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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Brittany Friedman’s Book, “Carceral Apartheid”
07 May 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Brittany Friedman. Friedman is assistant professor of sociology at the University of…
Jon Jeter
I Beg Your Pardon! People of Color Say Hunter Biden’s Clemency Represents White Privilege in Overdrive
04 Dec 2024
Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, is viewed as hypocritical to people of color, yet given their experiences is unsurprising.
Black Alliance for Peace Baltimore , Ujima People’s Progress Party
BAP- Baltimore and Ujima People's Progress Party Denounce Maryland’s Unjust Juvenile Justice Bill
20 Mar 2024
Despite the messaging from politicians, the new Maryland "Juvenile Justice" bill is another attack on African (Black) youth and, by extension, the whole of the African masses.
Jamiles Lartey
These States Are Once Again Embracing ‘Tough-on-Crime’ Laws
19 Mar 2024
Louisiana is one of several states passing punitive measures in response to fears stoked by orchestrated crime panics.
Stacy M. Brown
Latest Stats Show America’s Continued Love Affair with Mass Incarceration
18 Oct 2023
The United States still has the dubious distinction of having more people behind bars than any other country. The population of local jails continue to rise and is a bellwether for mass incarceration…
Victoria Law
In Brutal Summer Heat, Prisoners Say Their Cells Are Like “Stifling Hot Coffins”
05 Jul 2023
Days of extreme heat without access to enough water and cooled air become deadlier for an aging prison population.
Kriston Dowdell
Super (Maxed Out): The Demise of Alabama Prisons
28 Jun 2023
In Alabama Covid funds are used for prison construction, opportunities for the incarcerated to be released have been eliminated, and violence is rampant. Alabama makes the case for prison abolition.
Garrett Felber , Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Black Agenda Report Book Forum: An Interview with Garrett Felber
15 Feb 2023
To commemorate 100 years since the birth of former political prisoner Martin Sostre, the Black Agenda Report Book Forum interviews Garrett Felber, A Visiting Fellow at Yale University who is…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Politicians Make Black People the Face of Crime
02 Nov 2022
Manufactured crime panics are still a successful method of getting votes from white people.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden's Marijuana Policy Frees No One
12 Oct 2022
Biden's announcement of pardons for federal convictions of marijuana possession is meaningless. The pardons free no one from prison and don't even expunge records.