African America

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Bail Out a Sister for Mother's Day
29 Apr 2019
Black women are the fastest growing segment of the US prison population, said Efia Nwangaza, director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why ADOS “Reparationists” Oppose Free Tuition and Student Debt Forgiveness
27 Apr 2019
Reparationists have been around for a long time, but for some reason this season the bi
Amanda Reid
There Is a Scottsboro in Every Country
24 Apr 2019
The “Black Belt” was a vision of a sovereign black nation within the southern United States.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
24 Apr 2019
This week readers discussed identity politics and imperialism, the Green New Deal, and the legacies of communism and NATO. We share comments for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: David Correia and Tyler Wall’s“Police: A Field Guide”
24 Apr 2019
“The police” is a regime of state violence that is designed to have freedom from the “rule of law.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kinohi Nishikawa’s “Street Players”
24 Apr 2019
The question is not Who stole Black pulp fiction, but Who owned and profited from it. “Social movement and popular culture are not the same thing.”
The Political Theology Network
Political Theology Network Seeks Radical Anti-Imperial Perspectives on Religion and Politics
24 Apr 2019
The upcoming conference aims to bring together scholars, activists, and artists motivated by a concern for justice.
Janine Jackson
The FBI Appears to Be Targeting Black Activists
24 Apr 2019
Counterspin interviews Nusrat Choudhury on the modern version of COINTELPRO.
Bill Ayers
Lawyers for the Left: In the Courts, In the Streets, and on the Air
24 Apr 2019
People’s lawyers found the cracks and searched out open spaces in the law.
Peter James Hudson
The Racist Dawn of Capitalism
24 Apr 2019
The centrality of slavery to capitalism is not new, as any serious student of WEB Dubois is aware. “Negro slavery seemed the very basis of American capitalism.”