African America

Boasting, Roasting, Coasting & Toasting: The Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference
12 Sep 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Later this month, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will hold its annual star-studded affair in DC, commemorating old victories it mostly had…
Angola 3 News
Medical Self Defense And The Black Panther Party
04 Jan 2012
by Angola 3 News The U.S. State demonized the Black Panther Party as thugs bent on killing police, and even the narratives of Panther supporters tended to emphasize the Party’s paramilitary aspects…
Call Out Their Names! The Black Caucus Roster of Shame
09 Nov 2011
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford A handful of Black lawmakers have joined with Blue Dog Democrats to call for $4 trillion in federal spending cuts over 10 years – far more than the…
Jahi Issa
The Ethnic Cleansing of Historically Black Colleges & Universities in the Age of Obama, Part 1 of 3
07 Sep 2011
by Jahi Issa, Ph.D. Despite the long and loud verbal commitment of the Black Misleadership class to HBCUs, the deference and dependence of black leadership to corporate ethics and on corporate…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Color Of Change Takes On Black Caucus on Internet Neutrality
22 Sep 2010
“Black watchdogs are most effective in unmasking and shaming the culprits within our own ranks.” We “tip our hats” to Color of Change for exposing the Congressional Black Caucus’s abysmal collectiv
Larry Greene
Hubert Harrison: Key Link in the Two Great Trends of the Black Liberation Movement
02 Jul 2010
A review by Larry A. Greene In the first quarter of the 20th century, the major, competing trends of Black American political thought were already in vivid evidence: Black nationalist and…
Benjamin Woods
The Failure of Negro Leadership
09 Jun 2010
by Benjamin Woods The crisis of Black American leadership is rooted in 1830s and 1840s political strategies designed to convince whites of Black people’s “humanity and worthiness” – an elitist…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Plundering the Panthers, Manipulating the Movement: Re-Branding the Black Panther Party
02 Dec 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Every movement has its symbols and icons. But when these are separated from their context and content they are nothing but brands, to be employed for…
Leutisha Stills , CBC Monitor
Obama Charges Rightward, Five CBCers Earn Bush Loyalty Points
25 Jun 2008
A hardcore handful of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members who last week embraced George Bush's Iraq occupation policies, were joined by six others in support of a phony "compromise" over the a
Nikolas Kozloff
The Congressional Black Caucus Fails Afro-Colombians
07 May 2008
by Nikolas Kozloff Sometimes it seems the bigger the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) becomes, the worse it gets. Gone are the not-so-long-ago days when the CBC could be counted on to present a…