African America

Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
The Blue Plague and Black Death
27 May 2020
George Floyd’s death by Blue Plague in Minneapolis was widely condemned by the same parties that have encouraged and funded the spread of the fatal contagion.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Biden and the Low Point of Black Politics
27 May 2020
Black folks perform phenomenal feats of mental gymnastics and self-delusion to convince themselves that Joe Biden is on their side.
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Michael Jordan’s “Last Dance:” A Celebration of the American Nightmare
27 May 2020
Michael Jordan embodies the kind of athlete and Black leader that the U.S. ruling class has gone to great lengths to cultivate.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
For Breonna Taylor (And my Bry)
27 May 2020
How I wish I could sing her name like Brother Ray or ‘Ree— ‘Cause Breonna Taylor’s real close to Bryana Turner to me
Black Alliance For Peace
On African Liberation Day, the Black Alliance for Peace Demands U.S. Shut Down AFRICOM
27 May 2020
The US Military Command in Africa allows Washington and its European allies to dominate the continent and its resources.
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
27 May 2020
Recently, readers have been discussing democratic socialists, American exceptionalism, and identity politics.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Vincent Brown’s “Tacky’s Revolt”
27 May 2020
The Jamaican slave revolt of 1760-1761 was one war within an interlinked network of other wars.
Rhondda Robinson Thomas
BAR Book Forum: Symposium on Sarah Haley’s "No Mercy Here"
27 May 2020
In white patriarchy-ruled South Carolina at the turn of the 20th century, manhood sometimes created temporary yet tenuous bonds between Black and white men.
The Public Archive
Haiti’s Revolutions and Revisions: An Interview with Charles Forsdick and Christian Høgsbjerg
27 May 2020
Toussaint stressed that freedom was something that had to be fought for and taken from below by the masses themselves.
Barbara Arnwine, Curtis Cooper and Adjoa A. Aiyetoro
The Spy Plane Over Baltimore is a Tool of Voter Suppression
27 May 2020
The eye-in-the-sky tells residents of the majority Black city that they are enemies of the state -- to be watched and, ultimately, crushed.