African America

Dr. Gerald Horne , Anthony Ballas
Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism
21 Jan 2026
Jake Paul’s ascent in boxing is a cultural symptom of an empire in decline. It reflects a country that now prefers empty spectacle over real strength, both in sports and on the world stage.
Anthony Rogers-Wright
Preserving the Legacy of Martin Luther King and The Black Radical Tradition Requires Saving Both from the Congressional Black Caucus More than from white moderates and white supremacists (Or, I said what I said)
21 Jan 2026
Preserving the Black Radical Tradition demands struggle not only against white supremacists, but also against the co-opted Black political class who actively support the very evils Dr. King named.
Mark P. Fancher
A Role for Africans In Exile: “Revolutionaries at Large”
21 Jan 2026
Africans in the U.S. must weaponize their position and sabotage imperial projects from the inside. Black revolutionaries must modify traditional strategy.
Monique Welch-Rutherford
This Texas County Is the Deadliest Place in the U.S. for Black Mothers to Give Birth
21 Jan 2026
Harris County, home to a world-renowned medical center, holds the worst maternal death rate for Black women in the entire nation. This staggering statistic represents a systemic failure that subjects…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Autocracy in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Eric D. Walrond, 1923
14 Jan 2026
“[T]he United States on March 31, 1917,...acquired the three Danish West Indian isles…subsequently rechristened “the Virgin Islands of the United States.”
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The Domestic Global South and The Need for Climate and Environmental Internationalism
14 Jan 2026
True environmental liberation demands south-to-south solidarity against racial capitalism, linking the struggles of oppressed communities from Palestine to Louisiana under a shared framework of…
Pan-African Community Action
Occupation Forces Upheld by Federal Judiciary Demonstrates DC’s Need for Community Control
14 Jan 2026
While politicians debate legal procedure, residents of Washington DC live under a sustained military deployment, exposing how both federal and local power collaborate against them.
Hanna Eid
Hyperscale Data Centers and the Production of Waste
14 Jan 2026
The A.I. revolution has a hidden cost. Its massive data centers create huge amounts of waste and decimate labor and humanity.
Adam Mahoney
After a White Town Rejected a Data Center, Developers Targeted a Black Area
14 Jan 2026
Four million Americans live within 1 mile of a data center. The communities closest to them are “overwhelmingly” non-white.
Michael Smith
Malcolm X’s Daughters Sue NYPD, FBI About Their Role in His Assassination
14 Jan 2026
A top-notch legal team is delving into how the FBI and their local police partners collaborated in both the assassination of Malcolm X and Chicago Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton.