African America

Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 21, 2015
22 Sep 2015
What Price Reparations? Based on calculations by University of Connecticut researcher Thomas Craemer, reparations to African Americans for slavery would cost between $5.9 trillionand $14.2…
Yale's Lucrative Wet Kiss Anoints #BlackLivesMatter's Deray McKesson Their Kind of “Transformational” Leader
16 Sep 2015
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2015
15 Sep 2015
Justice Department Blowing Smoke on Prosecuting Corporate Execs “There’s nothing new” in a U.S. Justice Department memo that claims it will bring more criminal prosecutions against corporate…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 7, 2015
08 Sep 2015
Solitary Confinement to be Sharply Curtailed in California A settlement between activist inmates and California prison officials will sharply limit the use of solitary confinement in the state. “I do…
Killed and Killer Cops
02 Sep 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Cops are crying that their lives are in danger from folks inflamed by “dangerous national rhetoric.” But, “the statistics tell us…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 31, 2015
01 Sep 2015
Blacks Disenfranchised by School Takeovers “Black and brown communities are being stripped of democracy” by state takeovers of their school systems, said Keron Blair, executive director of the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 24, 2015
26 Aug 2015
Black U.S. Movers and Shakers in Solidarity with Palestine One thousand Black American activists, artists and academics have signed a petition backing the global Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (…
Black College Households Lost Half Their Wealth Despite Degrees
19 Aug 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Black households headed by college graduates have been steadily losing ground to their white collegiate peers over the past two decades.…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 17, 2015
18 Aug 2015
Black People Should ‘Police’ Themselves The Milwaukee chapter of BND, the Black National Defenders, hold rallies every Saturday and knock on doors in neighborhoods to engage young people in political…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 10, 2015
11 Aug 2015
One-Fifth of Pennsylvania Prisoners, Including Mumia, Need Hep C Treatment Lawyers for Mumia Abu Jamal have filed suit against the State of Pennsylvania for refusing to treat the nation’s best known…