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The Black Lives Matter movement has been nominated for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for compelling countries around the world to address systemic racism.Why it matters: The BLM movement launched in 2013 following George Zimmerman's acquittal for shooting Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Black teenager. The case kickstarted the international movement to address the controversial deaths of Black people, particularly at the hands of police.Support safe, smart, sane journalism. Sign up for Axios Newsletters here. The group has "been able to mobilise people from all groups of society, not just African-Americans, not just oppressed people . in a way which has been different from their predecessors," Nobel nominator Norwegian MP Petter Eide said, per the Guardian.Background: The BLM movement was co-founded by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi. The mission spread in the years thereafter as protesters denounced police killings of Black Americans including Michael Brown
Former Obama speechwriter preemptively frustrated with Biden s unity efforts
SYNDICATED 1 months ago President Obama s former speechwriter says he s preemptively frustrated with President Biden s effort to find unity with Republicans.What they re saying: Cody Keenan told Axios that Biden s messaging team has struck all the right chords, but at some point they re gonna have to answer questions like, Why didn t you achieve unity? when there s an entire political party that s already acting to stop it. Get smarter, faster with the news CEOs, entrepreneurs and top politicians read. Sign up for Axios Newsletters here.Keenan spent 14 years writing for Obama, including working alongside Biden for eight of those years. He acknowledged being embittered by his own experience, especially after Sen. Mitch McConnell pledged to make his former boss a one-term president. Until the Republican Party steps up and tells their own voters what s really happening with the truth, it s going