Social Movement: Obama’Laid and the Internet
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR columnist Jared A. Ball, Ph.D.The recent Netroots Nation conference shows that Obama'Laid is easily dispensed in digital form, inebriating millions. What does it...
View ArticleReclaiming the Dream and Brand Obama
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR columnist Jared BallA stroll through Al Sharpton's recent MLK-themed demonstration, in Washington,DC, was anything but a walk down memory lane. Gone were...
View ArticleThe Most Visible Mulattoes: Drake and Obama Match Hip-Hop and Politics
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR columnist Jared BallMulattoes are all the rage in some circles, for obvious presidential reasons. Deep political and social meaning is invested in the...
View ArticleBlack August and Crises of Hip-Hop as Euphemism
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR editor Jared A. BallHip-hop has become a meaningless word – or worse, a word shellacked with so many saleable commercial and political meanings that it becomes a...
View ArticleAt Least Some Ministers Tell the TRUTH: Hip-Hop, Social Media and...
Black Agenda Radio commentary by editor and columnist Jared BallTheoretically, “any Black woman or man is a potential revolutionary.” But here’s another truth: No organization, no revo – whether the...
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