US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 1, 2020
02 Jun 2020
Cornel West Endorses Larry Hamm for Cory Booker Seat in Senate
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Former Black Panther Political Prisoner Hospitalized for Covid-19
02 Jun 2020
Jalil Muntaqim, incarcerated for his political activities since 1971, contracted the Covid-19 virus and was admitted to the Albany, New York Medical Center, said Jihad Abdulmumit
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Anti-Abortion Forces Would Impose Slavery-like Controls on Black Women’s Bodies
02 Jun 2020
Black women’s bodies were property during slavery, and that power relationship “still continues today through measures to restrict women’s reproductive autonomy,” said Jill Morrison
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Blacks Need to Organize for Self-Defense
01 Jun 2020
“Whether we’re in large numbers like we are in Mississippi, or in small numbers like in Minnesota, our lives are in jeopardy and it’s important for us to build community networks to defend ourselve
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Blacks Need to Organize for Self-Defense
01 Jun 2020
“Whether we’re in large numbers like we are in Mississippi, or in small numbers like in Minnesota, our lives are in jeopardy and it’s important for us to build community networks to defend ourselve
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Cornel West Endorses Larry Hamm for Cory Booker Seat in Senate
01 Jun 2020
Larry Hamm, chairman of Newark, New Jersey’s Peoples Organization for Progress, “is one of the most consistent freedom fighters in Newark since the great Amiri Baraka,” said activist and public int
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
The Blue Plague and Black Death
27 May 2020
George Floyd’s death by Blue Plague in Minneapolis was widely condemned by the same parties that have encouraged and funded the spread of the fatal contagion.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Biden and the Low Point of Black Politics
27 May 2020
Black folks perform phenomenal feats of mental gymnastics and self-delusion to convince themselves that Joe Biden is on their side.
Shim Award Committee
BAR Editors Receive Serena Shim Award
27 May 2020
Black Agenda Report editors Glen Ford, Margaret Kimberley, and Danny Haiphong are recipients of the Serena Shim Award for Uncompromising Integrity in Journalism.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Rwanda: “Victoire Ingabire Should Be Arrested at Least, Killed at Best”
27 May 2020
The life of the woman who leads Rwanda’s most prominent opposition to Paul Kagame’s dictatorship is being publicly threatened in the wake of the killing of many of her supporters.