All Sides with Amy Juravich

Polls show President Trump is slipping in popularity among white voters as the nation wrestles with two crises, the pandemic and the ongoing mistrust of policing when it comes to African Americans.

In March, when a 100-year pandemic shuttered museums, music venues, theaters, dance troupes and more, the arts community was thrust into full-on crisis mode. Still, artists of all stripes found endless and creative ways to connect people to art. Columbus’ largest annual arts event, which typically brings more than 400,000 downtown each June, starts Friday with a virtual reboot.

The virus that causes COVID-19 at first was described as primary respiratory but in recent weeks, public health officials are reporting other problems. A pair of Ohio State University researchers are part of an international team of experts working to better understand how the novel coronavirus affects the nervous system.

The Minneapolis City Council on Sunday announced plans to vote to disband the police department in response to the Memorial Day death of George Floyd. House Democrats on Monday introduced the Justice in Policing Act that, among other things, would create a federal ban on chokeholds by police and track reports of officer misconduct.

Covering breaking news is no longer the exclusive domain of journalists. Anyone with a phone can document news, broadcast footage to an audience, and live-stream with commentary. A growing number of Americans are doing just that.

U.S. retail sales fell a record 16.4 percent in April, nearly double the previous record drop of 8.3 percent set in March. Department stores and other retailers that were closed from mid-March to May to prevent the spread of COVID-19 are feeling the most pain.

This episode originally aired on June 4, 2020. Journalists face increased scrutiny of how they cover the demonstrations that have bloomed across the country in protest of the police killing of a black man in Minneapolis last week. In some cases, they have become part of the story, having been pepper-sprayed, tear-gassed, struck by bottles and bricks and even arrested while they cover the demonstrations.

Primary voting in Ohio concluded April 28, after polls were abruptly closed hours before they were to open on March 17. Since then, voting rights advocates, state lawmakers and Ohio’s secretary of state have been at work on plans for November.

Ohio restaurants got the green-light to fully reopen May 21, just in time for the start of summer, and many welcomed diners back. But others either never will reopen or are taking a measured approach.

Public health experts warn that nationwide protests against police brutality likely will spark a resurgence of COVID-19. Close-quarter demonstrations, the shouting of slogans, and coughing from tear gas all play a role in the expected spread.