| Black Agenda Report

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
First Black President Cuts Funds For Black Higher Education
13 May 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Click the flash player to listen to or the mic to download this commentary in mp3 format. President Obama's economic stimulus was very kind to the general category of education. But…
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The Case for Race-Based Remedies to Achieve Racial Justice
13 May 2009
by Dr. Ron Daniels Race-based remedies for historical Black grievances seem increasingly out of favor with the executive and judicial branches of government. President Obama has once again signaled his distaste for programs specifically targeting institutional racism, while the U.S. Supreme…
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Blacks and Latinos in the U.S.: Still an Evolving Relationship
13 May 2009
by Robert Suro Although a fair number of Americans are aware that the United States will become a “majority minority” nation sometime around the year 2050, few contemplate how the “distinct experiences” of the two largest non-white groups – Blacks and Hispanics – will affect their…
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Nine Things The Diaspora Can Do About Somalia
13 May 2009
by Cedric Muhammad In their vicious campaign to legitimize Western military intervention in East Africa, US and European government and corporate media present us with stories of Somali “piracy.” Cedric Muhammed sketches the outline of a broad plan to counter the media and political offensive that…
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Obama's First Massacre
13 May 2009
by Emir Sader An American president might well consider the murder of innocent civilians an acceptable price to further his country's imperial goals. If that is his choice to make, then we too have choices. We can be fans or imperial subjects enthusiastically endorsing or resigning…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Af-Pak Is Obama's War
13 May 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley President Obama, who campaigned behind a thin veil of peace, dragged two heads of client states into the White House to demand “that both Afghanistan and Pakistan allow their citizens to be murdered and or displaced in the thousands” – or…
Bill Quigley
In His Own Words: By Any Means Necessary
13 May 2009
Malcolm X, June 1964 Born May 19, 1925. Assassinated February 21, 1965.
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“Out of the Closet”: Black Atheists
13 May 2009
by Sikivu Hutchinson It’s not easy being a Black atheist, “partly due to the fact that the history of African American civil and human rights resistance is heavily steeped in Judeo-Christian religious dogma.” If you’re a woman, it’s worse. “While black male non-believers are given more leeway to be…
Bill Quigley
U.S. Economy: The Cancer is Still There
13 May 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Click the flash player to listen to or the mic to download this commentary in mp3 format. "In the cold assessment of history, Barack Obama will be remembered more for his massive…
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Framing Race in Mississippi
13 May 2009
by Michelle Chen As Nina Simone sang it, “Mississippi Goddamn!” The Magnolia State, which ranks last in the nation on human development criteria, achieved that distinction by relentlessly debasing the life prospects of its Black citizens. Black Mississippians earn about $10,00 a year…