed as Juneteenth. NPR's Noel King speaks with two historians about the significance of the day and city. ([Listen here]( You may not think of yourself as racist, but Robin DiAngelo, the author of White Fragility, says that "nice white people" are still complicit in racist structures. DiAngelo has tips to help white people break from apathy, interrupt racist systems and commit to anti-racist practices. ([Listen here]( or [read the story]( --------------------------------------------------------------- The Picture Show [Seattle protest camp image]( Jim Urquhart for NPR The fiery scenes of just over a week ago seem like another lifetime in the sprawling protest camp built around the Seattle Police Department's vacated station in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. Tear gas has given way to the smoke from a hot dog stand. Makeshift clinics now stand on the streets where young protesters were injured by flash-bang grenades. Music mingles with the sound of speeches about defunding the police. But underneath the peace-and-love vibe is an [undercurrent of anxiety that it won't end well]( and that black people might get the blame. --------------------------------------------------------------- Before You Go [Dali image]( Terry Fincher/Daily Express/Hulton Archive/Getty Images - The Salvador Dalí Museum in St. Petersburg, Fla. is still closed as a result of COVID-19, but an online video produced by the museum [will transport you to 1929 Paris]( a time when surrealism was at a crossroads. - Two U.K. companies — insurer Lloyd's of London and pub chain Greene King — are apologizing and pledging charity donations after research publicized how their [founders had benefited from the slave trade](. - Bandcamp, the online music marketplace used by tens of thousands of independent artists and labels, announced plans to [donate its usual revenue share to the NAACP]( Legal Defense Fund on this and every subsequent Juneteenth. --------------------------------------------------------------- What do you think of today's email? 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