Ta-Nehisi Coates, Bernie Sanders, Martin Luther King, Socialism and #Reparations | #Blog#42

Ta-Nehisi Coates in his Atlantic piece, dated January 19th, 2016, asks, “Why Precisely Is Bernie Sanders Against Reparations? The Vermont senator’s political imagination is active against plutocracy, but why is it so limited against white supremacy?”

Baltimore, St. Louis and beyond: profiles in gross disparities and deprivation | #BlackLivesMatter on Blog#42

Baltimore It wasn’t long ago, just over three months, in fact, that we were glued to our televisions,

Evictions are as bad for black women as prison is for black men | The Washington Post

Patrice is, in many ways, typical. A low-income woman, she’s struggling to find affordable housing in Milwaukee. The 24-year-old single mother of three shares a two-bedroom apartment with her mother, her three young children and her three siblings. It’s on the same block as abandoned buildings and memorials for victims of shootings. The back door … Continue reading Evictions are as bad for black women as prison is for black men | The Washington Post

Things Trump Did While You Weren’t Looking [2019] | Blog#42

This web page contains curated news beginning January 1, 2019 through the end of the year. During 2018-19, I maintained a running post called “Things Trump Did While You Weren’t Looking NEW! I am currently chronicling Things Biden Is Doing Before Leaving Things Biden Is Doing Before Leaving | Blog#42 I would love to do … Continue reading Things Trump Did While You Weren’t Looking [2019] | Blog#42