African America

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Knicks and New York's Disappearing Black Communities
17 Jun 2026
It is true that the New York Knicks' journey to a championship brought disparate communities together, but gentrification remains the norm in the city that is the capital of capital. Black people are…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Reconstruction, Seventy-Five Years After, W. E. B. Du Bois, 1943
17 Jun 2026
“Without the help of the American Negro, the abolition movement would have been impossible.”
Dr. Gerald Horne
Juneteenth Book Signing & Lecture with Prof. Gerald Horne
17 Jun 2026
Prof. Gerald Horne’s book signing and lecture in Brooklyn, New York on June 19.
Gregory P. Downs
The Hidden History of Juneteenth
17 Jun 2026
Most people think Juneteenth was simply when enslaved Texans learned they were free, but that is a myth. They knew the war ended but the fight for freedom did not end with one proclamation; it took…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Gambling Man
10 Jun 2026
"Gambling Man" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Dhoruba bin-Wahad
Dhoruba Bin Wahad, Co-Founder of Black Liberation Army, Reflects on the Legacy of Assata Shakur and Revolutionary Sacrifice
03 Jun 2026
On May 30, 2026, a Celebration of the Life and Legacy of Assata Shakur was held at the Riverside Church in New York City. Dhoruba Bin Wahad, co-founder of the Black Liberation Army, wrote these words…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Racism, Mass Incarceration, Settler Colonialism and Immigration Enforcement
29 May 2026
The Trump administration is accelerating policies meant not just to deport undocumented people, but to restrict every avenue of legal immigration from the Global South. Abraham Paulos is Deputy…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
SONNY
27 May 2026
"SONNY" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Time to Sharpen Our Weapons and Wits
27 May 2026
Six years ago, George Floyd was murdered by police. The reaction was swift - the streets erupted and demands to defund the police spread across the country. Yet, the response from Democrats was…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Deed Theft and Black Communities
22 May 2026
Leah Goodridge, a New York City-based attorney, housing advocate, and writer, is a member of the City Planning Commission. She joins Black Agenda Report from New York to discuss deed theft and…