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Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Indecency of the Black Misleadership Class
09 Aug 2017
If Congresswoman Barbara Lee is among the best that the Black political class has to offer -- which she is -- then that class is “wholly unfit to guide the politics of 40 million people.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Barbara Lee and Tulsi Gabbard Side with War Party on Sanctions
09 Aug 2017
The Democrats’ two leading congressional dissidents have finally surrendered, now that the party has “taken the lead in the project of endless war.” U.S.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Obama Chugs Flint Water, Dodges Federal Responsibility, Delivers Another Cynical Lecture to Black Folks
12 May 2016
"the president cynically leveraged his blackness to obscure the fact that he was refusing to go after the guilty parties, while proposing no measures to ensure it didn't happen again."
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Oprah and Sharpton Attack Black Lives Matter Movement
05 Feb 2015
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Germany Just Made College Tuition Free? Why Won't Our Black Political Class Fight For Free Tuition Here?
09 Oct 2014
Germany just made college tuition free for everybody including foreign students! Free tuition here would cost about $62 billion, roughly what the US govt already spends on loans, grants and…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Are Black "Success Stories" Really Holding Us Back?
17 Apr 2014
Is it time to critically interrogate the black “success stories” of pro atheletes and near-billionaires? Should we be identifying with the Junior Bridgemans and Magic Johnsons or with their thousands…
Jane Biral
HBCUs and the United Negro College Fund: Another Grand Betrayal
20 Nov 2013
Misleadership and the Mission
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How Complacency, Complicity of Black Misleadership Class Led to Supreme Court Evisceration of the Voting Rights Act
27 Jun 2013
The Supreme Court kneecapping of the Voting Rights Act didn't have to happen? Democrats, especially the black leadership class had more than a generation to exploit their moral and political high…
The Real News Network
Supreme Court Kneecaps Voting Rights Act: The Real News Network Talks to Bruce A. Dixon
26 Jun 2013
Supreme Court kneecaps the voting rights act... BAR's Bruce A. Dixon on the Real News Network Real News Network, where you can find much more news updated every day at http://therealnews.com.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Black Wall Around Barack Obama: Who Does It Protect Him Against?
06 Apr 2011
The presumption that Barack Obama, no matter what he does or doesn't do, enjoys nearly unanimous black support is a veritable wall around the president. But who does it protect him against?