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Politicians Co-opted ‘Black Lives Matter’ Slogan and Then Did Nothing for Black People

It’s been four years since George Floyd was killed by Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin. Floyd’s murder sparked a global mass movement demanding an end to police brutality and systemic racism. But has anything changed?

Dayvon Love, the Director of Public Policy for Leaders of a Beautiful Struggle, joins the show to discuss the uphill battle confronting the movement for Black Lives and the fight to end racist police violence.

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Rania Khalek

Rania Khalek is an award-winning Lebanese-American journalist and host of Dispatches on Breakthrough News, where she investigates the global consequences of imperialism, war, and systemic oppression. With over a decade of frontline reporting from conflict zones and marginalized communities, her work has been featured in The Nation, The Intercept, Al Jazeera, FAIR, and The Electronic Intifada, where she served on the editorial board.

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