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Bill Quigley
Congress Nibbles on Edges of Wealth Gap
15 Apr 2009
The normal workings of America's version of the “free market “ have held black family wealth to one eleventh that of white families, on the average, and black family wealth has been much harder hit than that of white families by the collapse of the housing bubble. The economy is anything but race…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama Brand Soars, GOP Plummets on American Illusory Exchange: AmIllEx
08 Apr 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama massacred George Bush at the polls this week - the New York Times/CBS poll, that is. The high marks for the president are being interpreted as signs of an upbeat feeling about the economy - although Obama's popularity and the economy's…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: No Better Off with the Democrats
15 Apr 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley A wise political analyst once said that the United States didn't have two parties, just two wings of a single party, the Party of Business. The Bush-McCain wing might have been the oil companies and Wall Street. The Obama wing might be just…
Bill Quigley
Wired Less: Disconnected in Urban America
15 Apr 2009
by InternetForEveryone.org Comcast, Verizon, AT&T and other telco giants have spent mad public relations money spreading the myth that the digital divide is a thing of the past. Some heedless and lazy black bloggers have helped spread this lie, but it's still a lie. Redlining of and…
Bill Quigley
Haitians Shun Senate Elections
22 Apr 2009
by Al Jazeera English When Haiti held its first democratic elections in the 1990s after decades of occupation and US sponsored dictatorship, optimistic voters waited all night to cast their ballots and turnout was in the 90 percent range. Much has changed in the years since. Haiti's popular…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
People of Color Beset by Layers of Racial Profiling
22 Apr 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford Click the flash player below to hear or the mic to download an MP3 copy of this Black Agenda Radio Commentary. People of Color Beset by Layers of Racial Profiling…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Viva Hugo Chavez!
22 Apr 2009
by BAR Editor and Senior Columnist Margaret Kimberley When it comes to delivering health care and building economic opportunities for the poor, Barack Obama could learn a lot from Venezuela's Hugo Chavez. But with Obama repeating the same false charges that justified a US sponsored…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Raul Castro, Barack Obama, Hugo Chavez: Who Are The Big Men?
22 Apr 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR Executive Editor Glen Ford Click the flash player above to hear or the mic to download an MP3 copy of this Black Agenda Radio commentary. What does putting "everything on the table"…
Bill Quigley
Race Cowardice From the Top Down
22 Apr 2009
by Paul Street Discussions of race in the US, except on the terms of and with the permission of privileged whites are impolite. They are “playing the race card.” Attorney General Eric Holder labeled the national reluctance to engage with itself a symptom of cowardice, forcing his boss to…
Bill Quigley
Hope For The Hopesick: A Lexicon
22 Apr 2009
by Naomi Klein Righteous language helps us describe the real world in meaningful ways. For many Obama's supporters, the president's determination to keep “looking forward” without prosecuting or even investigating torturers and those who gave the orders is disturbing. His preference for private…