US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
U.S. Left Lacks Class Consciousness
06 Feb 2018
“Every issue in U.S. society is shaped in a white supremacist fashion,” according to activist and scholar Jeffrey B.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Intersectionality,” As Practiced in U.S., Retards Solidarity
06 Feb 2018
“Solidarity is something that you develop in the course of common struggle,” said BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon, in an interview with “This Is Hell” radio host Chuck Mert
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Whoppers Of Boss Tweet: Our Poet Answers Trump's 2018 State of the Union
01 Feb 2018
A thief a thug Clown in a rug A tweet deceit A lie a cheat— Embellish, embroider: a lying disorder…
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of January 29, 2016
30 Jan 2018
Phil Wilayto of the Coalition Against US Foreign Military Bases Greg Leroy of Good Jobs First on the race to see which city and state can give the most to Amazon
Nellie Bailiey and Glen Ford
U.S. Attempts to Strangle Russia with NATO
29 Jan 2018
Since 1949, the United States has been using NATO to militarily encircle and Russia, said Phil Wilayto, editor of the Virginia Defender and a participant in the national conference
Nellie Bailiey and Glen Ford
Former “Soledad Brother” Fights for Parole
29 Jan 2018
Students at Southern University Law Center (SULC) have asked the UN Human Rights Commission to intervene in the case of John Clutchette, the former “Soledad Brother” who was charged, along with Geo
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Baltimore Cops Worse Than Thirties Gangsters
29 Jan 2018
The Baltimore police officers charged with robbing and planting guns and drugs on citizens are “worse than gangsters back in the Thirties, because it’s the law doing it,” said Carl Dix
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Beware of Amazon Bearing Corporate Gifts
29 Jan 2018
Greg LeRoy, of Good Jobs First, warns the remaining 20 cities bidding to become Amazon’s second headquarters not to believe the corporation’s promises of $5 billion in investments
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Margaret Kimberley: The So-Called Resistance Isn't Resisting the State of Permanent War
23 Jan 2018
The US state of permanent war threatens the health, housing, education and quality of life of all Americans, and the literal lives of millions overseas.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
US Supreme Court About To Pass A 21st Century Dred Scott Decision
18 Jan 2018
Back in 1857 the US Supreme Court, in response to the lawsuit of one Dred Scott, a slave suing for his freedom, ruled that nobody of African descent had any legal right under the US Constitution th