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Wednesday, May 15, 2019

TEACHER ACTIVISM TAKES ON RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE

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words by Charles Brooks TEACHER ACTIVISM TAKES ON RACIAL AND SOCIAL JUSTICE Photo credit: Charles Edward Miller You may have noticed in re...
Tuesday, December 11, 2018

AND STILL NO BLACK GOVERNORS...

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words by Charles Brooks AND STILL NO BLACK GOVERNORS Photo credit: Onasill ~ Bill - 72m  When the smoke cleared after the 2018 elections   f...
Wednesday, December 5, 2018

ABRAMS NOT GOING AWAY QUIETLY

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words by Charles Brooks Photo Credit: Marco Verch Although the much talked about blue wave managed to sweep in a number of black elected o...
Wednesday, May 2, 2018

Book Review: A Conversation about Black Detroit in Black New York

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Black Detroit: A People’s History of Self-Determination Herb Boyd Amistad/HarperCollins: 432 pages A Conversation about Black Detr...
Sunday, April 1, 2018

Book Review: Democracy in Black: How Race still enslaves the American Soul

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Democracy in Black Eddie S. Glaude Jr. Crown: 288 pages American Democracy, White S upremacy and Racism By Charles Brooks Democr...
Sunday, September 24, 2017

Activists charge Mugabe is Right - on land reform & cruel economic sanctions

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By Charles Brooks Just hours before Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe landed in New York City to attend the 72nd  United Nations Genera...
Wednesday, August 9, 2017

President Trump police speech "jokes" about excessive use of force

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By CHARLES BROOKS President Trump has again raised concerns with his tough on crime message when he publicly endorsed the use of p...
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Monday, July 24, 2017

Are mandatory minimums the answer?

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By Charles Brooks The triumvirate of political leadership in Baltimore City has proposed controversial legislation in their tough a...
Friday, June 30, 2017

When free speech is not so free...

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By  Charles Brooks In recent months, there’s been an unmistakable trend amongst college professors who dare to express their po...
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Friday, June 23, 2017

What exactly does the CBC want?

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