Why Conservatives Should Support Black Lives Matter

Just issues, news, and other stuff that matters to you [Fusion] July 13, 2016 A ‘CONVERSATION’ President Obama met with police, activists, academics, and politicians today to seek common ground. It’s not the first time Obama has invited [Black Lives Matter] activists to the White House—but this is the first time they’ve been there in the same room as law enforcement. In the wake of last week’s events, I’m waiting to hear what solutions will come from their conversation. Today’s song is Otis Redding’s “[A Change Is Gonna Come],” an anthem of the Civil Rights Movement. ­—[Darian Symoné Harvin] TODAY IN... TRY THIS We asked hundreds of people to [describe] a Donald Trump presidency in just one word. CALLS TO ACTION The Root is demanding [the Department of Justice] make de-escalation and implicit bias training mandatory before police departments get federal funding. 👀 The FBI has been quietly expanding a pilot program that scans eyeballs of people [who have been arrested], The Verge reports. DYING TRADITIONS Kamilia Lahrichi travels to eastern Cuba where she [meets] the last of the country’s “water healers,” a group that believes water can cure all diseases. NEW NARRATIVES “Difficult People” is your typical show about 30-somethings trying to find love in New York City—except it's also [reshaping] the modern sitcom's take on relationships and sex. THE READ [There Is a Conservative Argument For Black Lives Matter. Why Aren't More Conservatives Making It?] [DanielRivero_b&w] by Daniel Rivero The GOP, along with broad swaths of conservative America, is frequently condemned in progressive circles for not backing the Black Lives Matter movement or even understanding why it exists in the first place. But a [draft of the GOP’s 2016 platform] that party leaders are[working on in the build-up to the Republican National Convention] contains—whether inadvertently or not—a strong argument that uses the party’s own favored terminology to show how conservatives could support one major aspect of the Black Lives Matter movement. The language can be found in a section that criticizes the overpolicing of minor transactional crimes. [Text of the platform draft section was published in the New York Times]. [Read more] LET’S TALK ABOUT UNPLUGGING If you’re finding yourself distracted by one too many notifications, [here are some tips] to [Marie Kondo] your phone. COMING UP Tonight, 9 PM ET: On Hot Line—Fusion's weekly [Facebook] call-in show about sex, love, and dating—we discuss what it’s like to be a woman who craves sex more than your male partner. [Facebook] [Twitter] [Vine] [Instagram] [Youtube] Remember, you can always [click here to unsubscribe] and never see another one of these emails until the apocalypse (at which time it'll be nothing but emails). This email was sent to {EMAIL} Fusion · 419 Lafayette St · New York, NY 10003 · USA