The Breakdown with Shaun King

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Ep. 148 - Impeachment, Justice, Voting Rights :: A good news episode Dec 18, 2019

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Today is a good news episode of The Breakdown where Shaun unpacks and explains what is scheduled to happen today with the impeachment of Donald Trump. He also gives us an update on the officer who assaulted the child in North Carolina and a massive restoration of voting rights in Kentucky.

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Ep. 147 - Update on 11 year boy who was brutally assaulted by police Dec 17, 2019

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Shaun gives us an update on the case of the 11 year old boy who was brutally assaulted by police in Vance County, North Carolina then shares details on four new cases of police violence that have happened across the country this month

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Ep. 146 - This officer should be arrested immediately Dec 16, 2019

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A horrible video of a police officer assaulting an 11 year old boy was just released. Here Shaun unpacks and explains the case and gives us action steps to call for this officer to be fired and arrested immediately.

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Ep. 145 - What does it mean to be a modern day abolitionist? Part 2. Dec 13, 2019

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To be an abolitionist, you not only have to have an abolitionist worldview, you have to take abolitionist actions. Today Shaun unpacks and explains what that means and gives us a big update on the impeachment of Donald Trump.

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Ep. 144 - Alfred Chestnut, Ransom Watkins and Andrew Stewart Dec 12, 2019

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Today Shaun tells the story of three teenage boys who spent 36 years in prison for a crime they did not commit and has a very special action step for us on how we can build something together to support anybody who has been wrongly convicted.

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Ep. 143 - What does it mean to be a modern day abolitionist? Part 1. Dec 11, 2019

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Most of us know what it meant to be an abolitionist before the American Civil War, but what does it mean today? Listen to Part 1 of a mini-series from Shaun King as he unpacks and explains how we can all be modern day abolitionists.

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Ep. 142 - Big Announcement from Shaun Dec 10, 2019

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We're not giving away the BIG news in the description! You have to listen to this episode to get it!

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Ep. 141 - White men dominate the Golden Globe nominations Dec 09, 2019

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The Golden Globe nominations were just announced and Shaun unpacks and explains why it's a problem, and why it matters that women and people of color were left out.

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Ep. 140 - Bloomberg just told the single biggest lie of 2019 Dec 06, 2019

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Michael Bloomberg oversaw one of the most racist policies of the 21st century. Today he went on national TV and lied, saying nobody ever told him it was wrong until last month. This lie is Trumpian in nature and must be confronted

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Ep. 139 - Taking a personal day Dec 05, 2019

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Shaun shares some of his story of living in chronic pain and how hard it can be to take a day off.

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