African America

David Hundeyin
The Empire Finds An African Enemy: African Stream In The Crosshairs
25 Sep 2024
The state has put targets on the backs of left-wing independent media outlets it identifies as subversive. African Stream has been accused of being a Russian puppet in an age-old pattern of…
Benjamin Weiser , Maria Cramer
N.Y.P.D. Unwilling to Impose Discipline for Stop and Frisk, Report Says
25 Sep 2024
The department’s discipline for illegal street detentions is lax at every level, according to an extraordinary review ordered by a federal judge.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Haiti and Springfield, Ohio
18 Sep 2024
Haitians are unforgiven for waging a successful Black revolution. Racism follows wherever they go, even in a state like Ohio, which is in need of a labor force and a larger population. Of course,…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
From the Phony Debate and Gaza to the Uhuru 3: The U.S./EU Commitment to Human Rights is and Has Always Been a Lie
18 Sep 2024
State repression increases as the so-called democracies continue in a state of crisis. Only a people-centered human rights struggle can bring true justice and peace.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Sen. McCarthy Called Me, Eslanda Goode Robeson, 16 July 1953
18 Sep 2024
Eslanda Goode Robeson stood tall against red-baiting. So should we.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Sam C. Tenorio’s Book, “Jump”
18 Sep 2024
This week’s featured author is Sam C. Tenorio. Tenorio is Assistant Professor in the Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies and the Department of African American Studies at The…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: The New Pimps or, It’s Hip to be Black: The Failure of Black Studies, Don L. Lee, 1971
04 Sep 2024
Was Black Studies doomed to fail? Revisiting a critical take on its origins.
Too Black
Unburdened by Palestine: Shedding Black liberalism for anti-imperialism
04 Sep 2024
Liberals are demanding that Black people in the U.S. put aside our long tradition of anti-imperialism to support Kamala Harris and sacrifice Palestine in the process.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
REPORT: “The People Who Were Left to Die:” Horrors Suffered by Orleans Parish Prisoners in Wake of Katrina, ACLU, 2006
28 Aug 2024
Remembering the terrible plight of the incarcerated during Hurricane Katrina.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist , Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
From Pan Africanism to Afropessimism: Palestine and the Degeneration of Black Politics
21 Aug 2024
For decades, most Black political commentary has expressed solidarity with the Palestinian people. Recently, a new phenomenon has appeared, particularly on social media platforms, which accuses all…