A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Barack Obama’s top African American aide assures Black journalists that the president has “genuine love” for the Black community. It is an insubstantial line of inquiry, the product of “an infantile obsession with the inner world of the Obamas that is wholly disconnected from the real world […]
Glen Ford: Corporate Assault on Public Education
May 28, 2012 by
takeovers of public education key to the hard right’s agenda in the US? In an address this month at NYC’s All Souls Unitarian Church, Glen Ford outlines the linked history of these two right wing efforts, from vouchers to charter schools to the new wave of black politicians like Cory Booker. Click “read more” […]
The Secret Behind Whitney’s Death
February 12, 2012 by
The regretful passing of an American entertainment icon — Whitney Houston — marks yet another sad milestone in the devastating body count of the prescription drug industry…
Xavier Asante’s Response to Tom Joyner
February 9, 2012 by
Tom Joyner’s spent a lot of time talking about Black Pride. Let us not forget that Black Pride includes questioning your government. Huey, Dr. King and Malcolm X would attest…
Black Woman Defends “Racism”
December 4, 2011 by
“I’m American to the bone and Black American to the marrow. Encouraging and socially bullying folks into interracial unions is dangerous for us. We’re only 13% of the population; we will not exist as a people if we mix out.”
As expected, widespread racist murders in Libya at the hands of rebel forces revealed
August 28, 2011 by
They are called “Gaddafi loyalists”, “Sub-Saharan mercenaries” and other phrases the unfortunate reality is that every single black person is now considered to be a mercenary hired by Gaddafi…
NATO Loots Libyan Gold As Tripoli Falls
August 22, 2011 by
Precisely as we predicted last month, NATO forces and their Al-Qaeda backed rebels launched a massive assault on Tripoli in order to wrap up the looting
US, NATO Officials Openly Admit To Arming, Training Libyan Rebels, Forcing Regime Change
August 22, 2011 by
As some quarters of the mainstream media are still reporting that the battle for the Libyan capitol Tripoli is part of a popular uprising, Senior US and NATO officials confirmed today…
NFL Running Back Disputes Official 9/11 Version in Tweet Comment
May 8, 2011 by
A running back for the Pittsburgh Steelers, Rashard Mendenhall, sent out a Tweet recently saying he does not believe hijacked planes are capable of taking down buildings…
Pop Culture Icon Rihanna Put Through TSA Naked Body Scanner In Show Of Power
May 1, 2011 by
The singer Rihanna was stopped at a security checkpoint at Los Angeles International Airport on Wednesday and asked by TSA agents to walk through a full body imaging device. The TSA maintains this is random, yet it is difficult to believe that was so in this case.
