Toronto doctors say they're optimistic politicians are beginning to turn their attention to the spread of COVID-19 in working-class neighbourhoods full of essential workers, and that Ontario's new testing strategy could help tackle one of the virus' last bastions in Canada. Protests continue to erupt across the U.S. over the death of another unarmed black man in police hands. The National Guard has been deployed in a dozen states. And U.S. President Donald Trump has condemned the protesters, calling them ‘thugs' on Twitter. Wendy Mesley examines the impact of the president's response.

George Floyd's murder and the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet in Toronto are once again forcing journalists and editors across Canada to confront their mistakes. Nil Köksal speaks to Black journalists about what positive change would look like. Black Lives Matter started as a hashtag but has since turned into a global movement. Nil Köksal looks at how social media has acted as a civil rights tool.