Florida Condo Collapse, Voting Rights Rally: News You Need To Start Your Day

Published June 23, 2021 at 3:08 PM EDT
Rescue workers download tools for the rescue operation at a partially collapsed building in Surfside, north of Miami Beach on June 25, 2021. - Police said they are without news of 99 people who may have been inside a beachfront apartment block that collapsed near Miami Beach. The multi-story apartment block partially collapsed early June 24, sparking a major emergency response. (Photo by Eva Marie UZCATEGUI / AFP) (Photo by EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Rescue workers at a partially collapsed building in Surfside, Fla. north of Miami Beach on June 25, 2021.

Good morning,

As we close out the week, here’s what we’re following this morning:

  • Activists are on their way to D.C. for a voting rights rally tomorrow. Along the way they’re teaching about the sacrifices, strategies and successes of the civil rights movement.

— The Morning Edition live blog team

(Emily Alfin Johnson, Rachel Treisman, Arielle Retting, Nell Clark, Casey Noenickx and William Jones)