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Bill Quigley
Living for Change: The Jena 6 and Black Leadership
10 Oct 2007
by Stephen Ward The most salient aspects of the recent demonstration in Jena, Louisiana, are the grassroots nature of the protest and massive involvement of African American youth. The plight of the Jena 6 touched young Blacks where they live - in a world "that over-polices and criminalizes…
Leutisha Stills
Four Worst Black Congresspersons Revealed by CBC Monitor
26 Sep 2007
Latest Report Card Also Evaluates non-Black Reps. with Large Black Constituencies by Leutisha Stills, CBC Monitor Legislative Analyst As tens of thousand of party-goers flock to Washington, DC, to celebrate the Black presence on Capitol Hill, the watchdog CBC Monitor exposes the fractures…
Bill Quigley
Jena: the Next Step
26 Sep 2007
by Gary Younge The author, a Black Brit, reminds America that "the world is watching" the unfolding drama of American race relations, recently centered on Jena. Possibly the most notable aspect of the protest is the deep and energetic involvement of youth, without which no real Movement can…
Bill Quigley
Living for Change: Detroit, City of Hope
26 Sep 2007
by Grace Lee Boggs How does one - no, how does a community tackle devastation that descended from outside sources, but also set loose internal demons that eat away at the very foundations of civic solidarity? The author takes "self-help" to a higher level of thoroughgoing community…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The U.S. Push to Seize Control of Africa’s Gulf of Guinea Oil
03 Oct 2007
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford The U.S. has developed a formula for divesting countries of their national wealth and territorial integrity: declare them incompetent to "protect" vital resources - "failed states" - and then use this pretext to seize control of those resources. This…
Bill Quigley
From Imus to Industry: The Business of Stereotypes and Degrading Images
03 Oct 2007
by Lisa Fager There can be no doubt that much Hip Hop product is pathological. But who's product is it? Industry activist Lisa Fager went to Capitol Hill to school lawmakers on the real purveyors of audio and video mayhem: the music and communications corporations that control the destructive…
Bill Quigley
Ethnic Cleansing in San Francisco
03 Oct 2007
by Don Santina Not so long ago, San Francisco was home to about 100,000 Blacks, and the Fillmore district was a thriving Mecca of African American life. Today, Fillmore is gone, wiped out by "Negro Removal" in the guise of "redevelopment," and the city's Black population has shrunk to 40,000 -…
Bill Quigley
Studies Plumb Depths of Black Maternal Health Woes
03 Oct 2007
by Molly M. Ginty The stresses of racism contribute mightily to horrendous mortality levels among Black women and infants in the United States, according to a group of studies recently released by the Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies. Black women and their children are besieged…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Little Rock Nine Caused a ‘Crack in Time’
03 Oct 2007
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The true legacy of the Little Rock Nine is much larger than the struggle for school desegregation. Because of their heroism, a president opposed to integration was forced to bring to bear federal military power on the side of African Americans for the first…
Bill Quigley
CBC's Annual Legislative Confernce: Our Best & Brightest? What if We Really Believed It?
05 Sep 2007
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