The Issue Is: LZ Granderson, Bob Shrum, Melanie Mason, and Gianno Caldwell

On the coronavirus front, The United States surpassed 180,000 deaths. On the political front, President Trump accepted the Republican nomination at a national convention unlike any seen in modern history. And on the streets of many of America’s major cities, protests for racial justice intensified following the police shooting of 29-year-old Jacob Blake.