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- Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnistBlack rebellion brings insecurity to those in power, as editors, mayors and even long dead criminals are being called to account.
- Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing EditorThe protests in Hong Kong are led by an assortment of US-backed proxies who have separation from China as their principle goal.
- Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing EditorWithout justification, Louisville cops snuffed out the lives of Breonna Taylor and David McAtee, drawing that city into the national vortex of protest.
- Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residenceHe so wide you can’t go ‘round him He so low you can’t go under him He so low that when he go High an ant can’t get under him; a rattlesnake’s shake’s
- Max Rameau and Netfa FreemanDefunding the police might end the armed and uniformed force as we know it, but the ruling class will then hire mercenaries to protect their wealth and enforce their will.