Mass Black Incarceration

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Progressive “Bloc” Emerges in Chicago City Council
15 Apr 2019
The 17 pro-community control of police candidates elected to the 50-member Chicago Board of Aldermen can also be expected to support “community control of the board of education” and “a progressive
Kelly Lytle Hernandez
How the Government Built a Trap for Black Youth
10 Apr 2019
Mass Black incarceration didn’t just happen; it was engineered at the highest levels of US government.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Louisianans Seek End of “10-2” Law
25 Mar 2019
“We have over 2000 people sitting in prison that were convicted under this racist, unconstitutional Jim Crow law” that allows guilty verdicts by just 10 of 12 jurors, said Belinda Parker-Brown, pre
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Frozen and Abused in the Gulag
12 Mar 2019
Prisoners at Brooklyn, New York’s infamous Metropolitan Detention Center endured days with “no heat, no food, no water” during a power failure last month.
Stephen Cooper
Keith Tharpe and the Death Penalty’s Racist Roots
06 Mar 2019
The history of the death penalty in America is hewn from the hell of slavery, subjugation and the suffering of black people.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
San Francisco Shocked by Heroic Public Defender's Sudden Death and Police Response
27 Feb 2019
The aftermath of a crusading public defender's sudden death has shocked and disturbed critics of the criminal justice system.
George Joseph and Debbie Nathan
Prisons Are Building Databases of Incarcerated People’s Voice Prints
20 Feb 2019
Hundreds of thousands of inmates’ voices have been imprinted, potentially ensnaring millions of family members, friends and supporters in the huge surveillance net.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Restorative Justice” Serves Communities
18 Feb 2019
“When there is harm in the community, we should focus on healing that community,” not on retribution for the offense, said “restorative justice” proponent Vincent Lloyd, a professo
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Philly DA is Focus of Mumia Rally
15 Jan 2019
Supporters of Mumia Abu Jamal rallied in Philadelphia, demanding that District Attorney Larry Krasner not thwart his appeal of a police murder conviction, 38 years ago.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A “Pathway to Freedom” for Mumia
08 Jan 2019
A recent court ruling that “there was, in fact, judicial bias” in denying Mumia Abu Jamal’s appeal of his conviction in the 1982 death of a cop shows that “this is a different moment in American hi