African America

Salifu Mack
More Than Meets the Silk Press: Kamala Harris and U.S. Imperialism
12 Jul 2023
Kamala Harris can be the object of derision for her word salads and oddly nervous laughter. But she plays an important role in promoting US imperialism and the cynical politics of representation.
Jasper Saah
Journalists or Witch Hunters? Examining the New York Times’ Shameful Red Scare History
12 Jul 2023
Joseph McCarthy carried out his red scare with the help of establishment media like the New York Times. Its recent Sinophobic screeds follow the Biden administration narrative and are consistent with…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 7, 2023
07 Jul 2023
Glen Ford explained the end of affirmative action in 2013, CIA experiments on indigenous children and Black prisoners, and the Peoples' Senate builds its formation.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Glen Ford on the End of Affirmative Action
07 Jul 2023
Black Agenda Report co-founder, the late Glen Ford, spoke to the Real News Network after another affirmative action ruling in 2013.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
New Documents Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners
07 Jul 2023
Orisanmi Burton is an assistant professor at American University’s Department of Anthropology.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Building the Peoples' Senate
07 Jul 2023
Shannon Jones is a member of the Spirit of Mandela’s Peoples' Senate Coordinating Committee.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Supreme Court and Political Corruption
05 Jul 2023
The Supreme Court has always been a political institution. Racism, political expediency, and outright corruption have always dictated its decisions.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
POEM: Somebody Blew Up America, Amiri Baraka, 2001
05 Jul 2023
A poem from the late Amiri Baraka questions the myths of U.S. exceptionalism that engulfed the nation after 9/11 attacks, contextualizing them with a history of the West’s centuries-long…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Black robe blitzkrieg and Bassackwards Tribesman Thom-ass Clarence ARE the White Supreme Court
05 Jul 2023
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Psyche A. Williams-Forson’s Book, “Eating While Black”
05 Jul 2023
This week’s featured author is Psyche A. Williams-Forson. Williams-Forson is Professor and Chair of American Studies at the University of Maryland, College Park. Her book is Eating While Black: Food…