African America

Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò
Identity Politics and Elite Capture
20 May 2020
The trouble is that identity politics is the victim of elite capture in the service of their own interests.
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
20 May 2020
This week a Democratic Party exit, the role of Democratic Party sheepdogs, and the racial fallout of the pandemic in Chicago were on your minds.
Dan Berger
BAR Book Forum: Symposium on Sarah Haley’s "No Mercy Here"
20 May 2020
What Haley crafts about the lives of incarcerated women is astounding in its archival literacy, analytical sophistication, and authorial courage.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zakiyyah Iman Jackson’s “Becoming Human”
20 May 2020
Black people are without the shelter of rights and protection, whether invited into or locked out of ‘the human.’”
Ashton Rome
Pivot to Mass Struggle: A Lesson from Ferguson
20 May 2020
We are entering a terrifying and daunting time that requires a change in approach and tactics.
Michelle Chen
Prisons Are Using the Pandemic to Impose Lockdowns
20 May 2020
More than 300,000 people in prisons or jails are under “full or partial lockdown” in response to the pandemic.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 18, 2020
19 May 2020
Pandemic Has Shaken Global Capitalism to Its Core
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Mumia: Everybody is Getting a Taste of Lockdown
18 May 2020
The nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal, says all of Pennsylania’s incarcerated population has been on 23 hour, 15 minute daily lockdown since the beginnin
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Is Genetic Testing a Tool for Reparations?
18 May 2020
The science of genetics “can be useful for showing continuity, that the people who were harmed are, indeed, ancestors of those who are living today,” said Dr.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Rural Blacks and Browns at High Risk
18 May 2020
“In the last decade more than 125 rural hospitals have closed,” said Dr Carrie Henning-Smith, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and co-author of a st