Media And Culture

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Racial Voyeurism and Light-Skinned Black Babies
16 Mar 2020
Black babies born to Black mothers are often treated by media as “miraculous, or a gift from God,” writes Sonita Moss, a University of Pennsylvania Fulbright Scholar and co-au
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Voters Favor Medicare for All, But Think Biden is “Electable”
16 Mar 2020
“In all the states that have voted so far, Medicare for All, which Biden is explicitly against, wins a majority of voters” in exit polls, said Branko Marcetic, journalist and
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Misleaders Put Their Own Class Interest Above Black Health
16 Mar 2020
In their zeal to push Joe Biden for president, said Ajamu Baraka, the former Green Party vice presidential candidate, “the Black Misleadership Class is concealing class c
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor
As Biden Racks up Delegates the Crisis Among Black Folks and Democrat Party Deepens
12 Mar 2020
Slick operatives among the Black Misleadership Class have made an electoral pact with big capitalists that is totally against the interests of the Black working class.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Corporations and Their Media Strangled Bernie, and Older Black Voters Tied the Knot
12 Mar 2020
There really is no more to the clap-trap about a Black electoral “strategy” than attempting to figure out which way the white folks are going and then circling the Black wagons, accordingly.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Coronavirus Fearmongering Demonstrates U.S. Imperialism is a Drag on Humanity
11 Mar 2020
The US is the most profit-oriented, business-controlled society on Earth, and therefore the least able to cope with a national health emergency, which requires sacrifice of profit for the greater g
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Jesse Jackson’s Endorsement of Bernie Sanders
11 Mar 2020
Rev Jesse L Jackson, Sr delivered the following remarks on March 8 at a Bernie Sanders for President rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
11 Mar 2020
This week the South Carolina primary and black voters was the most discussed topic for our readers.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Aneeka Henderson’s “Veil and Vow”
11 Mar 2020
The writers and creative artists the author examines are trying to make sense of a new world order as they engage in new forms of world making.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Daniel Immerwahr’s “How to Hide an Empire”
11 Mar 2020
The United States is not a union, it’s not exclusively of states, and for most of US history it hasn’t been limited to the Americas.