Chuck Squatriglia

3 weeks ago | blackagendareport.com | Raymond Turner |Anthony Rogers-Wright |David Cobb |Chuck Squatriglia

For millions, a job is no longer enough to afford housing—yet the myth that homeless people don’t work still dominates public opinion. Originally published in Invisible People. While homeless and living in a shelter, one of my neighbors was a woman not much older than my Mom. One day, I learned that she was a certified full-time medical assistant. Her husband, disabled, was not able to work. Due to rising rents in New York City, they couldn’t afford to pay their rent anymore.

1 month ago | blackagendareport.com | Anthony Rogers-Wright |Raymond Turner |Chuck Squatriglia |Ann Garrison

Billionaire bought and bossed talk shop. Alcohol, Geritol andProtocol reign shares traded on the floor. Well-off windbags—Huff and puff—only to stuffOur needs; pleas; SOSs; in cylindrical files destined for dumpsters …Wise old owl flaps tethered wings. And peers over red readersFor Kabuki Theater: Testicular Cancer versus Zombie Lies …Weasel words kiss king’s ring. Avert government shutdown.

2 months ago | blackagendareport.com | David Cobb |Raymond Turner |Chuck Squatriglia |J. C. Leon |J. A. León

A class consciousness among the working masses, one that takes the issue of race seriously, is critical at this moment. Still, the democrats are working to disrupt this effort to organize against the capitalist elite. “War is the realm of uncertainty; three quarters of the factors on which action in war is based are wrapped in a fog of greater or lesser uncertainty. A sensitive and discriminating judgment is called for; a skilled intelligence to scent out the truth.” - Carl von Clausewitz (1873).

2 months ago | blackagendareport.com | Chuck Squatriglia |Raymond Turner |Margaret Kimberley |Abayomi Azikiwe

“The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom they oppress.”                                  —Frederick DouglassVampire Ponzi-schemers pigging out on blood andSweat in our tax trough of trillions? Who are theseAI monsters with mythical Midas touches? How manyLives have their ill-gotten gains cost? How many more? Who’s the Hitler-loving, morally bankrupt, spiritual Pauper posing as world’s richest human?

2 months ago | blackagendareport.com | Raymond Turner |Chuck Squatriglia

Elon Musk & DOGE are targeting one of Kansas City’s most prominent Black-led neighborhood councils—slashing a federal grant and threatening a vital food sovereignty movement. Originally published in The Kansas City Defender. At exactly 7:17 p.m. on Valentine’s Day, Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council Executive Director Alana Henry received a terse notice from the USDA: the agency was canceling its three-year Farmer’s Market Promotion Program (FMPP) award to Ivanhoe Neighborhood Council.