| Black Agenda Report

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Terrible Origins of July 4th
02 Jul 2025
The causes of the July 4, 1776 Declaration of Independence are rarely taught in this country. The American colonists chafed under British rules limiting their settlements and feared they would end…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
War Propaganda, State Controlled Media, and the End of African Stream
25 Jun 2025
African Stream's Pan-African, anti-imperialist journalistic perspectives made it the target of a state that colludes with corporate media to spread war propaganda.
Jon Jeter
Unable to Reinvent Itself, Dems Can’t Capitalize on Trump’s Missteps
25 Jun 2025
The Democratic Party is in crisis—divided, broke, and struggling to counter Trump’s agenda despite growing public backlash. Internal battles over strategy and leadership have left the DNC paralyzed.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
There’s Plenty Left in New York City, and the Democrat Establishment is Shook
25 Jun 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s upset over Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s mayoral primary has cracked the Democratic machine’s decades-long grip, proving grassroots organizing can muscle out billionaire financing and…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
No kings and things (Of mobilized masses)
25 Jun 2025
"No kings and things (Of mobilized masses)" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
City Of Angels
18 Jun 2025
"City of Angels" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Janvieve Williams Comrie
U.S. Settler State Violence Claims New Victims
18 Jun 2025
From ICE courtroom ambushes to sheriffs' execution threats, America's domestic repression now openly wields the tools it honed in overthrowing foreign governments.
Community Movement Builders - Newark
CMB Newark Statement on the Delaney Hall Uprising
18 Jun 2025
When oppression becomes unbearable, resistance erupts. The uprising at Delaney Hall exposes the brutality of immigrant detention and the power of collective defiance.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Solidarity Against ICE and the Entire State Apparatus
11 Jun 2025
Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace.
Jon Jeter
Making a Mountain out of a Mole Hill, Trump Sends Troops to Los Angeles, Hoping to Energize His MAGA Base
11 Jun 2025
Trump deploys Marines against LA protesters, echoing Nixon’s Kent State crackdown. But this time, he faces a broader, greatly disaffected opposition ready to fight back.