African America

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
The People Will Establish a Green New Deal
28 Sep 2020
With corporate Democrats no more receptive than Republicans to Green New Deal legislation, it will be up to “the movement” to combat the climate crisis, said Yolian Ogbu, and
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Dominates Africa through AFRICOM
28 Sep 2020
The US doesn’t hide its desire to rule the planet through a military policy of “full spectrum dominance” of all the regions of the world.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
This Movement Has “Reach and Longevity”
28 Sep 2020
Calls for defunding and abolition of the police are no longer fringe demands due to the “remarkable” growth of the mass movement, said Asha Noor, a racial justice and human ri
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
The US Dictatorship of (White) Capital and its Tools of Bamboozlement
24 Sep 2020
The New York Times and fellow corporate media discourage Americans from organizing against the rule of the rich by pretending that People Power is a fantasy.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Democrats’ Supreme Failure
23 Sep 2020
The corporate Democrats refuse to back measures that appeal to huge majorities of their base, preferring instead to campaign against one evil man and his appointees.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
OK to say the F-word?
23 Sep 2020
P.O.E.T. are the only letters behind my name— So you scowl; scold; spank my hands with rulers and switches worn smooth from serial beatdowns, dare I use the F-word…
Anthony Monteiro
Isabel Wilkerson’s Book "Caste" and the Discontent of a Ruling Class in Crisis
23 Sep 2020
Oprah gushes that this book by the latest darling of the ruling classes might “save us,” but all it’s really trying to save is capitalism.
Tryon P. Woods
Still Missing and Murdered: Atlanta’s Lost Children Address Today’s Plague of Police Violence
23 Sep 2020
The docu-series reveals not only the ongoing predation against the Black community, but that policing is about social control, not crime control.
Jahan Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
23 Sep 2020
This week climate change, US foreign policy, and Mexico’s new government were on your minds.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Joy White’s “Terraformed”
23 Sep 2020
This book locates the struggles, wins and losses of young Black lives in a structural, institutional and historical context.