| Black Agenda Report

Vincent Lloyd
Black Religion as Black Radicalism
30 Aug 2017
Secularism, says Vincent Lloyd, "wants to give the police better training, to give soldiers humanitarian missions -- not abolish the police and the military.”
Jennifer Berkshire
Race and the Right’s War on “Government Schools”
30 Aug 2017
“These white property holders who suppressed the vote of all other citizens really did not want to pay taxes to support the education of any but their own children.”
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Senators Cory Booker, Al Franken, and Elizabeth Warren Propose that the US “Prevent Genocide”
30 Aug 2017
Senators Cory Booker, Al Franken, and Elizabeth Warren Propose that the US “Prevent Genocide” By BAR Contributor Ann Garrison
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Boston Protest of White Supremacy and Fascism Reveal Deep Contradictions of the Trump Era
30 Aug 2017
Danny Haiphong Boston Protest of White Supremacy and Fascism Reveal Deep Contradictions of the Trump Era by Danny Haiphong “The two ruling parties in the US, which have united to wage an all-out assault on the oppressed both here and worldwide.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Joe Arpaio Is No Aberration
30 Aug 2017
Freedom Rider: Joe Arpaio Is No Aberration by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley “The carceral system must be torn out root and branch.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Trump, Joe Arpaio and the Black Codes
31 Aug 2017
Trump, Joe Arpaio and the Black Codes by BAR executive editor Glen Ford “The international corporate elite of both parties have no use for the symbolism and crude language of the Confederacy and Jim Crow.”
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
A Li'l Somethin' for Dick Gregory
31 Aug 2017
A Li'l Somethin' for Dick Gregory by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our white-bearded cannon fell silent— The day became grayer… I know, I know, I know, I know… He was my Mom’s favorite funnyman— She bought his books, his vinyl Speaking to her like Malcolm (who she shared Turkish Coffee…
Ken Morgan
Black America and the Imperial War Against Afghanistan
31 Aug 2017
“Black oppression and U.S. global imperialism are complements.” Donald Trump recently extended U.S. imperialistic plans for Afghanistan. His “made in America” plan resembles that of his ruling class predecessors Obama and Bush. Trump’s plan drew mixed reviews from the U.S. Congress. Some thought it…
Ken Morgan
Houston: Increasing the Profit Portfolio, Decreasing the Human Portfolio
06 Sep 2017
“Houston’s real estate and economic development markets, loaded with oil refineries and vast profit schemes, pushed flood control planning down the river Hurricane Harvey affected 6.8 million Texans, according to big business media. It adversely affected a quarter of the “lone star state’s”…
Curtis Black
Behind Fascist Balbo Monument, a History of Multiracial Resistance
06 Sep 2017
“Italian Americans and African Americans drew explicit connections between fascist ideology and the racist and repressive system existing here.”