13 October 2016 — Black Agenda Report Apocalypse Hillary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is a dead racist walking; there’s no reason for “progressives” to vote for Clinton for fear of Trump. But everyone “should be terrified of Hillary Clinton getting the kind of landslide that she will interpret as a mandate… Continue reading

7 October 2016 — Black Agenda Report CBC Report Card 2016: Why the Congressional Black Caucus Can’t Lead Black America by Glen Ford with Patrice Johnson for CBC Monitor The 41 full-voting Black Democratic members of the U.S. House scored higher than last year on the new CBC Monitor Report Card, but that’s mostly because… Continue reading

29 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report The Great Debate That Never Was by BAR executive editor Glen Ford If the Green Party’s Jill Stein had been allowed in this week’s presidential debate, it would have transformed the discussion and altered the race. That’s why Democrats and Republicans kept it a duopoly-only affair. “The only… Continue reading

22 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report The Obama Legacy: It’s No Crime For Corporations To Steal From the Public, or the Poor A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon After 8 years of the first black president, it’s time to take stock of what we’ve won and lost, what’s… Continue reading

15 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report  Clinton’s Basket of “Deplorables” by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Hillary Clinton should include herself in her basket of “deplorables.” She’s got “racism” and “sexism” covered through her endorsement of mass Black incarceration and welfare “reform.” Killing hundreds of thousands of Muslims in Syria surely qualifies as Islamophobia,… Continue reading

8 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report Young Blacks are Learning the Nature of the Duopoly Beast by BAR executive editor Glen Ford While Hillary Clinton runs rightward at breakneck speed, attempting to suck every stray Republican into her nasty Big Tent, Black Democrats worry that young African Americans have rejected both major parties.  Black… Continue reading

1 September 2016 — Black Agenda Report Why Black Self-Determination Matters by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Malcolm X correctly anticipated that narrowly conceived “civil rights” could ultimately be curtailed. He therefore urged Black people to demand their human right to self-determination. We are now living in the age of Black rights “give-backs” – or… Continue reading

25 August 2016 — Black Agenda Report Clintonite Conspiracy Theories Hillary Clinton’s agents warn darkly of “conspiracy theories” that might trip up her presidential bid. What they really fear is the release of more damaging facts in the next round of Wikileaks documents. Therefore, the Clintonites are attempting to “poison the well of public discussion,”… Continue reading

18 August 2016 — Black Agenda Report Why Ajamu Baraka? Why Vice President? And Why the Green Party? By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon What does the Green Party nomination of longtime Black Agenda Report contributing editor Ajamu Baraka for Vice President mean for the Green Party and the 2016 presidential election?  Is he… Continue reading

8 August 2016 — Black Agenda Report BAR didn’t send out an issue last week, so here are the links to the stories I could have published: Freedom Rider: Trump, Russia and Democratic Lies by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The real story was that the Democrats rigged the primary elections. The manufactured… Continue reading

28 July 2016 — Black Agenda Report New This Week at Black Agenda Report Obama Prepares to Reinforce the Militarized Police Occupation of Black America by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama is “responsible for the biggest escalation in the history of the one-sided war against Black America. He increased militarization of local police… Continue reading

21 July 2016 — Black Agenda Report New This Week at Black Agenda Report Ready Or Not, the Black Movement Enters a New Stage by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Black youth in the U.S. have crossed a kind of Rubicon, and the rulers are fearful — and so are their henchmen in the Black… Continue reading

13 July 2016 — Black Agenda Report Sanders Didn’t Lose the Black Vote: He Never Had It, and Never Asked Why by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon On the issues, Bernie Sanders should have won the black vote. But presidential politics isn’t just about issues, it’s about entrenched alliances and relations of power. Without… Continue reading

6 July 2016 — Black Agenda Report New This Week at Black Agenda Report Made Man in a Blue Vest: Deray McKesson Is Debutante At Aspen One-Percenters Coming Out Party by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Deray McKesson, a Teach For America trojan horse who inserted himself into the Black Lives Matter Movement was… Continue reading

30 June 2016 — Black Agenda Report New This Week at Black Agenda Report International House Negroes Defend European Union A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford The international House Negro is a bi-product of 500 years of European plunder and conquest of the planet. When the European Union was threatened by… Continue reading

23 June 2016 — Black Agenda Report New This Week at Black Agenda Report Democrats in Denial: The Peoples Summit by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The “Peoples Summit” in Chicago might have been a chance for Berniecrats to compare experiences and insights. But summit organizers, afraid to even call themselves Democrats knew they… Continue reading

15 June 2016 — Black Agenda Report  U.S. Sets Stage for Libya-Like Regime Change in Eritrea, “Africa’s Cuba” by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The U.S. is moving towards war against Eritrea, a fiercely independent African nation of only six million people. Washington has deployed its UN “human rights” proxies to justify another “humanitarian” military… Continue reading

3 June 2016 — Black Agenda Report There is No U.S. War Against ISIS; Instead, Obama is Protecting His “Assets” by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Two years ago, President Obama said he had no strategy to combat the Islamic State. The U.S. is still not waging war against ISIS or “jihadists of any brand… Continue reading

26 May 2016 — Black Agenda Report New This Week at Black Agenda Report Seats on the 2016 Democratic Platform Committee Are NOT a “Political Revolution” by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The Sanders campaign named Cornel West, James Zogby and 3 others to the 15 member Democratic party 2016 platform committee. But platform… Continue reading