Media And Culture

Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
For the Planet and Humanity to Survive / can't make this up
19 Apr 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner This week our poet in residence offers a brief meditations upon where and what sorts of bombing ought to be allowed, if any, and upon the lapse of White…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Blitzkrieg
08 Mar 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Blows and kicks are raining thick and fast, though many miss their mark their mark. But the intention of the 45th president is plainly to take us…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Make America Great Again
01 Mar 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Unlike the president, our poet is firmly grounded in the history as well as the here and now of America. Here is his prescription for what it will take to…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Roland Martin: That Hustla Ova There Tryna Sell Us School Privatization
09 Feb 2017
Roland Martin pretends to be a journalist. But what does a guy do when the one percent won't pay for an informed public? Roland is a hustla for hire, and he's found a dependable set of clients.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Ancestral Thoughts, Aloud…
01 Feb 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner The first full week of the Trumpacolypse behind us, our poet consults the ancestors...
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
A Poet's Proposal for DT's Inauguration
10 Jan 2017
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Word is that president-elect Donald Trump still has performance openings for next week's inaugural. In the selfless and noble spirit of public service,…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Oh, what a night…
21 Dec 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet shares a scene from a late nite NYC subway ride home from this years' holiday party of the National Writers Union.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Red Alert
14 Dec 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Now that Democrats are practically out of office, corporate donors are sponsoring empty spectacles of their own design, including another Climate March.
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
The Second Phase of the propaganda Fake News War: Economic Strangulation. What Comes Next?
07 Dec 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo Frustrated and outraged at how reality has turned out, the ruling class denizens of Hillary Clinton’s failed presidential tent are lashing out at truth-…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
No More American Thanksgivings
23 Nov 2016
by Glen Ford “The core ideological content of the holiday serves to validate all that has since occurred on these shores – a national consecration of the unspeakable, a balm and benediction for the…