Related Stories
Mark P. Fancher
Corporate media require American identity politics which contradict African authenticity.
Gregory P. Downs
Most people think Juneteenth was simply when enslaved Texans learned they were free, but that is a myth.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
“When the American and West Indian Negroes get to know their history…they will have a greater lov
Alina Selyukh
Looted African skulls come home after a century in German labs, exposing colonialism's history of dehumanizing "race science."
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black people who are among the rich and famous garner praise and love, and so do those who are in distr
Jacqueline Luqman
The ADOS and FBA (American Descendants of Slavery and Foundational Black Americans) movements have gained influence by advocating for reparatio
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
“The Seminoles had set a dangerous example, for if Blacks and Native Americans united everywhere in the
Abayomi Azikiwe
The end of the Second Imperialist War (World War II) did not usher in the end of colonialism and oppression for Africans on the continent and i
Max Parthas
In the U.S., a nation built on the enslavement and exploitation of humans, the system of slavery cannot be destroyed. It has mer
More Stories
- Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnistThe black misleadership class has no shame, only narrow ambitions. They are now called out to rescue the man who looks very much like a loser.
- Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing EditorSocialist societies are capable of doing much more to contain diseases like Covid-19, such as rapid testing, neighborhood food deliveries, and the use of AI technology to trace contacts and symptom
- Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing EditorThe authors recount and document the descent into “post-truth” partisan journalism from the alt-right to the right, liberal, and even independent left media, between 2016 and now.
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence(For Ferguson, Baltimore, Million Workers March, Arab Spring, Standing Rock, Occupy, Jackson Rising, Fight for Fifteen, Extinction Rebellion, #Me Too…)
- Shaun Ossei-OwusuWhen the dust settles, as in all U.S. disasters, there will be a tale to tell of who mattered and who was sacrificed.