Bruce A. Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black America's Real Issue With Barack Obama
14 Feb 2007
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon The spurious claim that Black Americans oppose Barack Obama because of his white mother, African father, and Harvard Law degrees is a…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Does the Congressional Black Caucus Really Represent Black America? And What Should We Do About It?
07 Feb 2007
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon There is a widening divide in Black America - but not among the people, who continue to hold dear the progressive values of racial, social and economic justice…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Barack Obama: Hypocrisy on Health Care
31 Jan 2007
by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon Since his days in the Illinois state legislature Barack Obama's position on health care has consistently devolved. Once a bold champion of…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Leadership from Below
24 Jan 2007
Black Agenda Radio, from Bruce Dixon African American leadership, including the Congressional Black Caucus, are demanding that the ‘base' reaffirm our priorities as a people. Leadership from…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Andy Young, Obasanjo Kin, and Russell Simmons to Market "Motherland Grillz" in Africa
24 Jan 2007
By BAR special correspondent W. E. B. Blingen What happens when Andy Young and the Obansanjos hook up youthful hip hop entrepreneurs in the motherland with the spirit of American black capitalism?
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Black Stake in Media Reform
19 Jan 2007
Mass media are the circulatory systems of modern human societies. The second amendment guarantees freedom of the press so media can act as a check on abuses by government and the powerful, not…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
I Remember Fred
06 Dec 2006
BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon offers a personal recollection of Fred Hampton, Deputy Chairman of the Illinois Chapter of the Black Panther Party, who was murdered by Chicago Police and…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How Many Votes Were Stolen or Suppressed in 2006? We May Never Know. Unless We Investigate
28 Nov 2006
How Many Votes Were Stolen or Suppressed in 2006? We May Never Know. Unless We Investigate by BAR Managing Editor Bruce Dixon "...roughly 3 million Democratic votes in November 2006 appear to have…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Israeli Apartheid
20 Jun 2006
by Bruce A. Dixon Originally published in Black Commentator on June 20, 2006 "The ugly and racist realities of Israeli society and life under Israeli occupation are rarely discussed." …
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black Caucus Caves to Corporate Power
15 Jun 2006
In response to a flood of cable and phone company propaganda and millions in campaign and charitable donations, two thirds of the Congressional Black Caucus vote to redline broadband deployment in