Four Years Later In Flint: Residents Rally Over Shut Down In Free Bottled Water Program
Residents are expressing more troubles in the crisis over tainted water. Written By Clarissa Hamlin Four years of protests, petitions,…
The Report on Race That Shook America
Justin Driver It came out in 1968—yet little has changed since the Kerner Commission denounced “white racism.” In July 1967,…
Mayor Hopes to Preserve Historic Black Town in Oklahoma
Once numbering more than 50, 13 historically black towns in Oklahoma are struggling to survive. By Associated Press, Wire Service…
Building Movement Politics Means Fighting Democrats
Glen Ford, BAR executive editor Building Movement Politics Means Fighting Democrats “In the absence of a renewed, grassroots street offensive…
Some Black Gun Control Activists Felt Left Out by March for Our Lives
y Megan Hobson was 16 when she was wounded in a drive-by shooting. She says black Miamians weren’t included enough…
The Great, Bloody Black Dispersal from the Cities
Glen Ford, BAR executive editor The Great, Bloody Black Dispersal from the Cities “The grand plan is to reverse the…
Racial justice groups sue DHS to release contents of ‘Race Paper’
Roz Edward, Michigan Chronicle Managing Editor Posted March 19, 2018 Document Raises Questions About Escalating Government Surveillance and Criminalization of…
America’s 12 Slaveholding Presidents
Michael Coard Mar 10, 2018 In my Freedom’s Journal columns on February 24 and March 3 here in The Philadelphia…
50 years after the Kerner Commission
African Americans are better off in many ways but are still disadvantaged by racial inequality Report • By Janelle Jones,…
EPA Report Proves That Black Communities More Likely to Breathe Toxic Air
People of color have a 35 percent higher chance of living near emission polluting facilities than their White counterparts—and the…