Black Lives Matter is working.

According to data from a survey group called Civics, support for the movement has risen

more in the past few weeks than it has in the past few years.

A majority of Americans now say they support the movement and it shows just about everywhere

you look.

Confederate statues are toppling.

NASCAR has banned Confederate flags that racist newspapers are holding editors accountable

for tone deaf and even dangerous opinion columns.

Tina Fey is pulling the blackface episodes of 30 Rock from streaming services.

Why did those exist in the first place?

Cops got canceled after 30 odd years.

Tech companies are walking back their plans for racially biased facial recognition technology

that would help police track suspects officers are actually getting arrested and fired for

killing black people.

Chocoles are finally being banned.

Schools are getting rid of armed police officers.

Mitch McConnell is talking about police reform.

Even our famously racist president signed an executive order on police reform.

I could go on, but you get it.

Today on the show, I'm going to talk to Adam Surwer from the Atlantic about why Black Lives

Matter is having a lot more success the second time around and how the movement can sustain

itself as our attention invariably shifts away from racial justice.

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