African America

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How Complacency, Complicity of Black Misleadership Class Led to Supreme Court Evisceration of the Voting Rights Act
27 Jun 2013
The Supreme Court kneecapping of the Voting Rights Act didn't have to happen? Democrats, especially the black leadership class had more than a generation to exploit their moral and political…
The Real News Network
Supreme Court Kneecaps Voting Rights Act: The Real News Network Talks to Bruce A. Dixon
26 Jun 2013
Supreme Court kneecaps the voting rights act... BAR's Bruce A. Dixon on the Real News Network Real News Network, where you can find much more news updated every day at http://therealnews.com.
From Race Men to Debased Men, Obama at Morehouse, Arne Duncan at Morgan State
08 May 2013
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Back in the day, the “race men” and women, graduates of America's historically black colleges and universities imagined it was…
Akinyele Umoja
“When Other Folks Give Up Theirs…” Black Freedom and the Gun Control Debate
06 Feb 2013
Contrary to Congressman John Lewis’ revision of history, “the notion that the Civil Rights movement was exclusively nonviolent is a popular mythology.” In fact, “Some members of Lewis’s Student…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Shameless Vacuity of Susan Rice's Black Boosters
06 Dec 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Africa doesn’t matter, U.S. wars don’t matter, nothing matters to the Black Misleadership Class except the sickly prestige of basking in the (distant) glow of power…
Boasting, Roasting, Coasting & Toasting: The Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference
12 Sep 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Later this month, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will hold its annual star-studded affair in DC, commemorating old victories it mostly had…
Angola 3 News
Medical Self Defense And The Black Panther Party
04 Jan 2012
by Angola 3 News The U.S. State demonized the Black Panther Party as thugs bent on killing police, and even the narratives of Panther supporters tended to emphasize the Party’s paramilitary aspects…
Call Out Their Names! The Black Caucus Roster of Shame
09 Nov 2011
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford A handful of Black lawmakers have joined with Blue Dog Democrats to call for $4 trillion in federal spending cuts over 10 years – far more than the…
Jahi Issa
The Ethnic Cleansing of Historically Black Colleges & Universities in the Age of Obama, Part 1 of 3
07 Sep 2011
by Jahi Issa, Ph.D. Despite the long and loud verbal commitment of the Black Misleadership class to HBCUs, the deference and dependence of black leadership to corporate ethics and on corporate…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Color Of Change Takes On Black Caucus on Internet Neutrality
22 Sep 2010
“Black watchdogs are most effective in unmasking and shaming the culprits within our own ranks.” We “tip our hats” to Color of Change for exposing the Congressional Black Caucus’s abysmal collectiv