Political Economy

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Rural Blacks and Browns at High Risk
18 May 2020
“In the last decade more than 125 rural hospitals have closed,” said Dr Carrie Henning-Smith, of the University of Minnesota School of Public Health and co-author of a st
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Pandemic Has Shaken Global Capitalism to Its Core
18 May 2020
Black America’s most prolific political author, Dr Gerald Horne, notes that the bubonic plague “set the stage for the erosion of feudalism in 14th century Europe,” l
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 11, 2020
11 May 2020
Biden’s “Lift Every Voice” Proposal Appeals to Black Misleaders
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“Scent of Africa” Marketed to “Afropolitans”
11 May 2020
Fifty years after most African nations won nominal independence, ad agencies are marketing upscale products like the perfume “Scent of Africa” to so-called “Afropolitans,” a cohort defined by
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Systemic Collapse is “Total”
11 May 2020
The current meltdown is “a total crisis of the system” in all its economic, social and political aspects, said Duboisian scholar Dr Anthony Monteiro.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Biden’s “Lift Every Voice” Proposal Appeals to Black Misleaders
11 May 2020
Black Alliance for Peace national organizer Ajamu Baraka said de facto Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden’s “Lift Every Voice” plan for Black America “assumes th
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Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 4, 2020
04 May 2020
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 4, 2020 Corporate Media Largely Decide Which Black Lives Matter
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Black Ex-Felons Are Slow to Vouch for Other Former Offenders
04 May 2020
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, Black former offenders “need to see strong evidence" that the formerly incarcerated person has really changed, said Sandra Susan Smith, a
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Dubois’ Views on “Veil” of Blackness Explains White Suburban Micro-Aggressions
04 May 2020
Upscale Black mothers who moved to Detroit’s white suburbs in search of better schools for their kids are suffering “battle fatigue” from constant struggles with their neighbors, according to
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Corporate Media Largely Decide Which Black Lives Matter
04 May 2020
A study by sociology professor Alicia Simmons, of Colgate University, found that corporate media journalists sometimes adopt an adversarial relationship with local police, but