US Politics

Jon Jeter
Failing to Read the Room, Trump Treats Whites Like N-Words and Loses Ground
19 Mar 2025
Only 3 months into his term, there is a growing discontent among Trump’s white supporters as his policies harm their economic interests. There is potential for backlash if he continues to alienate…
Iain Carlos , Sam Carlen
DOJ Knew About - and Used - Notorious Homan Square "Black Site"
19 Mar 2025
It wasn't just Chicago Police operating Homan Square, the U.S. Department of Justice was equally involved in the workings of the "black site."
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Mahmoud Khalil and the Criminalization of Anti-Zionism
12 Mar 2025
The influence of apartheid Israel extends all over the world. Its supporters demand that anyone expressing anti-zionist viewpoints be ostracized, harassed, or arrested. Now, zionists have added…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
The Fog of Class War
12 Mar 2025
A class consciousness among the working masses, one that takes the issue of race seriously, is critical at this moment. Still, the democrats are working to disrupt this effort to organize against the…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
State of the Union—or state of Capitalist decay?
12 Mar 2025
"State of the Union—or state of Capitalist decay?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
The Mapping Project
The Revolution Will Not Be Signaled
12 Mar 2025
The messaging app Signal is touted as being a safe harbor from state surveillance. However, its connections to large corporate entities make organizers more vulnerable than they may think.
Briahna Joy Gray
Why Did MSNBC Cancel Joy Reid?
12 Mar 2025
Some speculated that racism explains the firing of the liberal anchor. But MSNBC doesn't have a problem with Black hosts. They have a problem with pro-Palestine ones.
David K. Cobb
The Working Families Party and Fusion Voting: A Historical and Political Analysis
12 Mar 2025
The Working Families Party presents itself as a political party that works for the interest of working class people. However, the party behaves more like a sheepdog for the Democratic party.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Liberals Want War in Ukraine, Trump Wants Peace in Ukraine, But All Agree on Death in Gaza
05 Mar 2025
Donald Trump’s efforts to normalize relations with Russia, and to end the fighting in the Ukraine proxy war are logical and sensible. But years of whipped up anti-Russia hatred make logical solutions…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Is this ‘Constructive Engagement' 2.0— Or, Freddo frontin’ for Heil tech Hitler?
05 Mar 2025
"Constructive Engagement 2.0— or Freddo frontin’ for heil-tech Hitler?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.