| Black Agenda Report

Erica Caines
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
08 Jan 2020
Black adults must not allow “Hollywood to fill in the blanks” in our children’s understanding of Black history.
Alaina Morgan
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
08 Jan 2020
The question of where to search for the histories of Black people in the diaspora, is of paramount importance. “Freedom and unfreedom are not binaries.”
Kevin Alexander Gray
The Soul Will Find a Way
08 Jan 2020
Even in the era of the “African-American” tag, there’s no shaking black – because James Brown made it cool to be black.
Wilmer J. Leon III
Will the Assassination of Gen. Soleimani Be Trump’s 1914 Moment?
08 Jan 2020
It appears that lies and/or false narratives are being used to rationalize this latest heinous act that may also result in another senseless war.
Leonard C. Goodman
Assange and Manning are Being Persecuted for Speaking Truth to Power
08 Jan 2020
Had WikiLeaks existed in 2002, a patriotic officer like Chelsea Manning might have leaked the official intelligence reports and stopped a war.
From Enzo Calandra and Jelani Cobb
Two Views on Queen & Slim
08 Jan 2020
The film is either “a meditation on a system of justice that treats innocent people as outlaws,” or “a bourgeois representation of the struggle against police oppression.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Hip Hop Vs Late Stage Capitalism
06 Jan 2020
“People will always resist,” said Dr Lisa Calvente, author of a Souls article that draws a straight line between neoliberal capitalism and the birth of Hip Hop in New York
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Girl Magic
31 Dec 2019
Artists Nicki Minaj and Beyoncé “represent a kind of ethos of Black political commitment in the 21st century, said Aria Halliday, professor of Women’s and Gender Studies at the Uni
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
After Impeachment, What?
31 Dec 2019
Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner and a prolific political analyst and author, said: “While history books will note that Donald Trump was impeached, beyon
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Democrats Largely Silent on Bolivia Coup
23 Dec 2019
“We’ve seen very little pushback from the Democratic Party” to the military coup that deposed Evo Morales’ Native American government, said Jake Johnston, of the Center for Economi