Why Black Lives Matter Is the Movement of the Year
The movement's innovative and committed activism has renewed the struggle for racial justice In 2015, no other progressive cause in the United States came close to its perseverance and creativity The movement's innovative and committed activism has renewed the struggle for racial justice.

Black Lives Matter activists march in Minneapolis in November. (Jim Mone / AP)
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