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by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
A Nation Where Lies Outnumber Truths
17 Jan 2007
by Glen Ford Lies so permeate the assumptions on which U.S. public discourse is based, the truth often finds no place in the conversation. The biggest concentration of lies and liars can be found on corporate TV ‘news’ broadcasts.
Bill Quigley
The Legacy of John Conyers
22 Aug 2007
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing Editor Bruce Dixon When Democrats assumed control of Congress in January, the commencement of impeachment proceedings against Bush and Cheney became a possibility. The man with his finger on the impeachment trigger is the chairman of the…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
GA Prisoner Strike Continues a Second Day, Corporate Media Mostly Ignores Them, Corrections Officials Decline Comment
11 Dec 2010
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The peaceful strike begun by inmates of several Georgia state prisons continued for a second day on Friday, according to family members of some of the participants. Copyrighted news stories by AP, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution and local TV stations in…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
GA Prison Inmates Stage 1-Day Peaceful Strike Today
09 Dec 2010
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon In an action which is unprecedented on several levels, black, brown and white inmates of Georgia's notorious state prison system are standing together for a historic one day peaceful strike today, during which they are remaining in their cells, refusing…
Bill Quigley
Black Prison Gulag and the Police State
05 Mar 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. is King of the global prison hill, the result of a ferocious policy of mass Black incarceration. A new study by researchers at the Pew organization shows the U.S. is number one in numbers of prisoners per capita and sheer size of the national inmate…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Black American Politics in the 21st Century: Is It Time For A New Plan?
14 Jul 2010
We all love and respect our ancestor and freedom fighter Frederick Douglass. But in the 21st century, nobody is trying to imitate his haircut or wear his 19th century clothes. So why is 21st century black America still stuck with Frederick Douglass's political strategy, 140 years later? And how's…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Why Democrats and Republicans Won't Confront Black Mass Incarceration, and Why The Green Party Will
18 Nov 2009
Although the phenomenon of black mass incarceration is at the center of African American life, it continues to be obfuscated or ignored. The bipartisan consensus is that the social policy of black mass incarceration may exist only the minds of black people, and is certainly off the table as a…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
The Two NAACPs and a Century of Struggle
15 Jul 2009
There have always been at least two NAACPs. There has been a national leadership, more sensitive to corporate interests and devoted to what can be won in the court or passed through the legislature this year. And there have always been the NAACP's scores of branches across the country, more and…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Medical Neglect Stalks Georgia Prisons
05 Jan 2011
Can't breathe? Crushing chest pains,... creeping up the side of your neck? See a doctor? In prison? Don't bet on it.
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Community Coalition Meets With GA Corrections Officials, Visits First Prison. What Would Dr. King Say or Do?
22 Dec 2010
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon, with assistance from Ingemar Smith Last Friday members of the Concerned Coaltion to Protect Prisoner Rights met with Georgia correctional officials. The following Monday they commenced the first of a series of fact finding visits to the state's correctional…