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Saturday, September 11, 2021

Twenty Years After 9/11, 'The Only Way to Effectively Counter Terror Is to End War'

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Anti-war voices reflect on two decades of the misguided hubris, failed policies, war profiteering, suffering, and death that resulted from t...
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Saturday, August 28, 2021

BLACK AUGUST BUILDS ON OUR BLACK RADICAL TRADITION

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words by   Charles Brooks The 31 days of August hold a particular and special meaning you will not find in the celebrations that come with J...
Thursday, August 19, 2021

Progressive Critics Say Investors in US Weapon-Makers Only Clear Winners of Afghan War

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By Jessica Corbett As the hawks who  have been  lying  about the U.S. invasion and occupation of Afghanistan for two decades  continue  to  ...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Book Review: We Do This 'til we FREE US

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We Do This ‘til we Free Us: Abolitionist Organizing and Transforming Justice By Mariame Kaba Edited by Tamara K. Knopper Foreword by Naomi M...
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Saturday, July 10, 2021

Haiti Assassination Raises Red Flags Among Observers Fluent in History of US Intervention

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" It's quite striking that the arguments being made for a U.S. intervention in Haiti are so alike the ones that were used to justif...
Friday, July 2, 2021

Lost funding, lost history?

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  FCN 1/26/99 Front Page National News Lost funding, lost history? African Burial Ground Project may be cancelled by federal agency by Charl...
Saturday, May 22, 2021

POLICE REFORM COMES TO MARYLAND (PART II)

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words by Charles Brooks  Police reform in America is difficult because police unions, elected officials – Democrat and Republican – along wi...
Friday, May 21, 2021

POLICE REFORM COMES TO MARYLAND (PART I)

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words by Charles Brooks The public display of George Floyd’s gruesome death ignited massive protests across the country demanding reduced ...
Monday, April 5, 2021

'Follow the Money': Corporations Gave $50 Million to GOP Lawmakers Behind Voter Suppression Onslaught

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"No matter how many PR statements Big Business puts out, its complicity with the antidemocratic forces that want to make voting harder ...