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Thanks almost entirely to the killing of George Floyd, Black Lives Matter’s approval rating has more than doubled from where it stood four years ago, surging from 27% in 2016 to 57% today. While the slogan wins public support, the racially tinged socialism espoused by the organization Black Lives Ma
"The hasbara talking points just don’t hold water anymore,” one activist said.
Email Address Lest we forget. The fear, the weeks of waiting, the vivid force of the eyewitness testimony; the replaying of grisly footage and then the shock of the conviction: the whole drama of the Derek Chauvin trial—its obscenity and thin catharsis—would not have taken place at all were it not for last year’s riots. Police trials are rare. So is national uprising: looting, acts of vandalism, and the nightly carnival of torched police cars are what vaulted George Floyd’s death from single cruelty to American crisis, as the fires of Minneapolis swept through every major city. It fe...
Black Lives Matter (BLM) co-founder Patrisse Khan-Cullors held back tears while discussing criticism she faced last week over her housing portfolio. Ms Khan-Cullors, 37, who created the hashtag #BlackLivesMatter in 2013 and later co-founded the Black Lives Matter Network, was criticised last week after the New York Post revealed that she had spent $1.4m (£1.017m) on a Los Angeles property, her third residence in the city and fourth overall. She has bought two other homes in the Los Angeles area over the last few years, which sit in her portfolio alongside a 3.2 acre property in Geor...
The Weeknd donates $1 mn to Ethiopian relief efforts that will provide 2 mn meals SECTIONS Last Updated: Apr 06, 2021, 03:00 PM IST Share Getty Images The Weeknd, who was born in Toronto, has always been vocal about his love for his home country - Ethiopia. Related LOS ANGELES: Singer-songwriter The Weeknd has announced that he is donating USD one million to relief efforts in Ethiopia amid the ongoing conflict between the government in Addis Ababa and the Tigray region of the country. There are increasing reports of atrocities such as massacres and rapes in the war, and concern is growing abo...