US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Roots of Israel’s Mass Murder Policy
22 May 2018
The logic of Zionism compels Israel to massacre scores of unarmed Palestinians in Gaza, said journalist and scholar Vijay Prashad.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The People Versus Whirlpool in Benton Harbor
22 May 2018
The giant Whirlpool Corporation, which has long dominated the politics of 90 percent Black Benton Harbor, Michigan, “has not paid taxes” to the city for years, said Rev.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Russiagate is Excuse for Democratic Party Failure
17 May 2018
Russiagate “has blossomed and blossomed until it’s this huge thing that obliterates rational thought,” said veteran media critic Jeff Cohen, of the Park Center for Independent Media, at Ithaca Coll
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Deafening Democratic Silence on Gaza Is Because They Own It Too
17 May 2018
"Democratic party leaders are as always firmly behind their Israeli clients, and their party machinery remains under lock and key."
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
500 Years of Nakbas
16 May 2018
“The Palestinians face the last bastion of legalized racial rule on the planet.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia Abu Jamal Salutes “Father of Black Liberation Theology”
15 May 2018
The nation’s best known political prisoner noted the passing of Dr. James Cone, the renowned Black scholar who played a central role in the development of Black liberation theology.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Renters Need Affordable Housing – and Lawyers
15 May 2018
Three out of four evicted famiies would not have been kicked out of their homes if they had had adequate legal representation, according to a report by the National Law Center on Homelessness and P
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ajamu Baraka, of the Black Alliance for Peace: Any Real Peace Movement Must Be Anti-Imperialist
15 May 2018
“Solidarity in building an anti-imperialist movement is a fundamental responsibility” of all people that want peace, said Ajamu Baraka, lead organizer of the Black Alliance for Pea
Rev. William Barber
Rev. William Barber Sermon on Militarism
11 May 2018
Rev. William Barber II, leader of the Poor People's Campaign, spoke at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in Washington, DC, on May 6.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of May 7, 2018
08 May 2018