Politicians and lawmakers are willing to watch us take us a knee, watch us march, watch us picket and protest - and wait us out. They are willing and prepared to outlast us - and, in most cases, to do absolutely nothing about the problems we highlight and amplify.

People with momentum can get so much done. Momentum is easy to lose and almost impossible to fake.

I love social media, and it is an important part of how we make change happen. But we can't retweet ourselves out of our most serious problems.

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