Political Economy

Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Happy Birthday, Jericho Movement!
13 Mar 2018
The organization created by and for US political prisoners -- most of them Black Panthers, some incarcerated for nearly 50 years -- marks its 20th anniversary, March 24.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Ethnic Cleansing is Still U.S. Policy
13 Mar 2018
“The Black Misleadership Class” acts as “agents and collaborators” in the planned shrinkage of Black and brown populations, said veteran tenants organizer and Black Agenda Radio host Nellie
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The Chains That Bound Blacks and Indigenous Americans
13 Mar 2018
Blacks and Native Americans share a history of enslavement at the hands of European settlers, said Dr Gerald Horne, professor of history and African American studies at the Un
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Healthcare Bait-and-Switch: From the Clintons to Obama and Back Again
08 Mar 2018
“Cory Booker and others are joining the pro-single payer bandwagon to weaken it from the inside.”
Patrick D. Anderson
A Black Radical Defense of the Second Amendment
07 Mar 2018
“Black communities have differentiated individual firearm ownership from structured self-defense organizations.”
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.”