US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Bolton is Just One Face of U.S. Imperial Crisis
02 Apr 2018
The US imperial system is beset by “crises at every level,” said Sara Flounders, of the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC).
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Gun Debate A Narrow Opportunity For Democrats, A Wide One For the Left
29 Mar 2018
Last weekend the March For Our Lives mobilized half a million on the DC mall and a few hundred thousand more combined in dozens of cities across the US.
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Marching for the Democrats: Another Farce on Washington?
29 Mar 2018
“The opportunism of the Democrats made these students and their pain easy targets.”
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Building Movement Politics Means Fighting Democrats
29 Mar 2018
“In the absence of a renewed, grassroots street offensive against the armed occupation of Black communities, there will be no relief from the daily slaughter.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Stephan House, Draylen Mason, Stephon Clark: Terror Victims
28 Mar 2018
“Business should not go on as usual when the police act as the 21st century slave patrol.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
March for Eight Billion Lives: An Interview with Riva Enteen
28 Mar 2018
“Of course we support the cause of protecting lives, but there is an exceptionalism to believing it only applies to American lives and especially white lives.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Maria Felipa of Frente Favela Brazil
28 Mar 2018
“Slavery is the factor that better explains the social problems in the country.”
Sam Levin
'They Executed Him': Police Killing of Stephon Clark Leaves Family Shattered
28 Mar 2018
“I shouldn’t have to defend my brother. They should be proving their innocence.”
by Supporters of Herman Bell and Parole Justice New York
Support Herman Bell: Four Things You Can Do Right Now!
28 Mar 2018
“At 70 years old and after 45 years inside, it is time for Herman to come home.”
Chris Hedges
Building the Iron Wall
28 Mar 2018
“The ominous assault on the final redoubts of a free press, through an attempt to brand dissidents, independent journalists and critics of corporate power and imperialism as agents of a