Media And Culture

Tanvi Misra
Traffic Stops: Pretexts for Racial Repression
12 Jun 2018
“Police have used the entire vehicle code as an excuse to use their discretion to pull people over who might appear suspicious to them for whatever reason.”
William C. Anderson
The Case for Delegitimizing the Police
12 Jun 2018
“Once you come to understand the institution’s ties to white supremacy, it becomes clear the system is toxic and cannot be fixed.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The State Uses Poverty to Split Workers
11 Jun 2018
“When you talk about coming out of poverty, you’ve got to go straight up against this government,” said Marian Kramer, head of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and widow of
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Cops Use Suits to Intimidate Activists
11 Jun 2018
When Seattle city councilwoman Kshama Sawant, of the Socialist Alternative party, denounced the “brutal murder” of Che Taylor, an unarmed Black man, by police, the two cops sued he
The Editors
Black Agenda Report's Panel Discussion at the 2018 Left Forum
06 Jun 2018
This was the 2018 Black Agenda Report panel at the 2018 Left Forum in NYC. The participants took part in other panels and presentations as well, which we will showcase in coming weeks.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Nationalizing the Banks is a Popular Demand, So Let’s Demand It
06 Jun 2018
“Everybody knows that the bankers are criminal, and everybody hates the banks.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Real Problem with Joy Ann Reid
06 Jun 2018
“It is interesting that she gets scrutiny for all the wrong reasons.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Bianca Williams’ The Pursuit of Happiness
06 Jun 2018
“It is crucial for us to understand that what we feel as Black peoples provides useful data that can be turned into critical analysis.”
Jon Jeter
Racist Roseanne Was Way Off: Valerie Jarrett Hailed from Planet of the Rich
06 Jun 2018
“Throughout her public life, Jarrett served the Empire and not the people, African-Americans least of all.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Could Learn Democracy From Venezuela
04 Jun 2018
“There is a great deal to be learned from the Venezuelan electoral process,” said veteran human rights activist Efia Nwangaza, the Black Alliance for Peace observer at the recent Venezuelan electio