Political Economy

Rachel R. Hardeman, Ph.D., M.P.H., Eduardo M. Medina, M.D., M.P.H., Rhea W. Boyd, M.D., M.P.H.
Stolen Breaths
17 Jun 2020
Demonstrators are laying bare the deep pain that persists for black people fighting to live under the crushing weight of injustice that has long been at our necks.
Ron Wilkins
To Observe and Protect: Community Alert Patrol and the Fight Against Police Terror in the 1960s
17 Jun 2020
The Black Panther Party modeled their policing initiatives after Black citizens’ patrols in Los Angeles.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 15, 2020
15 Jun 2020
Police Must Answer to the Community
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Huge Teenage Linebackers Can Be Hurt by Racism and Abuse
15 Jun 2020
Black college athletes are emotionally and physically harmed in ways not widely recognized, said Dr.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Repaying the Movement for Her Freedom
15 Jun 2020
Bresha Meadows faced long imprisonment in the shooting death of her abusive father when she was 14 years old, but was sentenced to a year in juvenile detention and six months
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Beware “Domestication” of Protest
15 Jun 2020
Opponents of transformational change are seeking to “domesticate” the protest movement with bland calls for “justice” for George Floyd, who is dead and beyond justice, said Ajamu Barak
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Police Must Answer to the Community
15 Jun 2020
The demand for community control of police ushers in a new stage of struggle, in which “young people are imagining a world where these tremendous institutions of imperialism and the police state ar
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Time to Sharpen Our Weapons and Wits
11 Jun 2020
Having not yet won real power over the police, this is no time for a lull or a truce -- it’s time to sharpen our political instruments and deepen the mass movement’s social penetration.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Rebellion, Confusion, Scoundrels and Kente Cloth
10 Jun 2020
Black rebellion brings insecurity to those in power, as editors, mayors and even long dead criminals are being called to account.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
A Tale of Two Protests: Why the U.S. Ruling Class Loves Hong Kong Protests But Hates the Minneapolis-Led Rebellion
10 Jun 2020
The protests in Hong Kong are led by an assortment of US-backed proxies who have separation from China as their principle goal.