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Kevin Edmonds and Ajamu Nangwaya
On October 15, the United Nations Will Fail Haiti Once AgainOn October 15, the United Nations Will Fail Haiti Once Again
15 Oct 2014
by Kevin Edmonds and Ajamu Nangwaya MINUSTAH’s “record of engaging in acts of extrajudicial murder, sexual assault, suppressing peaceful political protests, undermining democracy and introducing cholera into Haiti are more than enough grounds to revoke its mandate.” However, the chances that the UN…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
Code Black Alert: Slave Patrols Alive and Well Across America, Part 1 – Killing Vonderrit Myers
16 Oct 2014
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo and Kevin Berends Black America long ago came to a consensus on the lawlessness and malevolence of U..S. police institutions. “We have arrived at this point in American history where we don’t need to be polite, or feign ignorance of…
Roberto Lovato
Brothers and Sisters and ISIS
15 Oct 2014
by Rev Reynard N. Blake, Jr. Black folks don’t worry about ISIS, writes the author. But, “Black folk do have something to fear Their local police forces From Manhattan to Staten Or, in Ferguson, Missouri Misery in Missouri.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Privatized Ebola
16 Oct 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has used its billions to capture control of the World Health Organization and determine who lives and dies from Ebola. As a result, “While African governments and aid organizations sounded the alarm the WHO…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Homage to the Freedom-Fighting Freeman Bros
16 Oct 2014
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner The Freedom-fighting Freeman Bros are Heroes, now, just as they were back then, Stellar, like the Nicholas Bros to tap dancing The Alou, Alomar and knuckle-balling Niekro and 3rd base Boyer Bros to baseball Like the Heath, Marsalis and Jones Bros to Jazz…
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Red Salute to Cousin, Comrade Wayne Pharr
17 Sep 2014
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Living on 81st and 83rd Streets between Avalon and Central we learned the Devil wore dark blue, not red, Delivered hell up South, out South in black and white
Jahi Issa
How Black Colleges are Turning White: The Ethnic Cleansing of HBCUs in the Age of Obama, Part II
22 Oct 2014
by Dr. Jahi Issa Black enrollment at historically white universities continues to plummet, while federal support for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) crumbles at an accelerated rate under the First Black U.S. President. Meanwhile, many historically Black institutions boast…
Rev. Reynard N. Blake Jr
If You Think Ebola Is Dangerous…
22 Oct 2014
by Reverend Reynard N. Blake, Jr Fear-mongering Corporate media transmits Ebola Instead of promoting health Sensationalism turns people into victims Emergency rooms overflow Reaction to those that really need help--slow
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The New York Times Assassinates Michael Brown
23 Oct 2014
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley a href="http://www.blackagendareport.com/node/14481" target="_blank">Police don’t murder Black people all by themselves; they have accomplices in media. The New York Times routinely “gives aid and comfort to American lynch law.” In the case…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Obama’s Cynical, Stilted Response to Ebola vs. Cuba’s Magnificent Mobilization
16 Oct 2014
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford President Obama initially offered Ebola-afflicted West Africa “a paltry $22 million to set up a 25-bed field hospital in Liberia at a time when literally thousands of beds – and health care professionals – were needed if there was to be any hope of containment.”…