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Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Blue (MAGA) In Green (Or, U.S. Bourgeois Environmental Groups Prioritize the Democratic Party Over Environmental Justice Principles)
18 Sep 2024
The Democratic Party markets itself as the party of environmental protection while pursuing policies that are endangering all life on earth. Fossil fuel producers are able to do as they please…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
If You Want to See White “Supremacy” at Work, Don’t go to a Trump Rally, Observe the Democrats’ Approach to Climate Change
29 May 2024
Despite the undeserved loyalty of Black people to the Democratic Party, lawmakers continue to push policy that ignores concerns about climate change and environmental damage in their communities.
Melissa Garriga
Don’t Let Warmongers Greenwash their Ecocide this Earth Day
24 Apr 2024
The destruction of the environment and acceleration of the climate crisis happen silently under the veil of “national security,” despite the fact that the environmental toll of war is the most…
Zach Frye
No Green For Go: How Settler-Colonialism Kills More Than Just People
27 Mar 2024
Settler colonialism has caused the destruction of indigenous lands around the world and, as a result, the environment in which we all live. The path forward is an global struggle against these forces.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Climate Profiteers Exploit Somali Suffering
20 Dec 2023
NGOs and other climate profiteers treat Somalia as a poster child for global warming.
Abayomi Azikiwe
COP28 Summit Concludes with Contradictory Agreement
20 Dec 2023
Although the final document calls for “transitioning” from fossil fuels, many developing states and territories wanted stronger language and economic commitments.
BAR Editors
Black Agenda Report Returns with a New Site
10 Oct 2023
The Black Agenda Report editorial team is grateful to our readers for their support and patience. Last week we were unable to publish BAR due to circumstances beyond our control.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
How Joe Biden and The Democratic Party’s Climate Agenda Increases Environmental Racism More Than It Reduces Emissions [A Three Part Series]
06 Sep 2023
The environmental benefits of Biden's Inflation Reduction Act are non-existent for Black and other marginalized communities.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Climate Crisis Will End When Capitalism Ends
30 Aug 2023
The climate emergency won't end because of heartfelt pleas to the people and the interests who created the crisis. Ecocide will stop when capitalism ends.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Alex A. Moulton and Inge Salo
09 Aug 2023
This week’s featured scholars are Alex A. Moulton and Inge Salo. Moulton is an Assistant Professor at Hunter College. Salo is a PhD student in Geography at Clark University. Their article is “Black…