African America

Lola Olufemi
Claudia Jones: A Life in Search of the Communist Horizon
26 Sep 2021
This is the foreword to the new edition of Marika Sherwood’s Claudia Jones: A Life in Exile (Lawrence Wishart, 2021).
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Covid Funds Spent on Police and Prisons
22 Sep 2021
Systemic racism and weak movement politics allow states and cities to spend relief funds on police and jails.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
SPEECH: China and Africa, W. E. B. Du Bois, 1959
22 Sep 2021
In 1959, on his ninety-first birthday, W. E. B.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Eric A. Stanley’s “Atmospheres of Violence”
22 Sep 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Schmo Munchkin v. Ida
22 Sep 2021
Schmo Munchkin v. Ida Ida: Hello, Schmo… Munchkin:
Netfa Freeman
Biden’s DOJ Sleight of Hand on Police Reform
22 Sep 2021
DOJ "reforms" are a smoke screen covering up systemic complicity with law enforcement.
Julie Yixia Cai, Dean Baker
Black and Asian American Workers Falling Behind in Getting Back Jobs
22 Sep 2021
Economic recovery is uneven, with Black workers least likely to be employed in the wake of the covid pandemic.
Black Agenda Report
Glen Ford Memorial Gathering
15 Sep 2021
The memorial gathering for Glen Ford was held on Saturday, September 18, 2021 in New York City at the Riverside Church.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Durban and 9/11: The Implications for a New Politics of Resistance
15 Sep 2021
Another twenty-year anniversary is the World Conference Against Racism (WCAR) that took place in Durban, South Africa between August 31, and September 8. The George W.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Racial Prejudice in Cuba
15 Sep 2021
Contemporary conversations about racism in Cuba appear to have forgotten what it was like for Africans on the island republic before the Revolution.