US Politics

Patrick Walker
Climate Terrorism: The Politically Farsighted Way to Impeach Trump
05 Jun 2019
By focusing on climate terrorism, Democrats could show voters that they care more about the common good than their self-serving Russiagate narrative.
Carl Davidson
Book Review: Bringing Police Torture in Chicago to the Full Light of Day
05 Jun 2019
A new book reveals Chicago as a racist police state where the entire criminal justice system was complicit in torture.
Ellen Brown
The Bankers’ “Power Revolution” -- How the Government Got Shackled by Debt
05 Jun 2019
There is no reason for the government to borrow trillions from capitalists – except to enrich the financial classes and enforce austerity.
Mark Weisbrot
The Scandal of Puerto Rico’s Botched Disaster Relief
05 Jun 2019
The US government appointed a board of fat cats to oversee the “debt” of its mostly black and brown colony, Puerto Rico.
Rod Such
How US Foreign Policy Spawned Terror and Trump
05 Jun 2019
The end of the Cold War allowed the US to use its military with impunity, including support for Islamic jihadists against targeted countries.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Joe Biden, Prince of Prisons
04 Jun 2019
"Biden was a sponsor and in many cases the primary architect of every significant federal bill that exacerbated mass incarceration."
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Countering the FBI’s “Black Identity Extremist” Offensive – Part Two
03 Jun 2019
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Collective. In Part Two: King Downing, Johanna Fernandez and Mumia Abu Jamal.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Countering the FBI’s “Black Identity Extremist” Offensive – Part One
03 Jun 2019
The Black Identity Extremist Abolition Collective. In Part One: Ajamu Sankofa, Myaisha Hayes and Aya Saed.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: No Chemical Attacks in Syria
29 May 2019
The corporate media is concealing a leaked UN agency report that shows Syrian government innocence in an alleged chemical attack.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Corporate Media Cold Warriors Smear Sanders and Gabbard as Traitors to Empire
29 May 2019
Bernie Sanders and Tulsi Gabbard unsettle the oligarchs because their policy positions are dangerously desired yet unobtainable under the current arrangement of society.