| Black Agenda Report

by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Corey Booker and the Hard Right's Colonization of Black American Politics
24 May 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A new black political class has arisen, one with only nominal connections to black voters or communities Their careers and orientation are corporate through and through. Some prominent black Democrats have actually been operatives of the hard right for decades…
Jordan Flaherty
Arson Attack on Women's Health Organization in New Orleans
30 May 2012
by Jordan Flaherty Arsonists targeted a grassroots poor women’s health group, in New Orleans. The motive was clearly political. Although some items of value were taken, “many valuables were left including computer monitors, office equipment, even some beer left over from a reception…
Joshunda Sanders
Media's Portrayal of Black Youths Contributes to Racial Tension
30 May 2012
by Joshunda Sanders Black guilt is written in the skin, and assumed until proven otherwise. That’s how U.S. society and media operate, pronouncing a negative verdict on a whole people, especially those who are young and male. Black lives in which pathological drama is absent are deemed…
Thomas C. Mountain
UN Starves One Million Somalis on 10 Cents A Day
30 May 2012
by Thomas C. Mountain The United States enlisted Ethiopia, Uganda, the African Union, and the United Nations to destroy the lives and sovereignty of the Somali people. The subjugation of Somalia has cost billions, which the Americans have freely spent, but Washington and its vassals…
Dan Glazebrook
Libya, Africa and Africom: The Ongoing Disaster
30 May 2012
Libya’s destruction gave AFRICOM a renewed lease on life. The U.S. Africa Command “has now announced an unprecedented fourteen major joint military exercises in African countries for 2012.” Meanwhile, the NATO-created “government” of Libya passed Law 37, which imposes life in prison for “glorifying…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Posing a Direct Threat to the 1964 Civil Rights Act: The Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
30 May 2012
by BAR editor and columnist Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Embedded in a bill that purports to “enhance” protections for whistleblowers is a poison pill: provisions that would roll back the 1964 Civil Rights Act by effectively denying due process to minority complainants in the federal…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Criminal Injustice System
30 May 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley If police states are ranked by the number of persons imprisoned, then the U.S. is the world’s worst and biggest police state. The system runs on greed and racism. “Being ‘tough on crime’ is a metaphor for keeping black people under…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Cleaning Up Obama’s “Dark Side”
31 May 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Obama’s handlers, with the able assistance of the New York Times, paint a presidential portrait that “reconciles the old, imagined Obama with Dick Cheney’s ‘dark side.’” The president routinely violates international law and subverts the U.S.…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Bloodthirsty Americans
06 Jun 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Barack Obama, who lots of deluded people not too long ago imagined was a man of peace, wants the American people to think of him as a cold killer. He’s betting that’s the kind of president his countrymen desire. Violence-wise, the U…
Jemima Pierre
Black Migrants in White Israel
06 Jun 2012
by BAR editor and columnist Jemima Pierre The race riots in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem pointed up the virulently anti-Black nature of Israeli prejudice. Carrying sticks and stones, the crowds shouted “Blacks Out!” and “Infiltrators get out of our homes.” A veteran reporter said only a…