Media And Culture

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
US Imperialism's Corporate Media Circus: Lions, Rap Beefs, and the Psychology of Oppression
12 Aug 2015
by Danny Haiphong Social media, like conventional print and broadcast media, are tools in the hands of the owning class. Consumers of these media are distracted and miseducated with lies, irrelevant…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Mississippi Stuntmen
04 Aug 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet in residence reflects upon the unique and innovative skillsets deployed by those who allegedly take their own lives in police custody
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
I believe in the machine of state
29 Jul 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner BAR's poet in residence considers the deaths of black women, allegedly suicides in the US Army and in police custody.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Blak Folk an de 8 yr Blues…
15 Jul 2015
by BAR's poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner With the clock ticking down on Barack Obama's presidency, black America discovers it was a marriage of conveninece. And not ours.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Salvation, or let the churches say, A man…
08 Jul 2015
by Raymond Nat Turner BAR's poet in residence examines the "hypnotizing, tranquilizing, narcotizing" antics of our preacher-in-chief, and the answers of those who will be neither fooled nor misled…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Baltimore Fries
01 Jul 2015
by BAR poet in residence Nathaniel Turner No fries for Ferguson, no burgers For Baltimore—have it your way…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Cleveland Championship?
10 Jun 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner BAR's poet in residence reminds us that Cleveland has been taking shots as well as making shots for a long time now...
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Blessed…
20 May 2015
by Raymond Nat Turner A poem to the purveyors of deathly cycles
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Broomstick by Boeing—she’s baaaaack!
13 May 2015
by BAR Poet-in-Residence Raymond Nat Turner “A little poison,” in her depleted uranium The Iron Lady’s baaaack—in titanium! Some vile, nightmarish, dream-like crack But, it’s no dream—she’s…
Paul Street
A Racially Blind Night in the Life of the “P”BS Newshour
13 May 2015
by Paul Street The rich son of the owner of a major league baseball team seems to have a better understanding of race and class in America than the Black co-anchor of Public Television’s premier news…