African America

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter Performs a Self-Humiliation at Hillary Clinton’s Hands
20 Aug 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Hillary Clinton found it easy to reduce a #BlackLivesMatter delegation to “school children at an elementary civics class,” when they met with her last week. Clinton…
Black College Households Lost Half Their Wealth Despite Degrees
19 Aug 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Black households headed by college graduates have been steadily losing ground to their white collegiate peers over the past two decades.…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Katrina in the White Imagination
19 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan could not contain his gratitude to Hurricane Katrina, which killed or permanently displaced much of New…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Luci Murphy: Cultural Warrior for the Movement
19 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and columnist, Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Luci Murphy is a “cultural warrior” from Washington DC whose insights are informed by the movements and folkways of people across the globe. “…
Paul Street
Why Bernie Sanders is No Great White Hope for Black America
19 Aug 2015
by Paul Street
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Black Lives Matter as Much as Syrian Lives Do: The Geopolitical Dimension of White Supremacy and the State
19 Aug 2015
by Danny Haiphong U.S. foreign and domestic policy both serve the same corporate master, whose primary pursuit is profits. “The same trillion dollar military apparatus that Washington utilizes…
Jackie Miller
Why is Rev. Edward Pinkney in Prison? Another Case of Political Persecution
19 Aug 2015
by Jackie Miller The Whirlpool Corporation, with the collaboration of local government, is engaged in ethnic cleansing and massive land piracy in mostly Black Benton Harbor, Michigan. “We call it…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 17, 2015
18 Aug 2015
Black People Should ‘Police’ Themselves The Milwaukee chapter of BND, the Black National Defenders, hold rallies every Saturday and knock on doors in neighborhoods to engage young people in political…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter and the Democrats: How Disruption Can Lead to Collaboration
13 Aug 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #Black Lives Matter organization may believe that it is confronting, rather than collaborating with, the Democratic Party, by disrupting candidates’ speeches.…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How To Hold Prominent Movement Figures Accountable – With A Private Phone Call or a Public Discussion?
12 Aug 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon