Black Agenda Report
Black Agenda Report (BAR) is a Black American news outlet and radio program that started in 2006. It covers topics like women’s rights, history, business, sports, and entertainment from a Black American perspective. BAR is independent and Black-owned, and it often positions itself as outside the mainstream, criticizing both the Democratic and Republican parties.
BAR was founded in 2006 as a radio and TV program by Glen Ford, Bruce A. Dixon, Nellie Bailey, Margaret Kimberly, and Leutisha Stills. Ford had previously worked on Black Commentator and left to start BAR with former staff members.
During Barack Obama’s presidency, BAR journalists were highly critical of him, arguing he was influenced by corporations.
BAR, along with Facing South, provided major coverage of the 2010 Georgia prison strike.
BAR has faced various criticisms. Netherlands-based investigative group Bellingcat described BAR as sometimes promoting pro-Assad conspiracy theories, noting BAR’s link to the Serena Shim Award from a pro-Assad group and calling the Syria Solidarity Movement anti-Semitic and fascist. Bellingcat also accused BAR of portraying the Sudanese revolution as a regime-change operation. Some outlets have criticized BAR for denying the persecution of Uyghurs in Xinjiang; Coda Story labeled BAR as part of a fringe leftist circle denying persecution, citing a January 2020 piece by contributing editor Danny Haiphong that denied the existence of concentration camps in Xinjiang.
World Magazine criticized editor and columnist Margaret Kimberly for denying the existence of internment camps, including a tweet she posted. Kimberly also appeared on China’s state-controlled CGTV, where she argued that the United States is not in a position to lecture others on human rights due to its own high incarceration rate.
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