African America

Jesse Barber , Simon McCormack
A Racial Disparity Across New York That is Truly Jarring
04 Jan 2023
Black people are disproportionately convicted of felonies across New York State. In Manhattan, a Black person is 21 times more likely to be convicted of a crime than a white person.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Brittney Griner and the U.S. State
14 Dec 2022
Brittney Griner's ordeal in Russia is over. But she has been secreted away for "reintegration" and the U.S. continues its own brand of international hostage taking.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Negroes Speak of War, Langston Hughes, 1933
14 Dec 2022
What benefits do Black folk get by endorsing or participating in the white man’s war? Revisiting an anti-war statement by Langston Hughes.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Where do they all come from???
14 Dec 2022
Where do they all come from???
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Unbelievable
07 Dec 2022
Unbelievable
Abayomi Azikiwe
Unjust Measures Imposed on Labor and African Americans After Midterm Elections
07 Dec 2022
The Biden administration and congress forced railroad workers to accept a contract without paid sick leave and Jackson, Mississippi residents face an administration consent decree on water…
Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
Is The “Conscience of the Congress” Unconscious?
30 Nov 2022
The Congressional Black Caucus has strayed far from the politics of its original members. Once called the "conscience of the congress," the group is made up of Democratic Party loyalists living off…
Kalonji Changa
The Two Types of Death Penalties
30 Nov 2022
The governor of Missouri refused to grant clemency to Kevin Johnson and the state Supreme Court denied motions to halt his execution. The US Supreme Court refused to hear his case. Kevin Johnson was…
Pan-African Community Action PACA
DC Government’s Racial Equity Plan is Elite Capture by The State
30 Nov 2022
Racial inequity is the result of racist and capitalist policies and can't be defeated by the self-interested Black political class.
Phillip Clark
Ujima’s Plan to Transcend Neoliberalism in Maryland
23 Nov 2022
The Ujima People's Progress Party is organizing outside of the duopoly in an effort to gain true political representation for Black working people.