| Black Agenda Report

by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Home Runs, Heroes and Hypocrisy: Performance Enhancement in Black and White
13 Jun 2007
by Tim Wise White baseball fans haven't changed much since Jackie Robinson's day. They infuse the sport with their ingrained prejudices, seeking to exclude from contemporary greatness Black athletes they once kept out of the game, altogether. As Barry Bonds approaches home-run kingship, white…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Democracy is Dead, It’s Movement Time (Part 2)
19 Sep 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The beat-down given to Black activist Rev. Lennox Yearwood by Capitol Police signals that Democratic rule in the U.S. House of Representatives does not translate to democracy. Democratic leadership - who could easily rein in the Capitol…
Bill Quigley
2007 Lawn Jockey Award Comes to the Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference, September 26
22 Aug 2007
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon When George Curry's Emerge Magazine published its famous 1993 cover depicting US Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as "Lawn Jockey for the Far Right", he used ridicule to ignite a potent WMD --- a weapon of mass discussion among African Americans…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Rest in Peace al-Maliki
29 Aug 2007
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley It seems history is about to repeat itself, with disastrous consequences for Iraq. Forty-four years ago, President John Kennedy gave the go-…
Bill Quigley
Inching Toward Insanity: Why Michael Vick is Not a Fascist
29 Aug 2007
by Dave Zirin Michael Vick is not a good guy, but he is also not a threat to society at-large. Maybe to dogs of a certain breed. The hysteria over Vick's abuse of animals actually reveals more about the inhumane attitude of many Americans to their fellow humans, and to Black people in…
Bill Quigley
Integrated Education: A Dream Deferred
29 Aug 2007
by Lewis M. Steel The long journey back into night regarding school integration has been all but completed by Bush's Supreme Court. Despite great expectations for the Brown decision, back in 1954, the reality has been a kind of twilight, ever since, with no real commitment from the High Court…
Bill Quigley
Hispanic Media Confronts the Demon: Gonzales. Black Media Should Learn a Lesson
30 Aug 2007
Hispanic Media Confronts the Demon: Gonzales. Black Media Should Learn a Lesson A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford "The Latino press resisted the reflexive urge to circle the wagons around one of their own, and accepted the fact that Alberto Gonzales is George Bush's boy." Alberto…
Bill Quigley
Hispanic Media Confronts the Demon: Gonzales. Black Media Should Learn a Lesson
29 Aug 2007
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The Latino press and Hispanic political structures have accepted that former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales was a house boy - a servant of the Bush family - not their champion. It was a bitter pill to swallow. With remarkable political maturity,…
Bill Quigley
Blueprint for Gulf Renewal: An Action Agenda
04 Sep 2007
A report by the Institute for Southern Studies The Institute for Southern Studies has issued a report and call for action on the Gulf catastrophe that is mightily worthy of study - and action. The central theme is to "bring the people home" - but that is precisely what both Republicans…
Bill Quigley
The Crisis in Darfur and Chad
05 Sep 2007
by Bill Bonnar We get an intimate outlook on the conflict in the vast country of Sudan - Africa's largest nation - from Bill Bonnar, a member of Sudan's long-banned Communist Party. Islamist forces have seized the arms of government, but not of society. They have, therefore, become enemies of…