Racism

Imani Nile
Every Winter, the Bronx Burns
22 Oct 2025
The cause of the explosion at Mitchel Houses in the South Bronx harkens back to the arson-for-profit schemes of the 1970s that caused mass destruction of Black and Latine communities. Decades later,…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio October 3, 2025
03 Oct 2025
In this week’s segment, we discuss a lawsuit on behalf of the Shabazz family, seeking information on law enforcement coverups and possible involvement in the assassination of Malcolm X. But first, we…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
UK Politics: Immigration, Racism, and Economic Crisis
03 Oct 2025
Roger McKenzie is the international editor of the UK-based Morning Star, the only English-language socialist daily newspaper in the world. He joins us from Oxford to discuss the politics of a growing…
Charo Mina Rojas
Until Dignity Becomes Customary: the Determination of Francia Márquez Mina
01 Oct 2025
Colombian Vice President Francia Márquez Mina is strengthening diplomatic relations with African countries and their connections with Colombia's African descended communities.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tracie Canada’s Book, “Tackling the Everyday”
10 Sep 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Tracie Canada. Canada is the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: This is Criminal, Malik Rahim, New Orleans, September 1st, 2005
27 Aug 2025
“It’s not like New Orleans was caught off guard. This could have been prevented.”
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Katrina: The Rich Folks' Opportunity and Our Dismal Failure
27 Aug 2025
"Racism showed its ass in the days after August 29, 2005."
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Karen Antoinette Scott’s Book, SACKRED Birth
06 Aug 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Karen Antoinette Scott.
Black Alliance For Peace
BAP Condemns the Zionist Brutalization and Detainment of Chris Smalls, Emblematic of the White Supremacy at the Core of Zionism
06 Aug 2025
The arrest and assault of Chris Smalls is about more than the repression of any effort to subvert the genocidal blockade on Gaza; it exposes Israel’s attempt to sever Black and Palestinian solidarity…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
The Bad Hombre Defense?
23 Jul 2025
"The Bad Hombre Defense?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.