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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden's Marijuana Policy Frees No One
12 Oct 2022
Biden's announcement of pardons for federal convictions of marijuana possession is meaningless. The pardons free no one from prison and don't even expunge records.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Congressional Black Caucus Continues Its Downward Spiral
05 Oct 2022
The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference returned with dubious corporate sponsorships and obedience to the democratic party. Joe Biden received a warm welcome which is logical…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden Lies at the United Nations
28 Sep 2022
U.S. presidents routinely violate international law and the United Nations Charter. Yet every year they appear before that body and proclaim American innocence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Asylum, Migration and U.S. Foreign Policy
21 Sep 2022
Immigration rules are often determined by U.S. foreign policy. Citizens of nations under U.S. attack, such as Venezuela, are made eligible for asylum. Haitians suffer under U.S. dictates but are…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Agenda Radio September 16, 2022
16 Sep 2022
Black politics in San Francisco Part 2, FBI surveillance of Aretha Franklin, and how the U.S. drives conflicts in Horn of Africa nations.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Politics in San Francisco, Part 2
16 Sep 2022
Jemma Decristo is a community organizer in San Francisco, where a Black mayor, London Breed, continues neo-liberal and pro-police policies and where gentrification and displacement continue. She…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
FBI Surveillance of Aretha Franklin
16 Sep 2022
Afeni is a community organizer and writer who is co-authoring an article soon to appear in Rolling Stone about FBI surveillance of Aretha Franklin. Afeni is joining us from Washington DC.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The U.S. Instigates Conflict in the Horn of Africa
16 Sep 2022
Thomas C. Mountain is an historian and educator known as a widely published independent journalist in Africa. He explains U.S. interference against Ethiopia and Eritrea and how the TPLF, Tigray…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Decolonizing the Mind
14 Sep 2022
The word decolonization should not be treated as trendy slang. It describes an important political and psychological process. Media and state attempts at indoctrination show just how important it is.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden's MAGA Obsession Won't Help Democrats
07 Sep 2022
Because Joe Biden and democrats act on behalf of the oligarchy instead of the people, they now risk a mid-term election loss. His solution to this political problem is to speak endlessly about Donald…