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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
NYPD Illegal Searches Target Communities of Color
09 Jun 2023
Samah Sisay is a staff attorney at the Center for Constitutional Rights.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
State Repression Targets the Stop Cop City Movement
07 Jun 2023
Cop City is an effort to ensure that state violence will bring the most draconian methods to bear against Black people. State violence is also being used proactively, in an effort to end opposition…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.: Sheepdogging and Liberal Fantasy
31 May 2023
There is an understandable yearning for a progressive president. But like dreams of happily ever after endings, the fantasy is just that.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Biden's Debt Ceiling Betrayal is a Democratic Party Tradition
24 May 2023
Joe Biden is continuing the ignoble tradition of colluding with republicans while pretending to fight them. The latest debt limit drama is another betrayal of the people.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Tribute to Comrade Chris Che Matlhako
17 May 2023
Chris “Che” Matlhako was a Central Committee member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and served as Secretary for International Relations at Party Headquarters when he passed away on April…
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…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Whither Black Voters in 2024
03 May 2023
The duopoly trap for the 2024 election has been set, but Black voters can refuse to step into it.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Why Americans Are Shot at the "Wrong House"
26 Apr 2023
People in the U.S. venerate its violent history, support violence committed by the state, and remain very racist, yet express shock when individuals kill and maim.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Chinese "Police Stations" and War Propaganda
19 Apr 2023
The U.S. can shoot down balloons, call names, and claim that China has "police stations" in New York City. It cannot stop the decline of its own making as it engages in war propaganda theater.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black People Used to Attack Revolutionary Governments
12 Apr 2023
The question of how Black people fare in a particular country can be a legitimate issue or a ruse used in the furtherance of U.S. regime change plots.