Black Politics

Editors, The Black Agenda Review
CHAPTER: The Ford Foundation and Black Power, Robert L. Allen, 1968
24 Jul 2024
The late Robert L. Allen broke down the dialectics of Black elite co-option and counter-revolution. Hello, Kamala.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 19, 2024
19 Jul 2024
This week, two scholars provide an analysis of the 2024 presidential election. We talk about Project 2025, the conservative manifesto being used to save Joe Biden’s re-election, and how it should be…
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Democratic Party Turmoil, African Americans and the Attempted Assassination of Trump
17 Jul 2024
Biden orders an “independent review” of the incident as the colossal security failure takes center stage.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 12, 2024
12 Jul 2024
In this week’s segment, we examine the difficulty marginalized communities have in securing abortion care in Tennessee, which enacted a ban on the procedure in the wake of the Dobbs decision. We also…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Joe Biden's Electoral Prospects
12 Jul 2024
Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest on the Sputnik News program, Fault Lines, with co-hosts Jamarl Thomas and Melik Abdul. They discussed the recent debate between Joe Biden and Donald Trump,…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
For African/Black Working Class and Colonized Peoples, Midterm Elections in the U.S. Offer No Relief from War, Repression and Capitalist Misery
10 Jul 2024
The 50-year-old neo-liberal agenda explains why political choices in this country provide little change that benefits the masses of people. The recent midterm election results will not bring about an…
Gus Griffin
O.J. Simpson and Understanding the Black Support He Never Deserved
17 Apr 2024
O.J. Simpson's acquittal in one of the most infamous murder trials of the 20th century was celebrated as a symbolic win for the Black community against an oppressive system. However, O.J. was…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio April 5, 2024
05 Apr 2024
This week, BAR's poet-in-residence discusses his work, we learn why Bill Clinton, the CIA director and Tony Blair recently visited Guyana. First, the Black vote and election year politics in Michigan…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The Black Vote and Swing State Michigan in 2024
05 Apr 2024
Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of Pan-African News Wire joins to discuss Michigan's Black voters, the Abandon Biden campaign, and the prospects for the swing state in the 2024 presidential election.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Democrats and the Mediocre Black Misleaders
07 Feb 2024
The Democrats offer nothing but fake opposition and the duopoly is splitting. The chosen Black spokespeople are predictably hacks who get paid to spout meaningless drivel.