African America

Spencer Woodman
A Quarter of Florida's Black Citizens Can't Vote. A New Referendum Could Change That.
29 Dec 2016
by Spencer Woodman A Florida court may allow the voters to throw out the state’s lifetime ban against allowing convicted felons to vote – a prohibition that had disenfranchised nearly a quarter of…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 2, 2017
26 Dec 2016
Obama, Trump, Clinton, Bush – They All Serve the Same Masters When Donald Trump recently stated a willingness to escalate the arms race, it caused a great media stir. But President Obama set in…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of December 26, 2016
26 Dec 2016
Greens Vs. Lesser-Evilism The Green Party must learn how to “differentiate ourselves from the Democrats.” Otherwise, said Dr. Margaret Flowers, the party’s recent candidate for U.S. Senate from…
Go to DC to Fight for Black Self-Determination – Not for Clinton and the CIA
21 Dec 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Black folks who should be shouting defiance to racists from both parties will instead hurl insults at Vladimir Putin and join hands with…
Michael Z. Muhammad
Sundiata Acoli – “They are Determined to Bury Him Alive”
21 Dec 2016
by Michael Z. Muhammad He will turn 80 in January, but a New Jersey parole board wants to keep Sundiati Acoli in prison another 15 years. Just two years ago, a panel of judges ordered the parole…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of December 19, 2016
20 Dec 2016
Cop Unions Try to Gut Newark Review Board If police a union suit succeeds in denying subpoena power to Newark, New Jersey’s Civilian Complaint Review Board, the People’s Organization for Progress may…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Fighting for Southern Human Rights
14 Dec 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The South, where more than half of the Black U.S. population lives, has based its economic appeal on the stinginess of its social safety net, the…
Ajamu Nangwaya
Can the Black Panthers Offer Jamaicans Lessons on Checking Police Violence?
14 Dec 2016
by Ajamu Nangwaya The Caribbean is the source of many voices of liberation -- Franz Fanon, Walter Rodney, Kwame Toure, Bob Marley -- but Jamaica, in particular, might do well to study the experience…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of December 12, 2016
13 Dec 2016
Baraka: Fear of Trump Defeated the Green Party Voters “wanted a change, but were concerned that if they stood with the Green Party challenge, that would in effect be a vote for Donald Trump -- and we…
Blacks Systematically Barred from Temporary Jobs in Chicago
07 Dec 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Chicago-area businesses and a national temporary worker staffing agency conspired to discriminate against Black applicants in favor of…