African America

4 out of 5 Prisoners Would Have to be Released to Reduce U.S. Incarceration to 1972 Levels
15 Jun 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. prison system is the true measure of how America regards its Blacks citizens. In a country that is till two-thirds white and…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 13, 2016
14 Jun 2016
FBI Widens Sting Operations Against Dissidents The FBI appears to have widened its web of sting operations to entrap American dissidents in so-called “terrorist plots,” said Sue Udry, executive…
Political Prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney Fears for His Life
08 Jun 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Black political class is constantly congratulating itself on ancient voting rights victories in the South, yet Rev. Edward Pinkney is…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 6, 2016
07 Jun 2016
McKinney: Duopoly is Imploding, But What Comes Next? The 2016 election is going to be “written about and studied for a very long time,” said six-term former Georgia Democratic Congresswoman Cynthia…
Freddie Gray Case Judge Rules it is Unreasonable to Expect Cops to Obey the Law
25 May 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The prosecution in Baltimore wanted the cop that arrested Freddie Gray to be convicted of assault, because Gray had done nothing illegal…
If White People Love Drugs So Much, Why are the Prisons Full of Blacks?
18 May 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford A new study cites huge disparities, by race, in drug use among former detainees at Chicago’s juvenile detention center. Whites were 30…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 16, 2016
17 May 2016
Black Brazil Will Resist “Soft Coup” Against Workers Party Dilma Rousseff, of the Brazilian Workers Party, was removed from her office as president, last week, and put on trial by the nation’s Senate…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 9, 2016
10 May 2016
Detroit Teachers “Browbeaten” Back to Work by National Union The two-day teachers sick-out that closed Detroit public schools last week was about much more than paycheck issues, said Steve Conn, the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 4, 2016
03 May 2016
Min. Farrakhan Should Join Anti-Police Terror Movement – and Stop Flirting with Trump Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has said there are some things he likes about Donald Trump. What’s to…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 25, 2016
26 Apr 2016
Charter Schools: Bad for Education “On the whole, charter schools do not perform better than public schools, even though public school are being defunded and demonized all the time,” said Dr. Shawgi…