“In terms of the front pages of major newspapers in this country, police brutality has not been covered to the degree it was in the aftermath of the killing of Michael Brown and Eric Garner and others,” said Larry Hamm, chairman of the People’s Organization for Progress (POP), in Newark, New Jersey. POP, which was founded 37 years ago, last week held its 70th weekly protest against police brutality. “We have to keep demonstrating, we have to keep fighting, in order to keep public attention on the issue,” said Hamm.
Activists organizing against the militarized police training facility in Atlanta are facing new forms of repression.
Bent on a “mega-deal” security pact with Saudi Arabia, Congress and the Biden administration see their chance.
In this segment, we discuss housing proposals in New York City and nationally. Do they improve affordability? How do they impact Black people? But first, we discuss a new book written by a Black…
Black Agenda Report contributor, Jon Jeter joins us from Washington to talk about his new book, "Class War in America: How the Elites Divide the Nation By Asking Are You a Worker or Are You White?"…
Leah Goodridge is a tenants’ rights attorney, a writer, and a member of New York City’s City Planning Commission. She joins us to discuss New York City Mayor Eric Adams' recently passed housing…
