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Joe Biden formally accepted the Democratic Party's nomination for president on Thursday. NPR reporters provided live analysis during his remarks from last night.

The national uprising ignited by the murder of George Floyd has cast a spotlight on the country’s embedded, institutional racism, including the fraught relationship between environmentalism and communities of color. Air pollution, severe weather and the economic upheaval brought on by climate change impacts black and minority communities first and worst, yet their voices are often left out of policy responses and market solutions.

Professional Horticulturist Scott Burrell visits Peggy Singlemann on the set of Virginia Home Grown to make recommendations for a wide variety of plants that can thrive in hot weather and bloom throughout the summer.

Peggy Singlemann visits Barb’s Blooms in Richmond to learn about growing flowers for cutting. Jan Seivers Mahon tours Heartflame Garden in Elkton to see their summer plant selections. The Tip from Maymont is on watering smarter with technology. Engage with us or watch full episodes at Facebook.com/VirginiaHomeGrown.

Black Lives Matter might be the largest social movement in American history. Last month, an estimated 15-25 million people took to the streets to protest police violence, launching a national conversation about the role systemic racism plays in law enforcement. We hear from Jinho “The Piper” Ferreira, an artist whose past experiences with the police drove him to fight the system from the inside. Next, we look at how South Africa has grappled with its own history of police violence.

On this edition of This Week In Richmond, host David Bailey welcomes the Honorable Aubrey L. Layne, Jr., Secretary of Finance, the Honorable Brian Moran, Secretary of Public Safety & Homeland Security, and the Honorable Megan Healy, Chief Workforce Development Advisor.

The Supreme Court narrowly rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program – meaning life for its nearly 700,000 participants remains in limbo. In this collaboration between Think and The Texas Newsroom, host Krys Boyd explores why Congress has been unwilling to create legislation that addresses DACA, shares the stories of DACA recipients as they go about their lives unable to plan for their futures, and talks to Janet Napolitano, who initiated the program as President Obama’s Homeland Security secretary.

VPM hosted its first in-person PBS KIDS Edcamp in July 2019, at the Sarah Garland Jones Center in the Church Hill area of Richmond. This successful event was attended by a diversity of childcare providers and educators from our community.

Seventy-five years ago, delegates from 50 countries met in San Francisco to sign the UN Charter. Initially, the purpose of the United Nations was to maintain peace and security through international cooperation and to essentially prevent another world war. Today’s UN has 193 member countries and is facing a time of uncertainty and open disdain from U.S. President Donald Trump, who has cut funding to the world body and declared, “The future does not belong to globalists. The future belongs to patriots.”

Visit Agriberry CSA and Farm to learn about their farm share program and get tips for growing berries at home. Plus see how JMU is collaborating with the Harrisonburg public schools to introduce students to vegetable gardening and the importance of pollinators in our world. Peggy Singlemann’s "Tip from Maymont" is about propagating woody plants.