African America

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of March 18, 2018
19 Mar 2019
US Mercenaries Arrested in Haiti; Chris Hedges: Israeli Apartheid Utterly Indefensible; Laura Henley: Class distinctions among US blacks have always been with us; Vilissa Thompson on the struggles
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Particularities of Black Disability
18 Mar 2019
Vilissa Thompson fights to make sure that Black disabled people’s lives matter, too. A social worker and disabilities activist, Thompson is the creator of “Ramp You
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Failed Black Upper Class Project to “Reform” Poor Black Girls
18 Mar 2019
Between 1919 and 1939, the National Federation of Colored Women’s Clubs attempted to run a school for “wayward” Black girls called the Efland Home, in North Carolina.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Indefensible Israeli Apartheid State
18 Mar 2019
“We’re seeing a crumbling of Israel’s ability to defend and promote the apartheid state,” said political analyst Chris Hedges. Rep.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
ADOS Shrinks Reparationist Politics to Fit the Cramped Horizon of Tribalism
15 Mar 2019
“ADOS followers throw away the internationalism of their forbears, embracing instead a sometimes polite, but always frank hostility toward immigrants of all nations on the grounds that they
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Frozen and Abused in the Gulag
12 Mar 2019
Prisoners at Brooklyn, New York’s infamous Metropolitan Detention Center endured days with “no heat, no food, no water” during a power failure last month.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Rep. Omar Won Battle with Dems
11 Mar 2019
“The entire Democratic Party came after Ilhan Omar and the entire country stood with her,” said human rights activist Shahid Buttar, who took part in actions supporting Omar’s
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Reparations Now? Maybe In Order to Get the Job Done It's Time To Call It Something Else
07 Mar 2019
Reparations? In order to get the job done, maybe it’s time to call it something else.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Venezuelan Elections Cleanest in the World
05 Mar 2019
Efia Nwangaza, who served as an international observer of Venezuela’s most recent election, agrees with former President Jimmy Carter that “Venezuela has the most transparent and c
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Black America – Palestine Connection
05 Mar 2019
There have historically been lots of Blacks that “saw Black America as a colony within the US that is waging a struggle for liberation much as the Palestinians” are doing, said Michael