THE BROOKS BLACKBOARD: Race, Politics & Social Change

By CHARLES BROOKS President Trump has again raised concerns with his tough on crime message when he publicly endorsed the use of p...

By Charles Brooks The triumvirate of political leadership in Baltimore City has proposed controversial legislation in their tough a...

By  Charles Brooks In recent months, there’s been an unmistakable trend amongst college professors who dare to express their po...

By Charles Brooks  Less than two weeks left with the Obama presidency, members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) discussed ...

BY CHARLES BROOKS Two years ago , during the aftermath of police violence and protest  demonstrations in Ferguson, Missouri, the nation...

By Charles Brooks The South Carolina primary was to be a test of black vote for both Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders – and the blac...

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...

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

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

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