Black Agenda Radio, Week of January 1, 2018

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Black Misleaders Act Like Republicans
05 Apr 2017
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Black politics in Baltimore has sunk to the very bottom of the sewer, with mayor Catherine Pugh’s veto of a rise in the minimum wage. “Black…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
50 Years Later, We Must Again Confront and Reject U.S. Warmongering
05 Apr 2017
by Ajamu Baraka More than ever, Black America needs a peace movement to confront militarism and the global structures of white supremacy. “We are calling for a new alliance to help revive the black…
Systemic Racist Oppression as “Isolated Incident”
05 Apr 2017
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford President Trump would like to terminate the two dozen agreements reached between police departments and the Obama administration. “Given…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Baltimore's Mayor Rejects $15 Minimum Wage Bill, Sharpening the Divide between Black Workers and Black Political leadership
05 Apr 2017
by Danny Haiphong Who enforces poverty wages in Black America? In Baltimore, a Black mayor blocked a minimum wage hike on the grounds that it would make the city “uncompetitive.” Mayor Catherine Pugh…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Brother Harvey Matthews: “I’m Fighting for My Ancestors.” The Bethesda African Cemetery: Part II
05 Apr 2017
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo When whites dispossessed an established Black community in Bethesda, Maryland, a half century ago, they “destroyed the life that we loved,” said Harvey…

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