Save the date and make plans to tune in to a special online concert brought to you by Black Power 96 Radio. Free Da Mic! Free the African Nation! features artists from around the country sharing their talents to celebrate the unification and self-determination of the African community! The event will be broadcast LIVE on […]
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This week The People’s War radio show goes live to Chicago to talk with Kamm Howard, Co-Chair of the National Coalition of Blacks for Reparations in America and head of the Reparations Working Group for the Black is Back Coalition for Social Justice, Peace and Reparations. We discuss: The Minneapolis police murder of George Floyd […]
New York City has been the epicenter of the coronavirus pandemic in the U.S. African communities in New York City—already hard hit by homelessness, gentrification, police brutality and murder, joblessness, hunger—are bearing the brunt of COVID-19 deaths. On May 18, The New York Times wrote, “Neighborhoods with high concentrations of black and Latino people, as […]
As the COVID-19 virus wreaks havoc on African, Mexican, and Indigenous communities, the U.S. government is bailing out the Wall Street banks with trillions of dollars. The COVID-19 so-called ‘relief’ stimulus package, signed into law by U.S. president Donald J. Trump, allocated a whopping $425 billion for corporations. That $425 billion is going to the […]
The vastly disproportionate death rate of African people in the U.S. from COVID-19 is attributed to so-called “pre-existing health conditions”. These conditions are imposed on the African community because we can’t afford the profit-driven healthcare, have limited access to healthy food, and are forced to live in poor, high density housing, among other symptoms of […]
Even before COVID-19, Africans in the U.S. had an unemployment rate at least twice the national rate, while the median net worth of white families was 10 times greater than that of African families. Those who are working make up a disproportionate number of “essential” workers, risking their lives to generate greater profits for corporations […]
This week we turn our attention to Africa and efforts being made there to prevent widespread deaths from COVID-19. On April 17th, the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa released a report predicting that “Anywhere between 300,000 and 3.3 million African people could lose their lives as a direct result of COVID-19.” The People’s War […]
Reverend Edward Pinkney is featured on this third episode of WBPU FM’s new weekly radio program covering the coronavirus pandemic from the perspective of the African working class worldwide. Rev. Pinkney is a longtime leader of the Black Autonomy Network Community Organization, working for economic and social justice in Benton Harbor, MI, a 90% African […]
Just like we did during Hurricane Irma, Black Power 96 is providing the most up-to-date information and resources to keep our community healthy and safe during this emergency crisis. Black Power 96’s Underwriting Manager Cierra Johnson and Assistant Station Manager Mr. Eddie are volunteering their time and working from home to compile information on school […]