African America

Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 22, 2016
23 Feb 2016
When Paul Robeson Denounced a President to His Face Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, has turned out another book. Paul…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 15, 2016
16 Feb 2016
Heads Should Roll Over Flint – Like Watergate “What did they know, and when did they know it?” That’s the question Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo would pose to everyone involved in the poisoning of Flint…
Beyoncé, James Brown and Black Movements
10 Feb 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Beyoncé has wowed her public again with the YouTube and Superbowl versions of “Formation” – but it’s really all about capital formation…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 8, 2016
09 Feb 2016
McKesson Parachutes into Baltimore Democratic Mayoral Primary DeRay McKesson, the Twitter communicator who heads Campaign Zero, is a “ridiculous” candidate for mayor of Baltimore, said Jill Carter,…
Going “International” on Racist Uncle Sam
03 Feb 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Charging the United States with serious violations of Black people’s human rights, a UN panel of experts endorsed Black community control…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 1, 2016
02 Feb 2016
A Reprieve for “Child Lifers” in Prison Thousands of inmates serving life sentences for crimes committed when they were juveniles may be eligible for release from prison in the wake of a U.S. Supreme…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 25, 2016
26 Jan 2016
Dismantling Capitalism and Imperialism This month’s conference on the Black Radical Tradition, held at Temple University, in Philadelphia, was an historic gathering of 21st century Black “anti-…
Moving Left, Back to the Radical Root
13 Jan 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Black Radical Tradition must still be alive and kicking, having drawn hundreds of activists and scholars to a conference, this…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of January 11, 2016
12 Jan 2016
Philadelphia Conference Reasserts Black Radical Tradition Hundreds of activists, academics and organizers from around the country descended on Temple University, in Philadelphia, January 8-10, for a…
Why the Feds Punk Out When Confronting White Rightwing Insurgents
07 Jan 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford