Axios

Workers at Amazon’s warehouse in Bessemer, Alabama, rejected unionizing by more than a 2-1 margin earlier this month, despite a surge of national support for their efforts. This followed a failed effort to get Uber, Lyft and DoorDash drivers recognized as employees and not contractors. 

Axios Re:Cap talks to two of the organizers involved about what went wrong, legislation that might bolster the power of unions, and where organized labor goes from here.

The jury is deliberating whether or not to convict former Minneapolis police Derek Chavin over the death of George Floyd.

Presiding Judge Peter Cahill will allow the jury to deliberate every day until 7pm, and if they reach a decision after sunset, the decision will be read the following morning.

• Plus, a strong start to earnings season.
• And, European soccer goes to war.

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny has been on a hunger strike in prison for three weeks. This weekend, his doctor said he could die soon.

That’s just the latest in a string of events from abroad that could become major crises for President Biden.

• Plus, a new way for police departments to handle mental health calls.
• And, Richard Wright’s new book on police brutality, published six decades after his death.