| Black Agenda Report

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Ryan Coogler, Shedeur Sanders, Karmelo Anthony, and Rodney Hinton, Jr
07 May 2025
Black people who are among the rich and famous garner praise and love, and so do those who are in distress. But concerns for the masses of people and their struggles are often missing.
Jon Jeter
The Only Language the White Settler Speaks: Ohio Police Say Grieving Black Father Avenges Son’s Slaying By Killing One of Theirs
07 May 2025
The killing of Timothy Thomas in 2001 ignited Cincinnati’s long-simmering tensions over police violence. This struggle continues today, forcing a painful question: When justice is denied, does…
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…
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Black Politics and Mutual Comradeship: A Manifesto
07 May 2025
From Gaza to Sudan to the streets of America, the oppressors of our time demand mass resistance. Not just protest, but an organized, unrelenting struggle. Black radical politics remind us that only…
Maxwell Evans
South Side Neighbors Want Housing Protections Before City OKs ‘Luxury’ Hotel Near Obama Center
07 May 2025
Community residents say that Chicago's City Council should pass a slate of housing protections centered on low-income renters instead of advancing plans for a hotel near the Obama Center site.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
National Black Radical Organizing Conference
02 May 2025
The second National Black Radical Organizing Conference will convene in Indianapolis, Indiana, from May 30 through June 1. The conference theme is “Base-Building for Collective Power.” We are joined…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
COMMENTARY: The American Dollar, Marcus Garvey, 1934
30 Apr 2025
“This is not high-way robbery; it can be better called international burglary.”
Jon Jeter
Ready For the Revolution But Unable to See It: Blacks Recognize Racism But Lack Game Plan to Fight It
30 Apr 2025
Black communities once turned righteous fury into systemic change, but today’s outrage over slights like Shedeur Sanders’ NFL draft slide rarely sparks organized resistance. The blueprint for…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Copaganda: How Police and the Media Manipulate Our News
25 Apr 2025
Alec Karakatsanis is an attorney with a long history of work as a public defender.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Stop the NYPD and Federal Raids
25 Apr 2025
Stop the Raids NYC is hosting an event in Brooklyn, New York, Saturday,