Media And Culture

Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Drain the Swamp
04 May 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet tires of the swatting zika-infested mosquitoes that bring us emergency managers and privatization, of seeing the crocodile tears of our black big…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Breathe the Bern…
20 Apr 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet in residence muses upon the collective madness engendered by the quadrennial presidential election.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
$campaigns & $elections
13 Apr 2016
by BAR's poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner This week the poet briefly contextualizes the candidates and campaigns of the capitalist parties running for the White House in 2016.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Mule Dung at the Apollo
06 Apr 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner The poet's wise cousin from the country offers his view from Harlem, where folks is linin' up to touch the yoke of ol' Hillree, Massa Willie's best mule…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Bye Melissa
02 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Margaret Kimberley When Melissa Harris-Perry publicly announced her resignation from MSNBC, the cable network that serves as the Democratic Party's house organ, she…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 22, 2016
23 Feb 2016
When Paul Robeson Denounced a President to His Face Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, has turned out another book. Paul…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Can We Have A Talk With You?
17 Feb 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Prescient, pertinent and pointed questions to each other, and to our alleged betters about what we have, what we are, what we deserve, and what we settle…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Behind the Lead Curtain
20 Jan 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner I. The scent of sulfur, scandalous Skippy-Gate brew— With an arresting officer; some shit ain’t neurosurgery or rocket science—ain’t as nuanced, or…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Rahmbo Must Go, says My Wise Country Cousin
22 Dec 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner With Chicagoans in the street almost every day meeting, marching, teaching-in and demanding the resignation of mayor Rahm Emanuel, the poet checks in with…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Rotten Orchards Givin’ Apples a Bad Name
16 Dec 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Rotten apples aren't unique, points out our poet, and ain't caused by bad barrels. The rot's at the root, and roots run deep and true...