African America

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Taija Mars McDougall
09 Feb 2022
As part of the Black Agenda Report Book Forum, we interview scholars about a recent article they’ve written for either an academic journal or popular publication.
Netfa Freeman
The US Political Elite Gives Cover to the Brutal US Police State
09 Feb 2022
The US political elite and their elite press are using the fraudulent claims about a “crime wave” as an ideological offensive, a backlash, against the large-scale protest movements over the pas
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The U.S. Black Political Class and War
02 Feb 2022
What passes for leadership is always a joke played upon Black people. The high water mark of the CBC being the “conscience of the congress” is long gone. No one can look to them on the issue of…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Ahjamu Umi’s “A Guide for Organizing Defense against White Supremacist, Patriarchal, and Fascist Violence”
02 Feb 2022
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
What makes you hopeful? (For Kris and KT)
26 Jan 2022
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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: fahima ife’s “Maroon Choreography”
26 Jan 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
Automating Banishment: The Surveillance and Policing of Looted Land, a New Report from the Stop LAPD Spying Coalition
26 Jan 2022
Surveillance is an integral part of policing in this country.
Michael Sainato
Corporations are Making Millions of Dollars From U.S. Prison Labor
25 Jan 2022
A Freedom of Information Act request shines a light on how much private corporations and government agencies have been exploiting prison labor during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Dylan Rodriguez’s Book, “White Reconstruction”
19 Jan 2022
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
“Pan African Solidarity is Key to Fighting Against Western Dominances”: An Interview with Kamau Franklin of Community Movement Builders
19 Jan 2022
The first year of the Biden presidency proceeds as one would expect from a man who always represented the most retrograde wing of the democratic party.