African America

If White People Love Drugs So Much, Why are the Prisons Full of Blacks?
18 May 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford A new study cites huge disparities, by race, in drug use among former detainees at Chicago’s juvenile detention center. Whites were 30…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 16, 2016
17 May 2016
Black Brazil Will Resist “Soft Coup” Against Workers Party Dilma Rousseff, of the Brazilian Workers Party, was removed from her office as president, last week, and put on trial by the nation’s Senate…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 9, 2016
10 May 2016
Detroit Teachers “Browbeaten” Back to Work by National Union The two-day teachers sick-out that closed Detroit public schools last week was about much more than paycheck issues, said Steve Conn, the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 4, 2016
03 May 2016
Min. Farrakhan Should Join Anti-Police Terror Movement – and Stop Flirting with Trump Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan has said there are some things he likes about Donald Trump. What’s to…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 25, 2016
26 Apr 2016
Charter Schools: Bad for Education “On the whole, charter schools do not perform better than public schools, even though public school are being defunded and demonized all the time,” said Dr. Shawgi…
There’s Only One Cure for Chicago Police Lawlessness: Black Community Control
20 Apr 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel thinks he can squelch Black rage against the police by appointing a Black cop as superintendent. But the new…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 18, 2016
19 Apr 2016
Elections are a “Distraction” – Take it to the Streets A spokesperson for the group that confronted Bill Clinton on his mass Black incarceration and anti-welfare policies, provoking a 13-minute…
COINTELPRO Alive and Well in Los Angeles
13 Apr 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The rulers of the United States – especially the ones that call themselves Democrats – pretend they are seeking an accommodation with the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 11, 2016
12 Apr 2016
Mississippi Schemes to Dismember Tax Base of Black Capital City The Republican-run State of Mississippi has moved to seize the City of Jackson’s two airports and a medical services corridor, and is…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 4, 2016
05 Apr 2016
Carolina Youths Demand Black Community Control of Police The city of Greenville, South Carolina witnessed two large funerals in recent weeks: one for a white cop, the other for 17 year-old Deontaye…