African America

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Reckless Eyeballing in the Former Chocolate City and Rise Up October in New York
21 Oct 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Until this decade, Washington, DC was the quintessential “Chocolate City,” where Blackness was normal and white folks acclimated themselves to…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Militarization of U.S. Police is a Reflection of United States Foreign Policy
21 Oct 2015
by Abayomi Azikiwe “The militarization of U.S. society is as old as the American system itself,” but the policy kicked into a high gear in the mid to late Sixties, to crush Black urban revolt. In…
Solomon Comissiong
Massa I Won’t Tell: Why Many Black Athletes/Entertainers Remain Silent on Social Justice Issues
21 Oct 2015
by Solomon Comissiong We collectively cringe when they speak before the cameras: Black athletes and entertainers mouthing words designed to please racist white fans. “Why should any African/black…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 21, 2015
20 Oct 2015
Why Not Hundreds of Rise Up October Campaigns? When the Rise Up October campaign against police violence arrives in New York City for three days of demonstrations, this weekend, the People’s…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter: Chat Partners with Hillary
14 Oct 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #BlackLivesMatter organization is now part of the 2016 Democratic Party election machinery, assuming its role as a power broker on behalf of Black people. It’s a…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
The Million Man March from the Perspective of Millennials: Which Way Forward?
13 Oct 2015
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo They journeyed to the Washington Mall by the hundreds of thousands, as had Black men 20 years before. They were led to believe that an…
Confederate Flag Wavers Arrested Under Law Designed to Imprison Blacks
13 Oct 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford A Georgia prosecutor turned the state’s gang law on a group of Confederate flag-waving white supremacists – the first such use of the…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Stein Bop Blues March On Gentrifiers
13 Oct 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Unsettling settlers settle settling like sulfur over UN peace talks. Unsettling settlers settle neighborly disputes using police like cavalry and Kit…
Joel Northam
The Black Lives Matter Schism: Towards a Vision for Black Autonomy
13 Oct 2015
by Joel Northam The #BlackLivesMatter organization’s “Campaign Zero” is the “ultimate bastardization of militant resistance” – an absurd catch-all of proposals masquerading as demands. The “campaign’…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 12, 2015
13 Oct 2015
Atty. Gen. Lynch Backtracks on Killer Cop Stats Black activists are outraged at Attorney General Loretta Lynch for backing away from her predecessor’s verbal commitment to require local police…