African America

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Africa: A Continent Under Lockdown
21 Nov 2017
“AFRICOM perpetuates the myth that Africa needs policing,” said Washington DC human rights activist Netfa Freeman, representing the Black Alliance for Peace (BAP) at the national c
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia’s New Book
21 Nov 2017
The nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, told supporters that his new book, Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? “reflects the people’s struggles in the inv
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Howard University Hosts Black Is Back Conference
14 Nov 2017
The Black Is Back Coalition held is annual march on the White House, followed by a national conference at Howard University.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Grand Theft Water in Detroit
14 Nov 2017
The same corporations that forced Detroit into bankruptcy in 2013 are attempting to steal the city’s water supply, said Josiah Rector, professor of history at Northland College.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Puerto Rico Getting the Detroit Treatment
07 Nov 2017
Puerto Rico, a hurricane-ravaged colony of the U.S., has been subjected to much the same financial dictatorship as Detroit, a Black internal colony, said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Africologists” Will Snitch on You
07 Nov 2017
“Cultural nationalists” -- including those that call themselves Africologists -- “don’t want to change the world; they want to change how they can move in it,” said activist Kashara White
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Swipe It Forward “
07 Nov 2017
Black Youth Project 100 activists are urging New York City subway commuters to share their unlimited fare cards with poorer riders.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Let White Supremacy “Fucking Die”
31 Oct 2017
Sociology professor Johnny Williams is sitting out this semester under an imposed leave of absence from Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, after a rightwing organization wh
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Huey P. Newton Conference at Temple University
31 Oct 2017
The Black and Brown Coalition at Philadelphia’s Temple University held a day-long conference on the works of Black Panther Party co-founder Huey P. Newton.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
After Winning the Election Do We Govern the Place or Transform It? Kali Akuno on the Lessons of Jackson MS So Far
26 Oct 2017
This is a hasty and cleaned up version of Kali Akuno's remarks at the Movement School for Revolutionaries, which was hosted by Cooperation Jackson in Jackson Mississippi on October 21, 2017.