Political Economy

The Marshall Project
COVID-19’s Toll on People of Color Is Worse Than We Knew
26 Aug 2020
Some coronavirus deaths, especially early on, were mistakenly attributed to other causes.
Jon Jeter
A Political Comeback for the Ages: Biden's Improbable Nomination
26 Aug 2020
The same corporate media that shamelessly boosted Biden’s candidacy, even when his popularity plummeted, never question his sudden comeback at the polls.
Julie Kuttappan
"Kamala Auntie": On the Vulgarity of Bourgeois Identity Politics in 2020
26 Aug 2020
Harris’ identity as a woman of color has been propped up to cover for her decades-long loyalty to the ruling class, locking up working-class and poor people and deporting migrants.
Zanga Chimombo
Open Defecation Zones and the Shaming of Africa 3.0
26 Aug 2020
“Voluntourists” in Africa are actually jihadists for the West who defecate all over the continent in every way that defecation is possible.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of August 24, 2020
25 Aug 2020
Creating Ownership, Equity and Income for College Athletes
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Getting Out the Word: #PrisonsKill
25 Aug 2020
The Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee, IWOC, “is committed to the militant organizing of prisoners that takes its leadership and focus from those on the inside,” said Joergen Ostens
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
To Ignore Political Prisoners is Hypocrisy
25 Aug 2020
“Any movement that seeks to bring radical changes to society that does not incorporate at the top of the list freedom for our freedom fighter that have gone before, is hypocritical,” said J
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Creating Ownership, Equity and Income for College Athletes
25 Aug 2020
“College sports is a highly exploitive system where predominantly Black players in football and basketball generate all the income, but the only group that isn’t positively impacted is the families
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Free All Political Prisoners – and Say Their Names!
19 Aug 2020
It is righteous and correct to say the names of victims of police violence, but we must also “Say the names!” of our living political prisoners.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: “Feet to the Fire” and Other Lies
19 Aug 2020
When the Democratic Party ends its charade of a primary process and spits out the person most closely aligned with neo-liberal policies, the gas lighting begins.