African America

Ethan Baron
Tesla: The Cars That Racism Built? Black Workers Claim Lawsuits Have Not Stopped Discrimination
05 Jul 2023
Multi-billionaire Elon Musk claims to practice freedom of expression on his Twitter platform. But numerous complaints of anti-Black racism at his Tesla plant make a mockery of any claims of freedom…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: Por qué Luchamos los Negros/What the Black Power Struggle is About, Stokely Carmichael, Havana, 1967
28 Jun 2023
When Kwame Ture was still Stokely Carmichael he gave an extraordinary interview in Havana in 1967 on Black Power politics, Third World Solidarity, imperialism, and revolution.
Orisanmi Burton
New Docs Link CIA to Medical Torture of Indigenous Children and Black Prisoners
28 Jun 2023
The field of medicine is not inherently beneficial. Marginalized people have long been used for experimentation purposes, and the incarceration and surveillance states have participated in…
Kriston Dowdell
Super (Maxed Out): The Demise of Alabama Prisons
28 Jun 2023
In Alabama Covid funds are used for prison construction, opportunities for the incarcerated to be released have been eliminated, and violence is rampant. Alabama makes the case for prison…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
U.S. Based Black Radicals Convening in Atlanta, Georgia to Develop An Agenda for Resistance and Transformation!
21 Jun 2023
An upcoming conference will bring Black radicals together to develop strategies for self-determination, Pan-African solidarity, and liberation.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: I Go to Jail for the Scottsboro Boys, Ada Wright, 1932
21 Jun 2023
Mrs. Ada Wright, mother of two of the “Scottsboro Boys,” traveled the world to advocate on their behalf. This essay is a remarkable testament to the unrewarded and unheralded labors of the Black…
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Danielle N. Boaz’s Book, “Banning Black Gods”
21 Jun 2023
This week’s featured author is Danielle N. Boaz. Boaz is Associate Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte. Her book is Banning Black Gods:…
Jacqueline Luqman
The Duplicitous Legacy Of Bipartisan Compromise Obscured From The History Of Juneteenth Is Too Important To Ignore
21 Jun 2023
The Juneteenth holiday is an opportunity to delve into Black history in a serious way. Unfortunately, the designation of a federal holiday has trivialized Juneteenth's meaning and given license to…
Gus Griffin
Black People, Guns, and the Troubling Reaction to Ja Morant
21 Jun 2023
Ja Morant plays basketball in Tennessee, an "open carry" state with lose firearm regulations. But the issue of Black people carrying guns is not one of strict legality. Racism is also the issue.
Jon Jeter
Violence is Their Religion!: How Murder Gives the White Settler Purpose
21 Jun 2023
This episode of Black Republic Media is the second in a series entitled, Murder Inc: The White Settler Republic as Homicidal Maniac.