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Ashoka Jegroo
Daniel Penny is The State
17 May 2023
Daniel Penny choked Jordan Neely to death on a New York City subway. He was deputized by the state to do so, and the state continues to defend him and assassinate Neely's character after his murder.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Murder of Jordan Neely Abetted by Eric Adams, Worst Black Mayor in the Country
10 May 2023
New York City's mayor isn't just a self-interested member of the Black political class. He is also singularly incompetent and lacking in the most basic political skills. After a Black man was…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
F Train Lynching: Papa Cop's wink and nod
10 May 2023
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Politicians Make Black People the Face of Crime
02 Nov 2022
Manufactured crime panics are still a successful method of getting votes from white people.
Ashoka Jegroo
The Crime Panic That Helped Elect Eric Adams Is Now Turning Against Him
02 Nov 2022
Hyperbolic crime coverage by local media helped pave the way for former NYPD cop Eric Adams to become the mayor of New York City. But now that same media-manufactured crime panic is preventing Adams…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
New York Bail Reform Fight
23 Feb 2022
Black legislators in New York are defending their legislation which reduces the use of cash bail. In so doing they protect the legal and human rights of Black people in that state.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Elections and the Illusion of Black Political Power
03 Nov 2021
Black politicians may be openly conservative or pretend leftists but their constituents rarely get what they need.