African America

Blacks to Arrive at Promised Land in Year 2244
17 Aug 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Obama Legacy Part VII: The Deporter in Chief
17 Aug 2016
by Danny Haiphong Donald Trumps racist rants against immigrants have overshadowed the fact that “more undocumented immigrants have been deported under Obama's rule than any other in history” --…
Bakari Kitwana
Arresting Development: The State Targets Activists to Derail a Movement
17 Aug 2016
by Bakari Kitwana The movement against police terror is spawning another generation of political prisoners, many of them virtually unknown and without organizational support. “Unknown numbers of…
Black Agenda Report for Week of August 15, 2016
16 Aug 2016
Greens are Alternative to “Democratic Plantation” Ajamu Baraka, the veteran Black activist tapped as Jill Stein’s presidential running mate, said the Green Party can make a difference, this year, by…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Police State Fascism
10 Aug 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Black people live under a fascist system, whether the occupant of the White House is a “fascist” or not. For Blacks, the “rule of law” does not…
Ramor Ryan
Anatomy of a Neoliberal Racist Killing Machine
10 Aug 2016
by Ramor Ryan The U.S. exports to the rest of the world an industrial-strength strategy of policing that is rooted “in counterinsurgency campaigns.” The “Broken Windows” philosophy of policing…
Black Agenda Report for Week of August 8, 2016
08 Aug 2016
Voters Have Choices Outside the Duopoly Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both “evil” people, but U.S. voters do have choices this election season, said South Carolina activist and author Kevin…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Baltimore: Impunity for the Police and Prison for the Resisters
03 Aug 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka President Obama’s justice department intervened to bring the full weight of federal law down on those that resisted killer cops in the streets. “The…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Coalition Declares Black Self-Determination Back on the Agenda
03 Aug 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford After two generations of “Black social disintegration, economic retrogression and political confusion” ushered in through the collaboration of the Black…
David Sole
Rev. Pinkney’s Appeal Denied
03 Aug 2016
by David Sole A Michigan court ruled that Rev. Edward Pinkney’s political activism was enough motive to send him to prison for 2 ½ to 10 years charges. By such warped judicial reasoning, courts “can…