African America

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Every Murdered Black Person Deserves Protest
10 Apr 2018
“We should hear about these killings every day, because they happen every day,” said Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior colu
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Another MLK Anniversary, Another Gaza Massacre Ignored by the Black Political Class
06 Apr 2018
"...you will search in vain for a statement condemning this or the previous Israeli massacres in Gaza from the Congressional Black Caucus or for the most part, its individual members...
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Movement Most in Need of “Political Education”
02 Apr 2018
“We still have too many Black people not being real about our current state of affairs,” said Shannon Jones, of Bronxites for NYPD Accountability, following protests in Manhattan a
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Setback for Cop-Control in Newark
02 Apr 2018
If a New Jersey court decision diluting the powers of the local Civilian Complaint Review Board is allowed to stand, the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress may be compelled to give up
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Outlaw Poverty, Says Activist
27 Mar 2018
Nyle Fort, an activist with the Poor People’s Campaign, was among the speakers at a New York City event designed to bring Black and immigrant communities together on issues of mass
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Baraka on Leftists That Collaborate with Empire
27 Mar 2018
“We have not made a revolution in the U.S., but we have all these ‘revolutionary theorists’ that know exactly how to do that,” said Black Alliance for Peace national organizer Ajamu Baraka
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Confronting Black-Immigrant Conflicts
20 Mar 2018
“Immigrants have been increasingly criminalized by the state in ways that are very similar to African Americans,” said Dr.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mass Incarceration With No End?
20 Mar 2018
Although US incarceration rates have been going down in recent years, at the current pace it would take 75 years to cut the prison population in half, according to Nazgol Ghandnoosh
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
U.S. Slavery Was Uniquely Capitalist
20 Mar 2018
Even on the left, the capitalist nature of US slavery is not well understood, said historian Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz, author of Loaded: A Disarming History of the Second Amendment
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Happy Birthday, Jericho Movement!
13 Mar 2018
The organization created by and for US political prisoners -- most of them Black Panthers, some incarcerated for nearly 50 years -- marks its 20th anniversary, March 24.