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Bill Quigley
MLK Injustice Index 2011: Racism, Materialism and Militarism in the US
19 Jan 2011
by Bill Quigley Dr. Martin Luther King sought peace and justice in the material world, for real people. That means our demands must be based on material reality, and our struggle guided by a careful review of the facts. Here are some facts to act upon, in the course of changing our world.
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Poor Reason: Culture Still Doesn’t Explain Poverty
19 Jan 2011
by Stephen Steinberg Let's be clear: There is not and never has been such thing as a self-replicating "culture of poverty. "After 40 years of white backlash, the idea that Black poverty is a product of Black culture is on the ascent. Yet blame-the-victim ideologues claim it takes courage to…
Bill Quigley
Are Anti-Abortion Groups Targeting Black Women?
28 Apr 2010
by Jill Nelson Feigning concern for Black women and children, the infinitely cynical anti-abortion movement has plastered the Atlanta area with posters depicting abortion as genocide. “But who they really want to have more babies is young white girls,” says Black reproductive rights activist…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Black America: Sinking to a New “Bottom”?
07 Apr 2010
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The Black job market is imploding, even as the moneyed classes congratulate themselves on having “turned the corner” toward economic recovery. Alarming Black unemployment patterns indicate that “a perfect storm of racial disadvantage” has occurred. “Virtually…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Justice Department Sides with ACORN – for Its Own Reasons
02 Dec 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford ACORN's suit to retain millions in federal contracts got a big boost from a Justice Department legal opinion essentially siding with the grassroots organizers and against the U.S. Congress. “But one should not jump to the conclusion that the…
Bill Quigley
Black Agenda Morning Shot: Thursday, January 20, 2011 Halima Olufemi on the Scott Sisters Campaign
20 Jan 2011
The Editors
Press Conference, Concerned Committee to Respect Prisoner Rights
09 Jan 2011
The Editors
Elaine Brown on GA Prison Strike, December 14 Democracy Now Interview
14 Dec 2010
Bill Quigley
The Incarceration Capitol of the US: A Struggle Over the Size of New Orleans’ Jail
09 Nov 2010
by Jordan Flaherty The people that rule the “new,” post-Katrina New Orleans want an even bigger jail, which is partially explained by the fact that “The more people locked in Orleans Parish Prison, the higher the funding Sheriff Gusman.” However, a growing community-based movement says No. “…
Bill Quigley
Down Prison Roads
06 Oct 2010
by David Bacon It started out as a teachers’ action, but the “March for California's Future became a march through California's prison towns.” There, in the San Joaquin Valley, the connecting links of mass incarceration and massive defunding of education, are painfully obvious. “Small…