African America

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
‘Anarchist jurisdiction’ State of Mind…
30 Sep 2020
Some thugs like to Lie all day— strip our rights away,
Black Alliance For Peace
Why We Focus on Africa
30 Sep 2020
Africa can’t demonstrate independence and power because the entire continent has a giant U.S. military boot on its neck.
Deborah L. Bowen and Tryon P. Woods
Hamilton and the Minstrel Show Remix
30 Sep 2020
Hamilton has sent white people with emotional investments in not being racist over-the-moon.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
30 Sep 2020
This week the governments of Mexico and Rwanda, the dictatorship of capital in the US, and this dictatorship’s wars in Africa were on your minds.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: GerShun Avilez’s “Black Queer Freedom”
30 Sep 2020
The author helps us think about Blackness, queerness, and artistic production in new lights.
Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent
Health Justice and Black Liberation: Ugo Edu
30 Sep 2020
State violence directly impacts communities’ and individual’s ability to feel well, safe, dignified, respected, and valued.
Jefferson Cowie
Is Freedom White?
30 Sep 2020
Now as in the past, much of the talk about American “freedom” is really about white people’s presumed right to dominate everyone else.
Jon Schwarz
Hunger in America, Especially for Children, Has “Skyrocketed” During Pandemic
30 Sep 2020
Census data show 19 percent of Black households did not have enough food to eat in the past week, compared to 7 percent of white households.
Andrew Ford
How Criminal Cops Often Avoid Jail
30 Sep 2020
Dozens of New Jersey officers who have been criminally charged with official misconduct avoided the jail time called for under the law.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 28, 2020
28 Sep 2020
This Movement Has “Reach and Longevity”