Rakim H.D. Brooks

Rakim H. D. Brooks is a researcher whose writing focuses on poverty and social policy, U. S. politics and political ideologies, and America's Progressive heritage of social justice.

Brooks received his B.A. from Brown University where he worked with prestigious national think tanks and policy groups, including the Brookings Institution, the Center for Law and Social Policy, and the Drum Major Institute. Among other honors, he was named a John Kenneth Galbraith Scholar at Harvard University in the summer of 2008, and in 2009 he was named a Rhodes Scholar. He received his M.Phil. in Politics from Oxford University in 2011.

In January 2012, Brooks became the host of "The People with Rakim Brooks" at 99.5FM WBAI Pacifica Radio.