Mass Black Incarceration

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Jalil Muntaqim’s Family Awaits Him
02 Jul 2019
Billie Bottoms Brown, the 85 year-old mother of Black Panther political prisoner Anthony Bottoms, also known as Jalil Abdul Muntaqim, hopes to take her son on a sea cruise if he is
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Eddie Africa is Free
02 Jul 2019
MOVE activist Eddie Africa was released from a Pennsylvania prison after four decades of incarceration in the death of a Philadelphia policeman.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Torture of Assange Is Public Policy in U.S. Prisons
12 Jun 2019
The psychological torture imposed on Julian Assange is not unlike the decades of torture imposed upon Black political prisoners in the US.
People’s Dispatch staff
Atlanta Jail to be Shut Due to Community Mobilization
29 May 2019
Instead of ensuring public safety for all citizens, the jail wrongfully imprisons and abuses people of color.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Ex-Cop Throws the Book at Brutal Officers
06 May 2019
In his new book, Police Brutality Matters, Black former New York City police officer Joe Estedadvocates that all police crimes be handled by federal prosecutors,
Donna Murch
How Race Made the Opioid Crisis
01 May 2019
The demonization of urban, nonwhite drug users played a crucial role in the opening of ‘white’ pharmaceutical markets in the 1990s.
Adam Johnson
Dozens Condemned by Media as ‘Gang Members’ Not Actually Gang Members, Study Confirms
01 May 2019
Corporate media are racist megaphones for the mass Black incarceration state, criminalizing whole communities like electronic lynch mobs.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Bail Out a Sister for Mother's Day
29 Apr 2019
Black women are the fastest growing segment of the US prison population, said Efia Nwangaza, director of the Malcolm X Center for Self-Determination, in Greenville, South
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia and Supporters Jubilant Over Prospects for New Trial
22 Apr 2019
“For the first time in years, our forces are building again, marching again,” said Mumia Abu Jamal, the nation’s best known political prisoner.
Alice Speri
As Black Activists Protested Police Killings, Homeland Security Worried They Might Join ISIS
17 Apr 2019
Federal officials spread right-wing tales that Black protesters were susceptible to Islamic jihadist appeals.