Old Wounds and New Pain: The Oscar Grant Tragedy
by Khalil Gibran MuhammadWith maddening repetition, we are taught and re-taught the same lesson: Black life is cheap in America. “The burden of blackness is to prove one’s innocence, to justify one’s...
View ArticleDyson's Message to Black Youth: You Are Cowards to Be Blamed, Beaten and Jailed!
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR columnist Jared A. BallMichael Eric Dyson, who claims to have recovered from Obama-ism, blames Black youth for failure to save the Democrats from themselves in...
View ArticleAmerica’s Disappeared
by Chris HedgesWhen three guys go missing in the ghetto, it’s an ordinary event. The criminal justice system is a body-snatcher. “In America, when you are poor, you can instantly disappear into the...
View ArticleRacist Pot Prosecution in Louisiana
by Bill Quigley Although whites and Blacks use marijuana at roughly equal rates, Blacks are far more likely to be arrested for possession. In Louisiana, the racial bias in prosecution is extreme. “In...
View ArticleListen to Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network, with Glen Ford...
Listen to Black Agenda Radio on the Progressive Radio Network, with Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey – Week of 11/27/13 Black Man Fights Death Sentence Based on Racial Predisposition to MurderA broad-based...
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