African America

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Why George Jackson Matters Through the Lens of Blood in My Eye
09 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong George Jackson was a giant that U.S. State could not contain – so it killed him. “It was Jackson who developed a foundational theory of the prison state in relationship to the…
Henry Giroux
Dark Waters: Hurricane Katrina, the Politics of Disposability and the Racism of Malcolm Gladwell
09 Sep 2015
by Henry Giroux Ten years after the Katrina catastrophe pushed 100,000 Black people out of New Orleans, it has become acceptable in polite society to advocate involuntary dispersal of Black and poor…
Thomas C. Mountain
Remembering Dedon Kamathi
09 Sep 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain Dedon Kamathi, the former Black Panther and All African Peoples Revolutionary Party activist who educated listeners weekly on KPFK radio, touched many lives, including the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 7, 2015
08 Sep 2015
Solitary Confinement to be Sharply Curtailed in California A settlement between activist inmates and California prison officials will sharply limit the use of solitary confinement in the state. “I do…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter Hurts Democrats’ Feelings
02 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #BlackLivesMatter organization this week rejected the endorsement of the Democratic National Committee, embarrassing top members of the party. However, the DNC…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Where's #BlackLivesMatter In the Struggle Against School Privatization?
02 Sep 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon #BlackLivesMatter's national board promptly reacted to a fulsome DNC endorsement with an apparent repudiation. While rhetorical opposition to Democrats is fine,…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Making Black Lives Matter in Riohacha, Colombia
02 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka The organized descendants of Africans in Colombia have some lessons to share with Blacks in the U.S. For one thing, it would be “inconceivable” for any Afro-…
Killed and Killer Cops
02 Sep 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Cops are crying that their lives are in danger from folks inflamed by “dangerous national rhetoric.” But, “the statistics tell us…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
The Fugitive Slave Act of 2015
01 Sep 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The Black female mayor of the nation’s capital wants to launch a dragnet against ex-offenders in the community, targeting them for search and…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Weekly Mass Murders of a Warfare State
01 Sep 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner What is it about capitalist exploitation, cutthroat Competition, alienation, isolation of a Warfare State That drives men mad?