African America

Seattle Urban League Leader to Run Against Socialist Seattle City Council Member. Why?
19 Mar 2015
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. Dixon Like the NAACP, the NAN and other corporate funded dinosaur civil rights outfits, the National Urban League mostly says and does what its wealthy…
The Black Caucus “Left” Wing Crumbles Before Obama’s War Machine
24 Sep 2014
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford It took just three years for most Americans to conclude that George Bush’s war in Iraq should come to an end. But, after three years of failure in Syria,…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Blackwashing, the Reparations Brand, and a Last Refuge For Scoundrels
18 Jun 2014
No sensible person should doubt the fundamental justice of arguments for reparations for the historic crimes of slavery, Jim Crow, and today's prison state. Accomplishing reparations would require a…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Roll Over & Die, or Shut Up & Sell Out: HBCUs & the Talented Tenth in the Obama Era
16 Oct 2013
When the Obama administration changed college loan rules in 2011, 28,000 students dropped out of HBCUs due to economic stress.
From Race Men to Debased Men, Obama at Morehouse, Arne Duncan at Morgan State
08 May 2013
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Back in the day, the “race men” and women, graduates of America's historically black colleges and universities imagined it was…
Boasting, Roasting, Coasting & Toasting: The Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference
12 Sep 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Later this month, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will hold its annual star-studded affair in DC, commemorating old victories it mostly had…
Call Out Their Names! The Black Caucus Roster of Shame
09 Nov 2011
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford A handful of Black lawmakers have joined with Blue Dog Democrats to call for $4 trillion in federal spending cuts over 10 years – far more than the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Color Of Change Takes On Black Caucus on Internet Neutrality
22 Sep 2010
“Black watchdogs are most effective in unmasking and shaming the culprits within our own ranks.” We “tip our hats” to Color of Change for exposing the Congressional Black Caucus’s abysmal collectiv