U.S. Housing Policy “Absurd”
Federal housing policy “defies any kind of rational logic” with its “overwhelming focus on homeowners” while neglecting the dire plight of renters, says Keeanga-Yamahta Taylor of the Chicago Anti-Eviction Campaign. “We confront the absurdity of empty housing, a growing homeless population, and a growing population of people who are evicted.”
Black Cops Back Proposition 19
The National Black Police Association has joined with others in law enforcement in support of November’s referendum on legalization of marijuana. “More white people use drugs, more white people sell drugs, but more Black people get arrested,” said association executive director Ronald Hampton.
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Blacks are closing the “happiness gap” with whites, says University of Pennsylvania researcher Justin Wolfers. Although not as “happy” as whites, African Americans are significantly happier than they were in the 1970s.
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Jared Ball marks the passing of young, gifted, female and Black Green Party mover and shaker Natasha Pettigrew, and Glen Ford presents a background report on Newark Mayor Cory Booker, the Black Trojan Horse for the most reactionary moneybags in America.
Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network is hosted by Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey. A new edition of the program airs every Monday at 4:00pm ET on PRN. Length: One hour.
The new Speaker of the House announced he will remove Congresswoman Ilhan Omar from the Foreign Affairs Committee. The attack from republicans has given her image a boost, but her…
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This week’s featured author is J.T. Roane. His book is Dark Agoras: Insurgent Black Social Life and the Politics of Place.
This week’s featured authors are Miss Major and Toshio Meronek. Their book is Miss Major Speaks: The Life and Legacy of a Black Trans Revolutionary.
The announcement of a $90 million Air Force contract making Howard University a University Affiliated Research Center is a first for an HBCU. Now Howard has joined other universities in creating…
