African America

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Cops Continued “Coon Huntin’” in Cleveland Despite 2004 Federal Consent Decree
27 May 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford No sooner had a Cleveland judge acquitted the only cop charged in the “mass firing squad execution” of Timothy Russell and Malissa Williams, than the Feds announced…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Gentrification and the Death of Black Communities
27 May 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Gentrification – the displacement of Black and brown urban residents by more affluent whites – is a function of the same forces that emptied the…
Obama Invokes U.S. Civil Rights Movement to Defend Israel
27 May 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford What should one expect when the First Black President of the world’s first apartheid state attempts to defend Israel, the planet’s last…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Holder’s Legacy: Corporations Too Big to Jail, Mass Incarceration, Gentrification and Protection of Killer Cops
27 May 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The first Black U.S. Attorney General, like the president who appointed him, entered office with high expectations among Black folks. “We now…
Jeffrey B. Perry
On the 132nd Anniversary of Pioneering Black Radical Hubert Henry Harrison's Birth...
29 Apr 2015
by Jeffrey B. Perry The same folks who'd have us believe politics is just Republicans and Democrats, and that the current black political class is the culmination of black history have tried to erase…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Imperialism's Policy of Mass Murder and the Black Panther Party's Analysis of Survival
15 Apr 2015
by Danny Haiphong
U.S. Voter Turnout is Low Because There’s Little to Vote For
25 Mar 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Voter suppression plays an important role in keeping Black turnout below that of whites, but does not explain why overall U.S. voter…
Seattle Urban League Leader to Run Against Socialist Seattle City Council Member. Why?
19 Mar 2015
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. Dixon Like the NAACP, the NAN and other corporate funded dinosaur civil rights outfits, the National Urban League mostly says and does what its wealthy…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Obama's Selma Celebration Speech: Another Brand For US Imperialism
16 Mar 2015
by Danny Haiphong President Obama milked the Selma commemoration for all it was worth, depicting the events of 1965 “as a symbol of American exceptionalism.” For this month’s participants, the…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Depravity at the Highest Level: Obama Prepares the Boil from Selma – Part I
11 Mar 2015
by BAR editor and Columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and Kevin Berends Barack Obama journeyed to Selma, Alabama, one of the poorest places in a very poor state, to urge Black people to reflect on…