The Last Poets: the hip-hop forefathers who gave black America its voice
Jalal Mansur Nuriddin, Abiodun Oyewole and Umar Bin Hassan. Photograph: Michael Ochs Archives By Rebecca Bengal You can trace the…
It’s Time for Police to Start Snitching
Communities of color are actually disproportionately likely to report crimes—it’s police themselves who have maintained a corrosive culture of silence.…
Brittney Cooper Being a black woman in America means realizing that doing everything right may not be enough
The gospel of neoliberalism is a gospel of choices. But for black Americans — especially black women — this gospel…
Melanin Under Attack: Study Shows How Toxic Hair Products Are To Black Women
Black women have higher rates of hormone-mediated problems including pre-term birth, uterine fibroids and infertility. Written By Clarissa Hamlin Melanated…
Black prisoners more likely to be put in solitary, even as overall use declines
By Keri Blakinger Sunday, April 22, 2018 At the end of the 2008 fiscal year, 17.7 of the prisoners in…
New York statue of the Dr. (monster) who experimented on black women will be removed
By Ameena Walker Apr 16, 2018, 4:32pm EDT Following recommendations from the commitee appointed to conduct a 90-day review of…
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…