This is GPS, the Global Public Square.

Welcome to all of you in the United States and around the world.

I'm Farid Zakaria.

Today on the show, the state of race in America, the killing of George Floyd has opened up

an extraordinary moment in this country.

What does history tell us about the chances of bringing about real change?

I will talk to the historians and Ed Gordon Reed and Tim Neftali.

And what kind of nations have fought COVID most successfully?

Democracy's or dictatorships?

Political scientist Francis Fukuyama has the answers.

Also, the world may look pretty grim these days, but I will bring you a brand new answer to

the age-old question.

Our human beings inherently good or evil.

But first, here's my take.

Cities across the American South and West are getting pummeled by the coronavirus right

now.

But New York City seems to have things under control as it begins to open up.

So I have to admit, I'm excited.

I know it will be a very different city for a while with many aspects of urban life,

cancelled or curtailed.

But still, I'm excited.

For the past three months, the city has felt like an empty stage set full of grand buildings

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