US Politics

U.S. Voter Turnout is Low Because There’s Little to Vote For
25 Mar 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Voter suppression plays an important role in keeping Black turnout below that of whites, but does not explain why overall U.S. voter…
Seattle Urban League Leader to Run Against Socialist Seattle City Council Member. Why?
19 Mar 2015
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by Bruce A. Dixon Like the NAACP, the NAN and other corporate funded dinosaur civil rights outfits, the National Urban League mostly says and does what its wealthy…
Why Isn't Sen. Kirk's “Chicago Will Become Detroit” Threat National News?
11 Mar 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Chicago could become Detroit, an Illinois Senator threatened on March 2, if Chicago fails to re-elect Rahm Emanuel. Staring down this threat tells us a…
Obama, at War on Three Continents, Threatens Venezuela
11 Mar 2015
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford No sooner does Obama break the ice with Cuban, than he turns up the imperial heat on Venezuela, the other openly socialist government in…
The Black Caucus “Left” Wing Crumbles Before Obama’s War Machine
24 Sep 2014
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford It took just three years for most Americans to conclude that George Bush’s war in Iraq should come to an end. But, after three years of failure in Syria,…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Blackwashing, the Reparations Brand, and a Last Refuge For Scoundrels
18 Jun 2014
No sensible person should doubt the fundamental justice of arguments for reparations for the historic crimes of slavery, Jim Crow, and today's prison state. Accomplishing reparations would require a…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
One Year After Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union Assesses the Lies and Lasting Damage
28 May 2014
A couple years ago, we at Black Agenda Report wondered why the closings of 40 public schools over three years
“Chicagoland” Hero Cops Cook Books to Make Murders Disappear, CNN Pretends Not To Notice
23 Apr 2014
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Chicagoland, the 8 part CNN campaign commercial falsely claims teacher pay and pensions have drove the city to fiscal ruin, that…
What's the Difference Between Teach For America and a Scab Temp Agency?
24 Jul 2013
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Back in the days of organizing meat packing, steel and auto workers, employers couldn't use tax-exempt donations to transport,…
Detroit: The Bell Tolls for All of Us
24 Jul 2013
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by executive editor Glen Ford Detroit’s “crisis” is a yet another form of “disaster capitalism,” orchestrated by corporate America. “Wall Street is creating new law…