Media And Culture

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Justice and Paul Manafort
13 Mar 2019
Now that Trump’s sleazy associates are facing prison, lots of Democrats that never gave a damn about mass Black incarceration are self-righteously blasting the criminal injustice system.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Chelsea Manning Defies Secret Grand Jury, Julian Assange Scoops Michael Cohen
13 Mar 2019
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is jailed for refusing to testify against Julian Assange, whose confinement in Ecuador's London embassy puts the lie to much of the Russiagate fantasy.
Ryan Grim
Bernie Sanders and Black Democratic Primary Voters
13 Mar 2019
Bernie Sanders is slightly more popular among black Democratic voters than white ones.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
South African Sex Workers Embrace Feminism
12 Mar 2019
By studying feminism, sex workers learned “that self-identification of being a feminist actually strengthened our sex worker rights politics,” said Nkozo Yingwana, a doctoral
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Black Stake in the Green New Deal
07 Mar 2019
Black people should see the Green New Deal as an arena of struggle for self-determination, communal repair, and justice-creation.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Russiagate and Democratic Defeat
06 Mar 2019
It should now be clear to all honest and sane people that the only collusion was between the corporate media and the Democratic Party to spin a phony tale.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Fear the “Bern?” Bernie Sanders is Too Left for the Democratic Party
06 Mar 2019
The corporate Democrats truly fear Sanders because he represents a dangerous political path that may lead large portions of the population to demand an improvement in their condition.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
“Things that Make White People Uncomfortable”: A Book Review
06 Mar 2019
Michael Bennett tells it like he sees it in his new book, and shows with fine literary flair that he’s never acclimated to the NFL plantation.
Alan MacLeod
Venezuela-Baiting: How Media Keep Anti-Imperialist Dissent in Check
06 Mar 2019
The corporate media are attacking Bernie Sanders like wild hyenas for failing to sufficiently denounce Venezuela’s government.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Arturo Escobar’s “Designs for the Pluriverse”
06 Mar 2019
Multiple world crises require that humans construct new designs according to very different principles and categories than those of capitalist modernity.