African America

Hillary Clinton’s Emails and the Crisis of Legitimacy
06 Jul 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Hillary Clintons of the country may feel safe from prosecution, but the system that protects them has entered a deep crisis of…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 4, 2016
05 Jul 2016
Philadelphia Anti-Police Terror Activists Gear Up to Shut Dems Down The city fathers in Philadelphia have sanctioned Democrat-friendly demonstrations during the party’s national convention, later…
Black Agenda Radio Week of June 27, 2016
28 Jun 2016
BREXIT Panics Ruling Classes “This cannot be a happy time for those people who run stock markets, big banks, hedge funds and the political system” in the global capitalist economy, said Dr. Anthony…
4 out of 5 Prisoners Would Have to be Released to Reduce U.S. Incarceration to 1972 Levels
15 Jun 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. prison system is the true measure of how America regards its Blacks citizens. In a country that is till two-thirds white and…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 13, 2016
14 Jun 2016
FBI Widens Sting Operations Against Dissidents The FBI appears to have widened its web of sting operations to entrap American dissidents in so-called “terrorist plots,” said Sue Udry, executive…
Political Prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney Fears for His Life
08 Jun 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Black political class is constantly congratulating itself on ancient voting rights victories in the South, yet Rev. Edward Pinkney is…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 6, 2016
07 Jun 2016
McKinney: Duopoly is Imploding, But What Comes Next? The 2016 election is going to be “written about and studied for a very long time,” said six-term former Georgia Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia…
Freddie Gray Case Judge Rules it is Unreasonable to Expect Cops to Obey the Law
25 May 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The prosecution in Baltimore wanted the cop that arrested Freddie Gray to be convicted of assault, because Gray had done nothing illegal…
If White People Love Drugs So Much, Why are the Prisons Full of Blacks?
18 May 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford A new study cites huge disparities, by race, in drug use among former detainees at Chicago’s juvenile detention center. Whites were 30…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 16, 2016
17 May 2016
Black Brazil Will Resist “Soft Coup” Against Workers Party Dilma Rousseff, of the Brazilian Workers Party, was removed from her office as president, last week, and put on trial by the nation’s Senate…