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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis’s Book, “Abolish Rent”
15 Jan 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured authors are Tracy Rosenthal and Leonardo Vilchis. Their book is Abolish Rent: How Tenants Can…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Ghost of Jimmy Carter
08 Jan 2025
Hagiography is inevitable when presidents and other prominent people die. The unwillingness to ‘speak ill of the dead’ and the propaganda that would have us believe in American exceptionalism must be…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio December 20, 2024
20 Dec 2024
This week, we hear about an ongoing court case involving the CUNY 8 and Palestine solidarity protest. But first, we speak with Omali Yeshitela of the Uhuru 3, who were recently sentenced to probation…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The CUNY 8 Face Charges for Palestine Solidarity Protest
20 Dec 2024
Nora Fayad, one of the CUNY 8 arrested and charged with felony burglary and accused of attempting to enter a campus building without permission, joins us to discuss their court case.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Eric Adams and Daniel Penny Make Black People the Face of Crime
18 Dec 2024
Daniel Penny’s acquittal was not surprising, and neither is Mayor Eric Adams' defense of Penny and law enforcement power being used against Black people.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
2024 Election, Hunter Biden Pardon, Uhuru 3 with Jamarl Thomas
13 Dec 2024
Margaret Kimberley recently appeared with Jamarl Thomas on his YouTube channel. They discussed the 2024 election, Joe Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden, and the case of the Uhuru 3.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
History’s Hired US
11 Dec 2024
"History’s Hired US" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Problem with Joe and Hunter
04 Dec 2024
The outrage surrounding President Biden’s pardon of his son Hunter Biden is not just about clemency for the relatively minor charges he was facing. The younger Biden has lived a life of great…
Jon Jeter
I Beg Your Pardon! People of Color Say Hunter Biden’s Clemency Represents White Privilege in Overdrive
04 Dec 2024
Joe Biden's pardon of his son, Hunter Biden, is viewed as hypocritical to people of color, yet given their experiences is unsurprising.
Arnold August
Genocide as the Principal Cause of the Democrat’s Crushing Defeat
04 Dec 2024
While genocide is a clear cause of the democrats' defeat, economic issues are usually mentioned. What lingers behind the significance of the “it’s the economy” narrative?