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Tuesday, February 23, 2021

COVID Misery Feeds the Beast but STARVES WORKING PEOPLE

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Words by Charles Brooks The American pandemic has created a public health and economic crisis felt widely and deeply across the nation. The ...
Monday, February 8, 2021

BROOKS BLACKBOARD

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The BROOKS BLACKBOARD   is a digital political education platform with links to news articles, analysis and books reviews on race, politics ...
Wednesday, February 3, 2021

The Decline and Fall of the American Empire

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Instead of opening doors for American big business or supporting America’s diplomatic position in the world, the U.S. war machine has become...
Saturday, January 16, 2021

The Pandemic Crisis and What Got Us Here...

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We Still Here: Pandemic, Policing, Protest & Possibility By Marc Lamont Hill Edited by Frank Barat Foreword by Keeanga Y. Taylor Haymark...
Thursday, January 14, 2021

Cori Bush Booed by House GOP for Denouncing White Supremacy

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"What does it mean when they boo the Black congresswoman denouncing white supremacy?" asked the freshman Democrat from Missouri. b...
Monday, January 4, 2021

Amid Warnings of Surging Worldwide Poverty, Planet's 500 Richest People Added $1.8 Trillion to Combined Wealth in 2020

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by Julia Conley, Common Dreams staff writer   108  Comments Tesla CEO Elon Musk saw the greatest increase in personal wealth in 2020—report...
Tuesday, November 3, 2020

Is Biden’s anti-Trump message enough to win over Black voters?

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words by Charles Brooks     The significance of the Black vote is on full display as both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris make their final case ...