The 1619 Project is a major initiative from The Times about how slavery shaped the U.S. in the 400 years since. An essay by Nikole Hannah-Jones anchors the project: “Our founding ideals of liberty and equality were false when they were written,” she says. “Black Americans fought to make them true.”

The photograph above is from the March on Washington for civil rights in 1963.

Here’s what else is happening

Legal fight on climate change: A lawsuit brought by 29 states and cities over regulating coal plants could determine how much leverage the government has to fight global warming.

ASAP Rocky verdict: The rapper was found guilty today of assault in Sweden, but will not return to jail. The case gripped the music world, and President Trump.

Dayton shooting: The gunman who killed nine people in Ohio was obsessed with mass shootings, the police said, but they did not say what motivated the attack.

The 2020 race: Former Gov. John Hickenlooper of Colorado is considering ending his presidential bid to challenge his state’s Republican senator, according to four Democrats. The deadline to qualify for the next Democratic presidential debates is Aug. 28.

Accusations against opera star: Plácido Domingo was placed under investigation by the Los Angeles Opera, which he has led since 2003, after a report that multiple women had accused him of sexual harassment.

High school murals preserved: San Francisco’s Board of Education voted to conceal, but not destroy, a series of Depression-era murals that some considered offensive to minorities.