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The Blurb Blog for May

Some of the topics that are pivotal to our time were on CSPAN and discussed in books currently...        On Economic Inequality and Civil Unrest ·          Kent State : 67 Shots: Kent State and the end of American Innocence- This has also been a returning theme with the riots and unrest caused after murder of George Floyd caught on video in Minneapolis; Reminders of Kent State were very real as National Guard have been deployed in many cities; ·          Film; New Deal era documentary from 1937 promotes government programs that put unemployed African Americans to work ... Lots of talk lately about creating a New Deal for the 21 st Century that surrounds our job losses & the growing income inequality ·          Essay: "I don’t want to die Poor”- economic struggles with student debt. This is one of the ongoing issues...