Glen Ford

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Will the Last “Progressive for Obama” Please Turn Out the Lights?
09 Dec 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Black Agenda Report heartily endorses this Saturday’s Emergency Anti-Escalation Rally in front of the White House. Having said that, we turn to the subject of the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Obama's Af-Pak is as Whack as Bush's Iraq
02 Dec 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama has reached a watershed in his presidency: he has devolved to the intellectual level of George Bush, while retaining his world class powers of speech…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Black Jobs Prospects Descending to a “Deeper Level of Hell”
02 Dec 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford With each economic downturn, another layer of permanent Black unemployment is created. The effects are cumulative, and cry out for programmatic…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Justice Department Sides with ACORN – for Its Own Reasons
02 Dec 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford ACORN's suit to retain millions in federal contracts got a big boost from a Justice Department legal opinion essentially siding with the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
In Honduras and Haiti, the U.S. Rules by Proxy
02 Dec 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford As the old song goes, “They smile in your face...back-stabbers.” The Obama administration “artfully pursues a policy of smiles and handshakes all…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Audit the Fed? The Battle Against Obama’s Bankers Begins on Capitol Hill
25 Nov 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford A bill has begun its journey through the U.S. House that could crystallize (and polarize) public attitudes toward the wholesale Wall Street theft of mega-trillions…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Rep. John Conyers: “I’m Tired of Saving Obama’s Can”
25 Nov 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Periodically, Rep. John Conyers, one of the point-men for single payer health care, vents his frustration with President Obama. But then…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Black Caucus Shows Displeasure with Obama on Jobs, But Avoids Confrontation
25 Nov 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford What's a Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) member to do when he/she is politically wedded to the Black man in the White House who is refusing to do…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
White House Plans Sham Jobs Forum
18 Nov 2009
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford In laying down the ground rules for next month's White House Forum on jobs, the Obama Administration makes it plain that no serious job-creation proposals will be…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
U.S. Sows Seeds of Wider War in East Africa
18 Nov 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Like a pyromaniac, the United States threatens to ignite the entire East African region in its campaign to suppress Islamist forces in…