| Black Agenda Report

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Cord Whitaker’s “Black Metaphors”
09 Oct 2019
Whites’ fear of and oppression and violence toward blacks was born in the Middle Ages. “White people are afraid that black people will wrest from them their greatest power—the power that comes with embodying the norm.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Naa Oyo Kwate’s “Burgers in Blackface”
09 Oct 2019
Racist restaurants cater to America’s nostalgia for a racial past of blatant white supremacy. “Racism is woven into tradition, into fun, into the places people gather with friends and family.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
09 Oct 2019
This week Barack Obama’s presidency and the Hong Kong protests were on your mind. We share your letters for “Obama, the Greatest War President: a Book Review” and “Why the Hong Kong Human Rights and Democracy Act of 2019 Must Be Opposed.”
BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner
Impeachable Boss Tweet
09 Oct 2019
in the swamp, downstream not far from the White Supreme Court and Capitalist Hill, Boss Tweet sings in the War House’s Offal Office “Impeach me— my weak, impeachable DEMS— Impeach me— Nancys, Stenys, Chucks and Jims… Just one charge from you brings out the bipartisan…
by BAR contributor Ann Garrison Ann Garrison
Impeachment Watch
09 Oct 2019
In their crusade to get Trump and distract from their own corruption, the Democrats have moved on from Russiagate to an impeachment inquiry over “Ukrainegate.” “The impeachment frenzy is just as ridiculous and just as likely to backfire.”
Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor
Five Years Later, Do Black Lives Matter?
09 Oct 2019
Five years since its inception, a look at what the Black Lives Matter movement accomplished and the important work it left unfinished. “Today, there are few signs of the grassroots Black Lives Matter movement that in its first years captured the imagination and hopes of young black people and…
by BAR Staff
Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for Liberation, and a Tribute to Co-Founder Bruce Dixon
09 Oct 2019
6p to 9p on Saturday, October 26 at the People’s Forum, 320 West 37th Street, New York City. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/black-agenda-reports-13th-anniversary-tickets-72333259727 Black Agenda Report’s 13th Anniversary: An Evening of Information and Inspiration for…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Impeachment and the Long Road to a Democratic Party Defeat in 2020
09 Oct 2019
Impeachment helps the Democratic Party catch a breath of temporary relief from subjects such as Medicare for All or climate catastrophe. “Corporate Democrats are making the impeachment process nothing more than a rehash of Russiagate.”
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Botham Jean, Joshua Brown and Antonio Williams
09 Oct 2019
The death of a police murder witness in Dallas is reminiscent of another police atrocity and coverup in New York City. “Not one black elected official in New York City has publicly commented on this most recent instance of police lynch law.” We know that a black person is killed by the police,…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The CIA Goes HBCU
10 Oct 2019
The world’s most prolific assassins, regime changers and disinformation specialists have been given free rein to recruit and shape curriculum at the largest Black higher education system in the nation. “The Democratic Party’s Black minions have insanely embraced the agency as part of the ‘…