African America

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
There’s Nothing "Transformative" About Bernie Sanders (He’s Just Not Hillary)
18 Feb 2016
Bernie Sanders’ domestic policies more clearly match Black America’s left-leaning politics – but they will still reject him in favor of Hillary Clinton, who Blacks think has a better chance against…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Know Thyself? Why Individual and Internal Political Struggle Is Necessary in A Movement
17 Feb 2016
by Danny Haiphong The author traces his development as a “self-identified Asian-American” actively engaged in revolutionary politics. “It became clear that neither reactionary racist ideas nor the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 15, 2016
16 Feb 2016
Heads Should Roll Over Flint – Like Watergate “What did they know, and when did they know it?” That’s the question Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo would pose to everyone involved in the poisoning of Flint…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Throw Off the Dead Weight of the Democratic Party
11 Feb 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “Blacks haven’t transformed the Democratic Party by our overwhelming presence. Instead, the Party has transformed us – and overwhelmed our radical politics.” The…
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Beyonce and the Politics of Cultural Dominance
10 Feb 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Ajamu Baraka Beyonce and her dancers perform in pseudo-Panther gear, pretending that resistance to the state is a matter of fashionability. “It is incredibly naive…
Beyoncé, James Brown and Black Movements
10 Feb 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Beyoncé has wowed her public again with the YouTube and Superbowl versions of “Formation” – but it’s really all about capital formation…
Lacino Hamilton
Incarcerated Lives Matter
10 Feb 2016
by Lacino Hamilton The struggle against mass incarceration has gained broad support in recent years. However, “as long as reducing the incarceration rate is confined to fiscal pressures, little…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 8, 2016
09 Feb 2016
McKesson Parachutes into Baltimore Democratic Mayoral Primary DeRay McKesson, the Twitter communicator who heads Campaign Zero, is a “ridiculous” candidate for mayor of Baltimore, said Jill Carter,…
Going “International” on Racist Uncle Sam
03 Feb 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Charging the United States with serious violations of Black people’s human rights, a UN panel of experts endorsed Black community control…
Netfa Freeman
From Civil Rights to Human Rights, Black Community Control Now!
03 Feb 2016
by Netfa Freeman A United Nations Working Group preliminary report on human rights violations against Black America advocates Black community control of police. That’s the general position of Pan…