Year of tear gas

A once-in-a-century pandemic and a historic wave of protests dominated the headlines this past year. But how did the two affect each other? This week we talk to WTOP reporter Alejandro Alvarez who has traveled the world photographing social movements over the past five years. He tells us what he saw on the ground during the Black Lives Matters protests this summer as well as how the coronavirus changed the way ideology spreads and how social movements ignite.

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