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Russell Rickford
The Promise of Street Rebellions
03 Jun 2020
The flames burned both for Floyd and for the vanishing dream of a moral economy.
Dante J. James
We Can’t Breathe
03 Jun 2020
Can and should America continue to breathe if it continues to suffocate African American people and our communities?
Paul Butler
Policing in the US is Not About Enforcing Law. It’s About Enforcing White Supremacy
03 Jun 2020
If we had something approaching equal justice, would we still even be the United States? “Mr. Floyd was not human to these officers.”
BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and Robert Stubblefield
Why Hasn’t Amy Cooper Been Arrested? The Case of Pink Pussy Privilege
03 Jun 2020
While most advocates focus on police abuse of the black community, we must also hold accountable the people who call police and make false claims against black people.
People Dispatch Staff
Murder of Black Youth in Rio de Janeiro Shows Racist Nature of Policing in Brazil
03 Jun 2020
Pandemic or not, Brazilian police kill multiples of Black youth every day of the year. Fourteen year-old João Pedro Mattos Pinto joins the list of tens of thousands.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 1, 2020
02 Jun 2020
Cornel West Endorses Larry Hamm for Cory Booker Seat in Senate
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Former Black Panther Political Prisoner Hospitalized for Covid-19
02 Jun 2020
Jalil Muntaqim, incarcerated for his political activities since 1971, contracted the Covid-19 virus and was admitted to the Albany, New York Medical Center, said Jihad Abdulmumit,
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Anti-Abortion Forces Would Impose Slavery-like Controls on Black Women’s Bodies
02 Jun 2020
Black women’s bodies were property during slavery, and that power relationship “still continues today through measures to restrict women’s reproductive autonomy,” said Jill Morrison
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Blacks Need to Organize for Self-Defense
01 Jun 2020
“Whether we’re in large numbers like we are in Mississippi, or in small numbers like in Minnesota, our lives are in jeopardy and it’s important for us to build community networks to defend ourselve
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Blacks Need to Organize for Self-Defense
01 Jun 2020
“Whether we’re in large numbers like we are in Mississippi, or in small numbers like in Minnesota, our lives are in jeopardy and it’s important for us to build community networks to defend ourselve