| Black Agenda Report

Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Vaccine Passports in a Failed State
15 Apr 2021
The non-vaccinated can be smeared and equated with MAGA hat wearing Trumpers, regardless of their religious or political affiliations.
Adofo Minka
Spirit of Self-Emancipation Continues to Rise at the St. Louis City Justice Center
15 Apr 2021
Like Christ on the third day, detainees in St. Louis jails have risen to challenge state oppression.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tracey L. Walters’ “Not Your Mother’s Mammy”
15 Apr 2021
The assumption is these women are uneducated or without skills beyond cleaning or caring for children and adults.
Riva Enteen
Reality Police Erase Lesbians, Covid-skeptics and Democracy
15 Apr 2021
Corporate reality police have stablished themselves as the authorities on what constitutes “information” or “disinformation.”
Nkechi Taifa
Daniel Kaluuya No Longer Getting “Out”; But Does That Make COINTELPRO In?
15 Apr 2021
COINTELPRO’s key target — the Black Panther Party — should be the entity getting most of the Oscars’ socio-cultural ink and attention from the film.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Testi-lyin’
07 Apr 2021
Northeast, midwest, southwest, south, down south, up south, out south—south of the Canadian border—Slouched down in his cruiser, slow-rollin’ the ‘hood; Or a-
Thad Baltimore
Reporting on Anti-Asian Violence Sets Black People Up to be Harmed
07 Apr 2021
The media focus on Black-Asian “tensions” promoted the misleading idea that Black people are the main perpetrators of anti-Asian attacks.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jayna Brown’s “Black Utopias”
31 Mar 2021
I am hoping my call will provoke/inspire us to practice forms of life and liveliness differently.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Alison M. Parker’s Book, “Unceasing Militant”
17 Mar 2021
The author explores Mary Church Terrell’s long history of activism, to remind us that movements for social justice do not happen overnight.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Meet me at Mary’s Place…
10 Mar 2021
“…he said if you can enjoy A real nice affair (Over at Mary's place—oh) Then you'll make it Your business to be right there… (Over at Mary's place— oh)”