| Black Agenda Report

Dr. Rhone Fraser
Eslanda: The Large and Unconventional Life of Mrs. Paul Robeson - A Review
29 Apr 2014
by Rhone Fraser, Ph.D. Eslanda "Essie" Cardozo Goode Robeson – the anthropologist-journalist wife of Paul – was an important historical figure in her own right, especially her contributions to anti-colonialism. She “condemned African Uncle Toms, these would-be Frenchmen, Britons, etc., the…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
My Wise Country Cousin on Ol’ See-Eye- (Confidential Informant) Sebben…
29 Apr 2014
by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner Whetha he wearin’ wire, Gerri-curl, or de ‘Cess Wen he cum, you know he cumin wit sum mess
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Jail the Bankers? Obama Has Been Their Staunchest Defender
07 May 2014
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford In the second half of his second term, Obama and his crew seek to rewrite the history of his administration. Attorney General Eric Holder now declares that no bank is too big to jail. But the reality is, Wall Street’s “impunity is infinite. Holder and Obama work…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: How Not to “Bring Back our Girls”
07 May 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Hundreds of Nigerian girls were kidnapped by Boko Haram fighters, three weeks ago. The abductions got very little media coverage, so the wave of U.S. revulsion is only now surfacing. Americans urge their government to “do something,” but know…
Mel Reeves
Condoleezza Rice is Not Qualified to Speak on Civil Rights
06 May 2014
by Mel Reeves Faculty and student groups a the University of Minnesota insulted history and Black America, last month, inviting Condoleezza Rice to speak on the legacy of the Civil Rights Movement. Rice and her immediate family rejected that Movement. “She is not a beacon of the Civil Rights…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Historic Plague of Individualism Continues Under Present Day US Capitalism
06 May 2014
by Danny Haiphong Capitalists hoodwink the masses into belief in an ideal of individualism, which “places sole blame for the misery of capitalism on the individual person experiencing it.” The U.S. Founding Fathers – a group of very rich white men – created a political infrastructure in which…
Patrick Bond
Nigeria: Africa’s Number One Economy, for Wealth Evaporation
06 May 2014
by Patrick Bond Based on new calculations, Nigeria no ranks as Africa’s biggest economy. Actually, it is losing wealth a a frightening pace. In addition to the sheer volume of theft that drains the Nigerian people of their national patrimony, the biggest drain “is the depletion of natural resources…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Shangri-La re-zoned…
06 May 2014
by Raymond Nat Turner Must each generation’s Shangri-La turn into… ?
Margaret Flowers
Obamacare’s Empty Victory
07 May 2014
By Dr. Margaret Flowers Millions of Obama voters in 2008 imagined they voted for universal health. What they got instead was Obamacare, an incredibly complex thicket of laws, regulations and exceptions requiring millions to purchase private health insurance which might or might not provide adequate…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Jackson Rising: Black Millionaires Won't Lift Us Up, But Cooperation & the Solidarity Economy Might
07 May 2014
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon “320 activists from all over the country, including 80 or more from Jackson and surrounding parts of Mississippi converged on the campus of Jackson State University for Jackson Rising. ” Has raising up more black millionaires been a successful economic…