| Black Agenda Report

Ash-Lee Woodard Henderson
On Being Black, Southern And Rural In The Time Of COVID-19
01 Apr 2020
Elders and already sick folks are at risk down South, the Blackest region of the nation with the worst health care.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Chinese Disease?
25 Mar 2020
He didn’t say Chinese debt, did he? He didn’t say Chinese pharmaceuticals, did he?
Frank Chapman
Trump Using Virus to Privatize Government, Increase Repression
25 Mar 2020
Trump’s administration is more interested in saving Wall Street and boosting their profits than they are in saving lives and meeting the needs of the people.
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Late-Stage Imperial Omni-Crisis: Death by Virus and Internal Contradictions
19 Mar 2020
The epidemic reveals the stark truth, that the US dismantled and privatized its public health system, to fatten the pockets of the oligarchy and render working people more helpless and dependent.
Mark P. Fancher
Calm Down About Coronavirus and Follow Africa’s Lead
18 Mar 2020
Europe – not Africa – is the current epicenter of the disease.
Mike Davis
COVID-19: The Monster is at the Door
18 Mar 2020
The danger to the global poor has been almost totally ignored by journalists and Western governments.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Coronavirus Fearmongering Demonstrates U.S. Imperialism is a Drag on Humanity
11 Mar 2020
The US is the most profit-oriented, business-controlled society on Earth, and therefore the least able to cope with a national health emergency, which requires sacrifice of profit for the greater g
Julian Vigo
When A Virus Hits Town, Racists Hit Back!
11 Mar 2020
Around the planet, from Peru to Melbourne to Paris, Asians are subjected to threats and abuse under the pretext of viral contagion.