African America

Stephen Cooper
Keith Tharpe and the Death Penalty’s Racist Roots
06 Mar 2019
The history of the death penalty in America is hewn from the hell of slavery, subjugation and the suffering of black people.
Misha Hill, Alan Essig, Meg Wiehe, Jenice Robinson, Steve Wamhoff and Carl Davis
The Illusion of Race-Neutral Tax Policy
06 Mar 2019
Beginning with the Slave tax, the US has overburdened Black communities with taxes for services that they often don’t get.
Justin Podur
Inside the Neoliberal Laboratory Preparing for the Theft of Venezuela’s Economy
06 Mar 2019
The academic laboratory of the Venezuelan coup is housed at Harvard. “Behind every US-backed war on a foreign people there will be a body of scholarly work.”
R. Divya Nair
A Black American Delegation to India, 1935-36
06 Mar 2019
Black theologian Howard Thurman’s Pilgrimage of Friendship deeply influenced the worldview of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Venezuelan Elections Cleanest in the World
05 Mar 2019
Efia Nwangaza, who served as an international observer of Venezuela’s most recent election, agrees with former President Jimmy Carter that “Venezuela has the most transparent and c
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Black America – Palestine Connection
05 Mar 2019
There have historically been lots of Blacks that “saw Black America as a colony within the US that is waging a struggle for liberation much as the Palestinians” are doing, said Michael
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Words and Deeds of Social Imperialists
28 Feb 2019
The US left makes celebrities of self-styled “socialists” that have no solidarity with real strugglers against imperialism in the world.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Bezos’ Banishment and the Limits of Austerity
27 Feb 2019
The richest man in the world is not the smartest, but even if he was he couldn’t save the system from its contradictions.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
San Francisco Shocked by Heroic Public Defender's Sudden Death and Police Response
27 Feb 2019
The aftermath of a crusading public defender's sudden death has shocked and disturbed critics of the criminal justice system.
Nina Banks
Black Women Pushed Down By Long History of Bias
27 Feb 2019
Black women have the longest history in the labor force, but reap the least rewards. “Black families are more reliant on women’s incomes than other families.”