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When the Pew Center recently polled African Americans it found that a solid majority of us now believe that historic gaps between black and white incomes, wages, along with disparites in health, wealth, morbidity, mortality and more are closing. Both the Pew Center and Ford agree this is good news, except for one thing. It's not true. Black unemployment is the highest it's been in 70 years and rising, and all the gaps between blacks and whites are further widening, not the other way around. The only thing that's changed is we now have a black face in the White House...
Simmons explores ways we can hold harm-doers accountable without getting involved with the very state that brutalizes Black and other communities of color.
BAR’s reporter in Colombia explores how the US-backed regime is grossly violating the peace agreement with former FARC guerillas.
The US corporate media, especially the Times, has turned a medical emergency into a racist campaign of ideological propaganda.
The US is escalating the arms race because it sees its hegemonic military and economic power weakening. “This will be the most expensive arms race in history.”
The Democrats are terrible at passing legislation that helps Black and poor people but fantastically talented at political theater.
