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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
San Francisco Sends 40 Percent of Jail Inmates Home
13 Apr 2020
Chesa Boudin, the leftish district attorney for San Francisco, claims to have reduced the jail population by nearly 40 percent since the onslaught of the epidemic.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Could Safely Release Three Out of Four Prisoners
13 Apr 2020
Although Illinois has responded to the Covid-19 epidemic by releasing about 500 state prison inmates, “the scope of the releases is way too small and way too slow, said Alan Mills,
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
NYC to Celebrate Release of Last Move 9 Prisoner
10 Mar 2020
“We want to show our appreciation and love for what this 73 year-old man has gone through,” said Gwen DeBrow, one of the organizers of a reception for Delbert Africa, who was relea
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Last Surviving Member of the Move 9 is Released
02 Mar 2020
Delbert Africa, imprisoned along with eight other members of the Move organization in 1978 in the death of a Philadelphia policeman, is finally free to “tell his story,” said Mumia Abu Jama
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Respectable” Black Women Fought Mass Incarceration
02 Mar 2020
Back in the days when 90 percent of southern prison inmates were Black, socially conservative Black clubwomen fought for prison reform, believing that “putting Black women in jail was hurting the B
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
One Dollar Bail, But Still in Jail
25 Feb 2020
Despite the abolition of bail for many offenses in New York State, thousands of people remain lockup up because of hurdles created by bureaucracy and hostile jail personnel, said Amanda Law
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia Marks Release of Chuck Africa
18 Feb 2020
The nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, was jubilant at the release of Chuck Africa, at 59 the last of the Move 9 members to leave prison after conviction in t
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US War on Black and Brown Youth
31 Dec 2019
“The term ‘gang’ is used for formations of young Black and brown men, but is never seriously used to describe the greatest purveyor of violence in the world, the US military,” said Justin “
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A National Movement for Community Control of Police
31 Dec 2019
New York activists look forward to collaborating with the newly established National Alliance Against Racist and Political Repression in creating a network to fight for community control of police
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Many Blacks Would Welcome Police Exit from Their Communities
10 Dec 2019
“The whole battlefield array of weapons is now deployed in Black and brown communities.”