“Generally speaking, it should be ended.” That was President Donald Trump’s position in a Friday interview about police chokeholds, although he suggested they might be necessary in dire situations. After the May 25 neck compression killing of George Floyd ignited an unprecedented movement against racially focused police brutality, more police departments are prohibiting the technique. New York’s governor yesterday enacted a ban included with law enforcement legislation that unseals brutality complaints. “We need to fundamentally change the nature of policing,” said San Francisco Mayor London Breed in introducing a reform package. But protesters’ “defund the police” demand isn’t gaining national traction — yet.

Oklahoma is not OK. After sparking widespread outrage over his planned return to the campaign trail in Tulsa, where as many as 300 Black citizens were killed by white mobs in 1921, President Trump is rescheduling it for a day later. The reason? “Out of respect” for the Juneteenth holiday next Friday, marking the 1865 Texas announcement of slavery’s abolition. And there were other issues: Tulsa just reported a coronavirus infection spike Friday. Rally-goers reportedly needed to assume legal liability if they were infected there. It’s but one of the president’s recent retreats from confronting anti-racism protests as even fellow Republicans are responding cautiously.

OZY remembers the Tulsa massacre.

Here’s another reason to panic. Berkeley Law financial markets scholar Frank Partnoy is sounding the alarm about collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Sound familiar? Partnoy likens them to collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) that precipitated the 2008 financial crisis. CDOs bundled high-risk home mortgage debt that “too big to fail” financial institutions had stockpiled. While the current global economic threats are worse now than 12 years ago, most experts see the banking system as sound. Partnoy disagrees, saying often-concealed CLO troves could once again destabilize a system that U.S. lawmakers are unwilling to bail out yet again.

Amid the pandemic, water supplies in the Central African Republic are more critical than ever. But the war-ravaged CAR has found unlikely heroes: Former child soldiers released from militias in recent years are “drilling for peace,” building 20 remote wells that serve 10,000 people. The former soldiers are paid, which gives them financial freedom for the first time, and many see it as a way to reintegrate and find purpose in the community. It’s a baby step toward helping thousands conscripted as kids globally to cope with lasting psychological and social traumas.

OZY explores Africa’s sanitary needs.

West Point cadets will hear President Trump’s commencement address today following two weeks of protective isolation. On the fourth anniversary of the gay nightclub massacre in Orlando, the White House announced a rollback of medical discrimination protections for trans people. And the hit dating series The Bachelor has named its first Black star.

In the week ahead: Monday is the official start of a process to reopen Europe’s borders. Cycling journalist Rupert Guinness will begin the Race Across America Tuesday — virtually, on a stationary bike in Australia. And the three-day virtual Black Queer Town Hall hosted by NYC Pride and GLAAD begins Friday.

Watch This: This week, OZY and the History Channel partnered on The Time Is Now: Race and Resolution, a much-needed conversation about race with artists, activists, experts and a virtual audience.

Protesters aren’t the only ones they’ve cowed. Starting as a paramilitary agency that cracked labor organizers’ heads in the early 20th century, Chicago police became unionized themselves in the 1960s. Why? Because they could negotiate contracts protecting members from complaints of brutality, along with arranging generous salary increases with pliant politicians who didn’t want to appear soft on crime. Now, with civil rights at the top of the agenda, some are wondering whether it’s time for the broader labor movement to cut ties, even if that means curtailing long-standing worker rights.

OZY asks: Can police really be reformed?

Wuhan’s 9 million inhabitants are struggling to reset their lives after 76 days of strict quarantine. Without a green code, judged by travel history and symptoms, residents must still endure isolation. But even with the green code, the loss of loved ones, businesses and community spirit carries a heavy burden for the residents of the pandemic’s ground zero. The citywide quarantine was lifted in Wuhan in April, but residents say life isn’t the same. Many are “heartbroken,” like the student whose parents both fell ill. His mother died, and he says he’ll get an antibody test if his dad stops refusing to see a grief counselor.

It’s in every Hollywood montage and is as much a touchstone of American culture as Star Wars or Citizen Kane. But 1939’s Gone With the Wind is also the celluloid version of the Confederate monuments that were ripped down in Richmond, Virginia, this week, writes history professor Nina Silber. Even contemporary critics compared the KKK hagiography of the movie to Nazi propaganda. Now HBO Max plans to frame the movie with discussions of racism, which as the network puts it, has “unfortunately been commonplace” — and affirmed by David Selznick’s blockbuster.

OZY argues for requiring a Black history curriculum.

During a February visit to India, the often dour Melania Trump found some solace in “happiness class.” Introduced in 2018, this experiment has 1 million schoolchildren in New Delhi taking part in daily meditation before practicing yoga, reading and listening to one another’s stories and even performing street plays, OZY reports. Besides impressing Melania, the program has won over Bangladeshi, Afghan, Nepalese and Colombian educators, who, like the first lady, “cannot think of a better way for all of us to start our day.” And that was before the pandemic: Now a positive start for kids in a troubled world is more valuable than ever.

And a child shall lead them. It’s established that top basketball recruits will go to powerhouse NCAA schools. Duke or Kentucky can take them to the Big Dance, showcasing their talents for the next year’s NBA draft. But the nation’s top high school freshman, California’s Mikey Williams, could change that. The 15-year-old has suggested that he’d rather generate millions of dollars for a school with a predominantly Black student body. If other players take Williams’ cue, it could upend NCAA orthodoxy, leading to such madness — justice, one might say — as March has never seen.

Flash back with OZY to when the NBA’s color barrier broke.