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- Editors, The Black Agenda ReviewThe late John H. Bracey, Jr. argued that Black Studies should be wedded to African liberation, not to the corporate-bureaucratic structure of the university.
- Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing EditorThe U.S. has declared China to be an adversary, but its economic prowess cannot be eclipsed by a nation that is addicted to provocation and war making.
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum EditorThis week’s featured author is Brian Jones. Jones is Director of The New York Public Library’s Center for Educators and Schools. His book is The Tuskegee Student Uprising: A History.
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum EditorThis week’s featured scholar is Moya Bailey. Bailey is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. Her article is “The Ethics of Pace.”