African America

FBI Chief Gets the “Ferguson Effect” All Wrong
30 Oct 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Cops that think they’ve been abandoned by the Obama administration are out of their minds. “Obama is only seeking to put a smiling face…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 28, 2015
27 Oct 2015
Three Days of Protest Against Police Violence in New York City The Stop Mass Incarceration Network’s Rise Up October campaign brought thousands into the streets of New York for three days of actions…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Blacks Will Transform America, and Free Themselves, But Not at the Ballot Box in 2016
22 Oct 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford It is paradoxical that African Americans, who politically most resemble the Scandinavian social democrats Bernie Sanders claims to admire, are not supporting Sanders…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
TFA/BlackLivesMatter/CampaignZero Activist Brittney Packnett (Almost) Tries to Defend the Indefensible
22 Oct 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Stung by growing public recognition of Teach For America's heinous role in destabilizing communites and destroying public education, CampaignZero/…
Find Out What the “Or Else” Is: March with the Black Is Back Coalition in Washington, Nov. 7
21 Oct 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford If Black people are engaged in a renewed “movement,” what are the demands? The Black Is Back Coalition will bring the demand for Black…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Reckless Eyeballing in the Former Chocolate City and Rise Up October in New York
21 Oct 2015
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Until this decade, Washington, DC was the quintessential “Chocolate City,” where Blackness was normal and white folks acclimated themselves to…
Abayomi Azikiwe
Militarization of U.S. Police is a Reflection of United States Foreign Policy
21 Oct 2015
by Abayomi Azikiwe “The militarization of U.S. society is as old as the American system itself,” but the policy kicked into a high gear in the mid to late Sixties, to crush Black urban revolt. In…
Solomon Comissiong
Massa I Won’t Tell: Why Many Black Athletes/Entertainers Remain Silent on Social Justice Issues
21 Oct 2015
by Solomon Comissiong We collectively cringe when they speak before the cameras: Black athletes and entertainers mouthing words designed to please racist white fans. “Why should any African/black…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 21, 2015
20 Oct 2015
Why Not Hundreds of Rise Up October Campaigns? When the Rise Up October campaign against police violence arrives in New York City for three days of demonstrations, this weekend, the People’s…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter: Chat Partners with Hillary
14 Oct 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #BlackLivesMatter organization is now part of the 2016 Democratic Party election machinery, assuming its role as a power broker on behalf of Black people. It’s a…