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  • Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: September 9th Prison Strike
    15 Jun 2016
    by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Prison inmates around the country have organized to resist the world’s largest and most profitable system of human bondage. Mass Black…
  • Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
    America: The Land of Terrorists and Massacres
    15 Jun 2016
    by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The massacre in Orlando was not the largest mass killing in U.S. history, and the United States has been responsible for the massacre of…
  • 4 out of 5 Prisoners Would Have to be Released to Reduce U.S. Incarceration to 1972 Levels
    15 Jun 2016
    A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. prison system is the true measure of how America regards its Blacks citizens. In a country that is till two-thirds white and…
  • Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
    Muhammad Ali and Dylann Roof: Contested Meanings and Contested Lies
    15 Jun 2016
    by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka In the space of a week, Muhammad Ali was eulogized by “the rapist and petty opportunist politician” Bill Clinton, and the U.S. government announced it would…
  • Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    Keep Muhammed Ali's Legacy Away from Beyonce and Kanye West
    15 Jun 2016
    by Danny Haiphong Airheaded commentators compare Beyonce’s media products and Kanye West’s off-hand quips to Muhammad Ali’s heroic political struggle and genuine sacrifice in the Sixties. That’s…
  • Neal Shirley
    Prisons are for Burning: On Abolition and Dystopia
    15 Jun 2016
    by Neal Shirley When people claim they have a plan to abolish prisons, make sure they are not hawking some techno-analytic, biometric, genetic mapping, computer-based or electronic ankle bracelet…
  • Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 13, 2016
    14 Jun 2016
    FBI Widens Sting Operations Against Dissidents The FBI appears to have widened its web of sting operations to entrap American dissidents in so-called “terrorist plots,” said Sue Udry, executive…
  • Political Prisoner Rev. Edward Pinkney Fears for His Life
    08 Jun 2016
    A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The Black political class is constantly congratulating itself on ancient voting rights victories in the South, yet Rev. Edward Pinkney is…
  • Deon Haywood
    Stop Criminalizing Sex Workers
    08 Jun 2016
    by Deon Haywood  The fight against mass incarceration of the poor must extend to decriminalization of sex workers. “Just as drug use is a public health issue, sex work is born of the…
  • Solomon Comissiong
    Muhammad Ali and the Hypocrites that Pretend They Respected His Political Views
    08 Jun 2016
    by Solomon Comissiong These days, everybody claims to love Muhammad Ali – yet another proof that the United States is the ultimate revisionist nation, reshaping the past to fit its national pretenses…
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