A Word: Black Lives Matter: More Money, More Problems?

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🗓️ 12 July 2016

⏱️ 35 minutes

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The Black Lives Matter movement has emerged as a major political force. Now, questionable spending by the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation has sparked questions about whether key movement leaders have lost their way. On today’s episode of A Word, Jason Johnson is joined by Sean Campbell, an investigative journalist whose report on the foundation was published in New York Magazine. He addresses what he uncovered about the foundation’s finances, including the purchase of a $6 million dollar home in Malibu under the guidance of its former leader, Patrisse Cullors. Guest: Sean Campbell, writer, and investigative journalist. Podcast production by Jasmine Ellis You can skip all the ads in A Word by joining Slate Plus. Sign up now at slate.com/awordplus for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.0	This is a word, a podcast from Slate.
0:35.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
0:37.0	The Black Lives Matter movement has emerged as a leading force in the fight to prevent police killings of African Americans.
0:43.0	But a recent story is raising questions about whether key leaders of that
0:47.2	movement have lost their way.
0:48.8	People have been asking not even outside and you know the populace about how the money has being spent for Black Lives Matter
0:56.1	Global Network Foundation, but the chapters themselves that have been struggling and have
0:59.9	been seeing people go homeless and have dedicated their lives to this.
1:03.8	They've been asking for years, how is this money being spent and why aren't we getting more
1:08.6	support?
1:09.6	Is the Black Lives Matter Global Network Foundation in a crisis?
1:12.8	And what could that mean for the movement?
1:14.8	Coming up on a word with me, Jason Johnson.
1:17.9	Stay with us. Welcome to a word, a podcast about race and politics and everything else.
1:35.0	I'm your host, Jason Johnson.
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