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Prabir Purkayastha
An Indian Perspective on the Covid-19 Epidemic
07 Oct 2020
The pandemic shows the contradictions between the needs of capitalism and the health of the people.
Jon Schwarz
Hunger in America, Especially for Children, Has “Skyrocketed” During Pandemic
30 Sep 2020
Census data show 19 percent of Black households did not have enough food to eat in the past week, compared to 7 percent of white households.
Sofia Lopez and Sara Myklebust
Make Corporate Landlords Pay the Bills During the Pandemic
23 Sep 2020
Elected officials and corporate landlords haven’t taken any meaningful action to prevent the crisis from hitting poor people of color hardest.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Mumia: The Ravages of Capitalism-Fueled Contagion
18 Aug 2020
Social discontent rises with the level of fatalities and government incompetence during the current epidemic, said the nation’s best known political prisoner, Mumia Abu Jamal.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
NBA Game Changer? “Black Homes Matter”
12 Aug 2020
If the NBA really wants to be a game changer, why not expand "Black Lives Matter" to "Black Homes Matter”?
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
“We Need a National Industrial Commission, a Permanent One”
05 Aug 2020
Like the first Covd-19 relief package, the pending bill will have been written by “sleep-deprived staff and inattentive lawmakers who are making this all up on the fly.”
Paul Street
Shelter in Race-Class Place
15 Jul 2020
Black Americans are told to shelter in savagely unequal places where the necessities of life are scarce and Covid-19 is most lethal.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Pandemic Has Shaken Global Capitalism to Its Core
18 May 2020
Black America’s most prolific political author, Dr Gerald Horne, notes that the bubonic plague “set the stage for the erosion of feudalism in 14th century Europe,” leading to the r