Media And Culture

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio April 1, 2022
01 Apr 2022
Left Voices are Censored, The U.S. Crisis Plays Out in Ukraine, Judge Ketanji Brown-Jackson Nomination Brings Drama but No Substance
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Left Media Under Assault from Big Tech/State Censorship
01 Apr 2022
Censorship is supposed to happen in other places, not in the U.S. But big tech, in alliance with the state, is silencing Black and other left voices in the media. The war in Ukraine is bringing this…
Erica Caines
New McCarthyism Silences the Black and Other Radical Left
30 Mar 2022
Socialists, anti-imperialists, anti-war activists, Black radicals, and other independent alternative voices who challenge mainstream media and its political culture are being explicitly targeted by…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum “Sports and Black Struggle”: Interview with Samantha N. Sheppard
30 Mar 2022
This week, we interview Samantha N. Sheppard. Samantha N. Sheppard is an associate professor of cinema and media studies in the Department of Performing and Media Arts at Cornell University. She is…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Charles Athanasopoulos
23 Mar 2022
As part of the Black Agenda Report Book Forum, we interview scholars about a recent article they’ve written for either an academic journal or popular publication. We ask these scholars to discuss…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Aria S. Halliday’s “Buy Black”
23 Mar 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Aria S. Halliday. Halliday is Assistant Professor in the Department of Gender and…
Jacqueline Luqman
Lies and Times: How The New York Times Gives Cover to Fascists
23 Mar 2022
Much of the New York Times reporting on Ukraine doesn't meet basic journalistic standards. The "newspaper of record" is in fact a record of ruling class and state apparatus narratives.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Marlon B. Ross’ “Sissy Insurgencies”
15 Mar 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Robin Brooks’ “Class Interruptions”
15 Mar 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Robin Brooks. Brooks is Assistant Professor of Africana Studies at the University of…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Lindsey Green-Simms’ Book, “Queer African Cinemas”
09 Mar 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Lindsey Green-Simms. Green-Simms is Associate Professor of Literature at American…