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Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio February 28, 2025
28 Feb 2025
In this week’s segment, we learn about the continuing violence against Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank, despite the ceasefire. But first, we discuss the NYPD gang database, which ensnares…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio January 31, 2025
31 Jan 2025
In this week’s segment, we hear about a community forum that will discuss the need to organize in the wake of an acquittal in the 2023 killing of Jordan Neely in the New York City subway system.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Robert Brooks, Rikers Island and the Fight Against New York Incarceration
10 Jan 2025
Darren Mack, co-founder and co-director of Freedom Agenda, talks to us about the killing of Robert Brooks, who died after being beaten by corrections officers in a New York state prison, and the need…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black People and the Housing Affordability Crisis
18 Oct 2024
Leah Goodridge is a tenants’ rights attorney, a writer, and a member of New York City’s City Planning Commission. She joins us to discuss New York City Mayor Eric Adams' recently passed housing…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Curbfest for Political Prisoners
06 Sep 2024
We are joined by Jasiri Fahali Kiyamaa, an organizer of Curbfest, an event advocating for political prisoners. New York City's Curbfest will take place on Saturday, September 7, 2024 in Brooklyn.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio June 21, 2024
21 Jun 2024
This week, we learn about a lawsuit by Black and Latino residents over the redrawing of an electoral district map that leaves them without representation. We discuss New York State's…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
New York State Fails to Provide Oversight of Jails and Prison
21 Jun 2024
Melanie Dominguez joins us to discuss the conditions in New York State jails and prisons and explain why new legislation to expand and strengthen the State Commission of Correction is needed.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
IntegrateNYC Lawsuit Seeks to End Segregation in New York City Schools
17 May 2024
Omari Soulfinger and Avery from IntegrateNYC join us from New York City to discuss a first-of-its-kind lawsuit asserting a right to an antiracist education under the New York State Constitution.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 3, 2024
03 May 2024
This week we discuss a police killing in Chicago and community control of police, and a Black member of a Canadian provincial parliament who was censured for her solidarity with Palestine. First, the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
New York Rent Protections Under Attack by Landlords and the Supreme Court
03 May 2024
Leah Goodridge joins us from New York to discuss the latest effort by landlords to do away with New York City's rent protections.