This week on Daily Kos’ The Brief we talk with Daily Kos staff writer Lauren Floyd. Lauren covered every day and hour of the Derek Chauvin trial, and talks about that experience as well as what happens now in regards to police reform and federal legislation. Organizer Maurice Mitchell, the National Director of the Working Families Party, joins to talk about the Black Lives Matter movement, and the need for organizers to continue to build broader and broader coalitions. Mitchell also gives his thoughts on the Democratic Party and what needs to to happen in for the Biden administration to avoid the midterm losses suffered during Obama’s presidency.