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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
The Black Geography of HIV-AIDS
01 Sep 2020
When HIV-AIDS struck in Philadelphia, mostly white organizations and epidemiologists “were blinded to the kind of locations and geography” where the contagion might be centered in the Black communi
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
For my Postal Worker Brothers and Sisters
26 Aug 2020
“Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these courageous couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.” --Herodotus
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Creating Ownership, Equity and Income for College Athletes
25 Aug 2020
“College sports is a highly exploitive system where predominantly Black players in football and basketball generate all the income, but the only group that isn’t positively impacted is the families
P. Khalil Saucier
What I Fear About University Actions in the Context of Black Lives Matter
19 Aug 2020
White folks at the university decided to set things right on race – without consulting Africana Studies.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Richard Kent Evans’ “MOVE: An American Religion”
12 Aug 2020
MOVE’s history is a reminder why police and prison abolition remain so urgent.
Zaynab Shahar
BAR Book Forum: “Black Study and Abolition”
12 Aug 2020
Blackness is understood as always already criminal, and homonormative imagination is no different in this respect.
Victoria Theisen-Homer
Students of Color are Harmed Most by the “Broken Windows” Teaching
12 Aug 2020
“No excuses” teaching borrows from the “broken windows” theory of policing, which has been enacted in U.S. cities since the mid-1980s.
Amy Moran-Thomas
How a Popular Medical Device Encodes Racial Bias
12 Aug 2020
Pulse oximeters give biased results for people with darker skin, and the consequences can be serious.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 10, 2020
11 Aug 2020
“Black August” Honors Captives of Armed Struggle
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Midwives Could Help Stem Maternal and Infant Death Toll
11 Aug 2020
Dr Sasha Turner, professor of History at Johns Hopkins University, says more extensive use of midwives would reduce skyrocketing increases in maternal birth difficulties, worldwide