Bruce A. Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Corporate-School Reform VS Democracy Is Still the Issue in DC's November Election
23 Sep 2010
The mostly black District of Columbia has been run like a plantation, a colony for as long as anybody can recall. Habitual defiance of the democratic will of DC voters and residents is safe for…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
October 17 through 23 is 3rd Annual Congo Week
22 Sep 2010
Six million Congolese have died from starvation and war since 1997. The cause has not been, as Western media would have us believe, inscrutable African ethnic conflicts, but the West's hunger for…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
What's More Important For Black Leadership? Turning Off Fox News? Or Stopping the President's Cat Food Commission?
01 Sep 2010
While black political leaders and activists focus on turning off Fox News, and clownish disputes with Tea Partyers and the likes of Sarah Palin and Glenn Beck, are they missing something more…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Tom Joyner, Julius Hollis & the Alliance For Digital Equality: Black Sock Puppet Spokesmen For AT&T & the Telecom Giants
19 Aug 2010
By BAR Managing Editor Bruce A. Dixon You want to believe, when somebody gets on the radio and says they are about bringing “jobs, education and technology” to black and brown communities, that…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
You Can't Stop the Violence in Ghetto Streets Without Stopping the Violence in Iraq, Afghanistan and Elsewhere
28 Jul 2010
By managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When did black political leaders forget the connection between the three legs of Dr. King's political philosophy --- racial justice, economic justice and…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Tea Partyers, Fox News, "Negativity" Against the President? Are These Really Black America's Most Pressing Problems?
21 Jul 2010
From the established civil rights organizations like the NAACP to legions of elected Democrats and preachers and even people like our good friends at Color of Change, the main activity these days…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black American Politics in the 21st Century: Is It Time For A New Plan?
14 Jul 2010
We all love and respect our ancestor and freedom fighter Frederick Douglass. But in the 21st century, nobody is trying to imitate his haircut or wear his 19th century clothes. So why is 21st…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Dr. Peniel Joseph: Peoples Historian or Establishment Courtier? Part Two of Two: Peniel Joseph vs Hubert Harrison on Democracy
07 Jul 2010
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon It's not that hard to tell an honest people's intellectual from a brand name huckster. One is engaged in making and propagating brands, terms with no fixed…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Dr. Peniel Joseph: Peoples Historian or Establishment Courtier? Part One of Two
16 Jun 2010
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Helping us explain the lineup of the social forces that impact our individual and collective lives is the job of people's intellectuals. Selling us clever…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black America, Corporate Media and the Siege of Gaza
02 Jun 2010
This weekend, heavily armed Israeli military forces intercepted a flotilla bearing relief supplies for Gaza in international waters. The intention of the crew and passengers, who hail from more…