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Wednesday, July 29, 2015

What really happened to Sandra Bland?

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By Charles Brooks We paid attention and took notice of the disturbing trend .   We read the stories and saw the videos of not only bl...
Thursday, July 2, 2015

The Throwaways: who are they?

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By Charles Brooks     Curiously, let’s start with the name of the film – The Throwaways .   What immediately comes to mind when y...
Tuesday, June 30, 2015

What really happened to Freddy Gray?

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By Charles Brooks An encounter on April 12 th  –  a fatal encounter  - between Freddie Gray and Baltimore City Police officers left Gr...
Thursday, March 12, 2015

Pres. Obama's Task Force: The Battle for the Public Trust begins...

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By Charles Brooks Official White House Photo by Pete Souza The interim report recently released by President Obama’s task force on po...
Wednesday, February 4, 2015

Attorney General Confirmation Hearings: "...I will be Loretta Lynch."

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By Charles Brooks   Confirmation hearings were recently held for President’s Obama’s nominee for U.S. Attorney General, Ms. Loretta...
Saturday, January 24, 2015

2015 State of the Union: "...Imagine if we did something different..."

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Official White House Photo by Pete Souza By Charles Brooks  Typically the president uses the State of the Union to outline their po...
Monday, December 29, 2014

Ferguson/Garner protests: The uprisings will continue until...

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By Charles Brooks    Photo credit: digitaldefection via www.flickr.com For over a month now, the world has witnessed a special momen...
Monday, November 24, 2014

2014 Elections: The Democratic Party's problem with white Democrats

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By Charles Brooks While the 2014 elections showed Democrats their difficulties in defeating Republicans, the elections also revealed...

2014 Elections: Did Democrats run against Republicans or President Obama?

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By Charles Brooks The nation’s political landscape is remarkably more Republican now with their decisive victories a couple of weeks ...
Tuesday, November 4, 2014

2014 Elections: Can Black America rescue the Democrats?

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 By Charles Brooks The many months of political posturing and rhetoric will finally come to an end on Election night when we learn who’s...