US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Black Panther Movie: A Black Face in a High Place
07 Mar 2018
“Questioners are ‘hoteps’ who are too woke to have fun.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Raining on Trump’s Parade: An Interview with Margaret Flowers
07 Mar 2018
“The people who are behind this are all groups who are strongly opposed to the corporate duopoly war party, and who have been working to revive the peace movement in the United States.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Daniel Patrick Welch
07 Mar 2018
“Americans—even ‘woke’ ones—don’t know jack about their own history: the violence, the terror on behalf of white supremacy is simply a bottomless pit.”
Oliver Milman
Environmental racism case: EPA rejects Alabama town's claim over toxic landfill
07 Mar 2018
“Mere compliance with environmental permits should not negate civil rights concerns.”
Mary F. Corey
The Funke Wisdom of Chocolate Cities
07 Mar 2018
“The West becomes West South; the North is Up South; the Middle West is Mid South.”
Lucas Koerner
Will the Venezuelan Masses Still Stand with Maduro at Election Time?
07 Mar 2018
“The people know that it’s easier to deepen a revolution while being in government than to turn it over to a right-wing that has no respect for life.”
Chris Hedges
Legalizing Tyranny
07 Mar 2018
“The carcel state is a subculture unto itself, with an $81 billion budget and tremendous political clout.”
Rachel Wolkenstein
New Legal Action is a Path to Mumia Abu-Jamal’s Freedom, But a Re-ignited International Mobilization is Critical for Victory
07 Mar 2018
“It will take international mobilization of the masses, centrally labor and its allies, minorities, immigrants and youth to turn the tide and win Mumia’s freedom.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
PROP Calls for Free Mass Transit for NYC Poor
06 Mar 2018
“Our position is that the city should provide free fares to low income people,” said Robert Gangi, of the Police Reform Organizing Project, who notes that 85 to 90 percent of the 2
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Beware the Dangers of Reformism
05 Mar 2018
Reformers often wind up legitimizing and strengthening police power, said Dylan Rodriguez, professor of Media and Cultural Studies at the University of California at Riverside.