Media And Culture

Devyn Springer
Does the Western Left Have an African Problem?
01 Nov 2017
“Few on the broader US left can name more than a handful of African revolutionaries.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Let White Supremacy “Fucking Die”
31 Oct 2017
Sociology professor Johnny Williams is sitting out this semester under an imposed leave of absence from Trinity College, in Hartford, Connecticut, after a rightwing organization wh
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: AFRICOM is the Question
25 Oct 2017
“They use ludicrous terms like ‘gold star family’ and make the case for continued American aggression around the world.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Eminem's Freestyle and the Degeneration of US Society
25 Oct 2017
“Eminem loves the military. He also loves the Democrats. Neither of these positions amount to anti-establishment resistance.”
Gaye Theresa Johnson , Alex Lubin
On the Futures of Black Radicalism in These Times
25 Oct 2017
“The book calls for a liberation rooted in Black radicalism, but applicable to everyone made unfree by racial capitalism.”
Jeremy Stahl
Trump May Have Made Colin Kaepernick’s Case
25 Oct 2017
“If it can be proved that any opposing team officials openly or implicitly discussed retaliating against Kaepernick in this way, that certainly sounds like goo
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Philadelphia to Celebrate Dubois Birthday
24 Oct 2017
Next year marks the 150th birthday of the great Black scholar-activist W.E.B. Dubois.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Russiagate Brings Black Caucus to a New Low
18 Oct 2017
“The worst fascism in decades is underway under the auspices of Democrats.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Malcolm’s Chickens Have Roosted in Shootings Across the United States
18 Oct 2017
“The U.S. is flooded with anxiety and guns.”
Monique Bedasse
On the Move: Rastafari, Tanzania, and the Lessons of Pan-African Action
18 Oct 2017
“Tanzania’s government and Rastafari asserted a different way of ordering the world through the repatriation: pan-Africanism.”