African America

Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Logo Leaders
11 Mar 2015
4by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Why, dey otta hab logos on dey suits Tellin’ de wurl how deys in cahoots— Maybe den dem lil’ Negroz unnerstan
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Obama's Ferguson Commission a Joke: Why Liberal Proposals and "Solutions" Don't Cut It
05 Mar 2015
The Interim Report of the Task Force for 21st Century Policing is the crunchy, fluffy wish list of big city cops and consultants who helped bring us the current police and prison state, assembled by…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Loretta Lynch is Condoleeza Rice With A Law Degree
12 Feb 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon In private practice Loretta Lynch was a “white collar crime specialist” keeping banksters, tax evaders and money launderers out of jail. She did exactly that at…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Oprah and Sharpton Attack Black Lives Matter Movement
05 Feb 2015
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why I Don't Do Kwaanza
18 Dec 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Ron Karenga, the man who invented Kwaanza, headed the US organization, which was responsible for the murder of 4 Black Panthers in Southern California as a tool…
Jahi Issa
How Black Colleges are Turning White: The Ethnic Cleansing of HBCUs in the Age of Obama, Part II
22 Oct 2014
by Dr. Jahi Issa Black enrollment at historically white universities continues to plummet, while federal support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) crumbles at an accelerated…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Germany Just Made College Tuition Free? Why Won't Our Black Political Class Fight For Free Tuition Here?
09 Oct 2014
Germany just made college tuition free for everybody including foreign students! Free tuition here would cost about $62 billion, roughly what the US govt already spends on loans, grants and…
The Black Caucus “Left” Wing Crumbles Before Obama’s War Machine
24 Sep 2014
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford It took just three years for most Americans to conclude that George Bush’s war in Iraq should come to an end. But, after three years of failure in Syria,…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Black Political Class? The Congressional Black Caucus? These Joes Ain't Loyal
17 Sep 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Why does the Congressional Black Caucus endorse Israeli apartheid? Why do our black mayors embrace gentrification, our civil rights organizations side with their…
Zeynep Tufekci
What Happens to #Ferguson Affects Ferguson: Net Neutrality, Algorithmic Filtering and Ferguson
26 Aug 2014
This timely article explains how Twitter assisted the public in knowing about Ferguson, and essentially forced corporate media to cover it, while Facebook did the opposite.