US Politics

Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Your Anti-Communism Problem—and Mine
17 Dec 2025
‘Anti-Communism Week’ is a legal blueprint for crushing dissent. By labeling social justice activism as terrorism and empowering a new national task force, the state is preparing for the most intense…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
We Are All Somalia
10 Dec 2025
Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rants are not directed solely at members of that group. All Black/African people are seen as suspects, as ungrateful criminals who are deserving of punishment and scorn.…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
DUI Hire
10 Dec 2025
"DUI Hire" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
James Bovard
Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings
10 Dec 2025
The legal framework for Trump’s war on Venezuela was built by his predecessor, Barack Obama. His remote-control assassinations set a precedent that Trump adopted and escalated.
Ken Klippenstein
FBI Making List of American “Extremists,” Leaked Memo Reveals
10 Dec 2025
A leaked FBI memo confirms the bureau's goal is the criminalization of leftist political activity.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Year in Rear View: What the Lack of Principled and Pronounced Opposition Reveals About that US Left (Or, Why Oppressed People Best Watch Your Backs)
10 Dec 2025
Trump’s accelerated fascism is met with the silence of a compromised U.S. "left." Its institutions, tethered to capitalism and the Democratic Party, reveal they are part of the machine they claim to…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Reclaiming our time back from February 30th Fighters
03 Dec 2025
"Reclaiming our time back from February 30th Fighters" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Mamdani Reappoints NYPD Commissioner Who Refused to Punish Killer Cops
28 Nov 2025
Samy Feliz is an organizer with Justice Committee, a grassroots organization dedicated to building a movement against police violence and systemic racism in New York City and empowering low-income…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Illegal Orders, Liberal Hypocrisy, and Fake Outrage
26 Nov 2025
Democrats recruit military veterans and former intelligence agency operatives to run for office to prove their pro-war credentials. A contrived fight with Donald Trump shouldn’t fool anyone.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Blues for belligerent blonde Lil Eva Braun
26 Nov 2025
"Blues for belligerent blonde Lil Eva Braun" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.