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Black Lives Matter in the U.K; Issues Plaguing The Olympic Games In Rio

Published: Aug. 5, 2016, 8:05 p.m.

Victoria Jones guest hosts for Leslie during this hour. Victoria is the White House correspondent and political analyst for Talk Media News.
She joins Leslie on the show every week as our TMN Reporter.

Victoria is joined by two guests as well as callers this hour.

She first interviews Dr. Kehinde Andrews, Associate Professor of Sociology and director of the Centre for Critical Social Research at Birmingham City University. They discuss why Black Lives Matter protesters are staging protests across the U.K.

Dr. Andrews’ Twitter handle is @Kehinde_Andrews and the website for the organization he co-chairs, the Organisation of Black Unity, is www.BlackUnity.Org.UK.

Victoria’s second guest this hour is Pat Garofalo, assistant managing editor for opinion at U.S. News & World Report. The two discuss the growing list of problems in Rio where the 2016 Summer Olympics are taking place this month.

Pat’s Twitter handle is @Pat_Garofalo and you can read his work at www.usnews.com/opinion.

Victoria’s Twitter handle is @VictoriaJonesDC, and you can read her work at www.talkmedianews.com.