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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Solidarity Against ICE and the Entire State Apparatus
11 Jun 2025
Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace.
Jon Jeter
Making a Mountain out of a Mole Hill, Trump Sends Troops to Los Angeles, Hoping to Energize His MAGA Base
11 Jun 2025
Trump deploys Marines against LA protesters, echoing Nixon’s Kent State crackdown. But this time, he faces a broader, greatly disaffected opposition ready to fight back.
Aiyana Porter-Cash
False Promises of Protection Embedded in U.S. Militarism and Carcerality
11 Jun 2025
"Protection" is a lie—a pretext for state violence, militarism, and control, targeting the marginalized while masking harm as care. True safety comes not from oppressive systems, but from resistance…
Struggle La Lucha
ICE Raids Escalate in LA As Community Fights Back
11 Jun 2025
While ICE and law enforcement unleash raids across LA, protesters stand firm, exposing the brutal machinery of deportation and the state’s violent response to dissent and resistance.
Jonathan Forney
7 Supreme Court Cases That Black Americans Should Track This Summer
11 Jun 2025
Issues before the high court range from health care access and citizenship to workplace discrimination and redistricting.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio May 30, 2025
30 May 2025
In this week’s segment we talk about jails and prisons in New York City and State and the end of city control of the infamous Rikers Island jail. But first a Washington DC activist analyzes how the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Afeni on Fighting the Bipartisan Fascist Consensus
30 May 2025
Afeni is an activist and lead organizer with Herb and Temple in Washington, DC. She joins us from Oakland to discuss politics in the U.S. and how the people can fight the fascism produced by the…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Charles Rangel and the End of Black Politics
28 May 2025
The late Charles Rangel served as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than 40 years. But the goals of Black politics and electoral politics are not necessarily the same.
Jon Jeter
Following Kamala’s Script, Maryland Governor Vetoes Reparations Bill, Angering Black Voters He Will Need in White House Bid
28 May 2025
By vetoing a bill to study reparations, Maryland Governor Wes Moore has aligned himself with a long line of Black Democrats who prioritize white approval over their own base.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
One Big Beautiful Bank Job!
28 May 2025
"One Big Beautiful Bank Job!" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.