African America

Seeking Reparations by Dropping Slave Claims
18 Jul 2017
In 2006, a federal court ruled that the descendants of Black slaves in the U.S. have no “standing” to sue for reparations. However, Dr. Jahi Issa and Reggie Mabry say they have devised a new legal…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 10, 2017
11 Jul 2017
U.S. War Crimes Against “Muslims of Color” The illegal U.S. presence in Syria is a “Nuremburg crime against peace,” said Dr. Francis Boyle, the renowned professor of international law at the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of July 3, 2017
04 Jul 2017
Out of Prison, Rev. Pinkney Resumes Protests “They knew that if they got an all-white jury, I had a 99.9 percent chance of being convicted, even without any evidence,” said Rev. Edward Pinkney, the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 26, 2017
28 Jun 2017
Anti-War Conference Welcomes Black Alliance for Peace The United National Anti-War Coalition’s recent conference in Richmond, Virginia, featured the most Black participation and speakers in UNAC’s…
Melissa Harris-Perry is Blowing Smoke Again
01 Jun 2017
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Dr. Melissa Harris-Perry brands the NAACP “irrelevant” in a May 30 New York Times opo ed without the bother of naming a single…
NYC Mayor is No Progressive, Says Challenger Gangi
10 May 2017
Free Mothers Day in the Bronx
10 May 2017
Killer Cops Get Immunity, No Matter Who's in the White House
03 May 2017
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. Justice Department, now led by Republicans, has officially declined to prosecute the cops that killed Alton Sterling, on video…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 17, 2017
18 Apr 2017
Black leftists, including former Black Panthers, can serve the people either as Democrats or independent of the corporate parties. “I did both,” said New York State Assemblyman Charles Barron,…
Systemic Racist Oppression as “Isolated Incident”
05 Apr 2017
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford President Trump would like to terminate the two dozen agreements reached between police departments and the Obama administration. “Given…