African America

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
How Joe Biden and The Democratic Party’s Climate Agenda Increases Environmental Racism More Than It Reduces Emissions [A Three Part Series]
06 Sep 2023
The environmental benefits of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act are non-existent for Black and other marginalized communities.
Jason England
50 Years Later, Is There Anything Left Of Hip Hop?
06 Sep 2023
Nothing is sacred under capitalism. Even hip hop, the genre which spoke to Black politics and culture is now just another commodity.
Jon Jeter
Hip Hop: A Global Lingua Franca for the Dispossessed
06 Sep 2023
Any celebration of the 50th anniversary of hip hop must reference its worldwide political appeal.
Atlanta Community Press Collective
Georgia Attorney General Brings RICO Indictments Against 61 Activists
06 Sep 2023
The state of Georgia is using the RICO organized crime statute to crush Stop Cop City protests.
Natalia Marques
Dilemmas of Humanity Conference in the US Outlines Principle Task: Organize a Working Class Movement to Defeat the Empire
06 Sep 2023
Socialists, organizers, and working class leaders in the United States describe the challenges the movement faces, and what is to be done to overcome them.
Dyana Bagby
11th Circuit Court Issues Stay in Favor of Atlanta in "Cop City" Referendum Case
06 Sep 2023
The petition process to put Cop City on the ballot in Atlanta continues, despite Atlanta public officials' insistence on building a so-called public safety training center that their constituents don…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
EDITORIAL: Joanne Little: American Goes on Trial, Freedomways, 1975
30 Aug 2023
To mark the last days of Black August, we reprint below Freedomways’ 1975 editorial about Joanne Little, a Black woman indicted for killing her white prison guard and would-be rapist.
Tea Troutman , Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
Counter-insurgency and Black Studies: An Interview with Tea Troutman
30 Aug 2023
Counter-insurgency and Black Studies: An Interview with Tea Troutman
Jacqueline Luqman
Katrina, Rich Men North Of Richmond, And The Persistent Hatred of Poor People
30 Aug 2023
The anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and a new song are reminders that a strong hatred of the poor continues in the U.S.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Atlanta Prosector Fani Willis Sent Black Educators to Jail
23 Aug 2023
Atlanta is no mecca for Black people. It is a political plantation where the white overseers rule. Fani Willis’ prosecution of Black teachers was an awful example of the power dynamic in that…