African America

Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
War in Africa and War in the Americas: Accelerating the End of White World Supremacy
02 Aug 2023
“The structural crisis of capitalism in its neoliberal form has created a legitimacy crisis for the capitalist rulers, making the use of force a permanent strategy for maintaining their dominance.”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Upside of slavery according to Governor Woke Smoke?
02 Aug 2023
“…most slave children were prohibited from learning to read or write…” —James Mellon, Editor of Bullwhip Days
Umar A Farooq
Judge Orders Release of Three 'Newburgh Four', Says FBI 'invented conspiracy'
02 Aug 2023
The U.S. embarked on a spree of entrapments in the post-9/11 years. Informants were used against gullible and vulnerable people, most of them Black, in order to secure spurious convictions and…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 28, 2023
28 Jul 2023
Exposing and opposing U.S. unilateral economic coercive measures and fighting for justice at home, Glen Ford's analysis of the bipartisan war on Venezuela, and closing the Rikers Island jail and…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Closing Rikers Island and Decarcerating New York City
28 Jul 2023
Melanie Dominguez is lead organizer for the Katal Center for Equity, Health and Justice.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Censorship of the Black Left
26 Jul 2023
As the empire crumbles, the neoliberal capitalist order run by a corrupt duopoly is working to silence dissent. The Black left, of course, is always the first target.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Spirituality and Black August: An Interview with Kalonji Changa
26 Jul 2023
As part of the Black Agenda Report Book Forum, we interview scholars and activists about a recent article they’ve written for either an academic journal or popular publication. Sometimes we discuss…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Ending Legacy Admissions in New York
21 Jul 2023
Johanna Miller is Director of Education Policy at the New York Civil Liberties Union.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Ending Death by Incarceration for Felony Murder in Pennsylvania
21 Jul 2023
Quinn Cozzens is a staff attorney with Abolitionist Law Center who joins us to discuss the issue of sentencing for felony murder in Pennsylvania.
Forrest Palmer
How the Climate Crisis is Most Detrimental to the Black Community
19 Jul 2023
The earth recently experienced its hottest days on record. Here in the U.S. Black people face the worst consequences of the climate crisis.