US Politics

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
On The Left Side of History: Political Prisoner Imam Jamil Al Amin
26 Nov 2025
Imam Jamil Al-Amin was a revolutionary targeted by the state from the 1960s until he was unjustly convicted of murder in 2002. He died on November 23, 2025, an elder political prisoner who had been…
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
The End of American Thanksgivings: A Cause for Universal Rejoicing
26 Nov 2025
Glen Ford wrote many powerful essays, but his unflinching analysis of the history of the holiday we call Thanksgiving remains relevant over 20 years after it was published.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Eric Adams, Zionism, and Pre-Emptive Strikes Against Mamdani
19 Nov 2025
Eric Adams, New York City’s blustering and corrupt outgoing mayor, is working with his allies to undermine mayor elect Zohran Mamdani in a blatant power grab and a violation of all norms of democracy…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Day 40-something pedophile-protecting government shutdown
19 Nov 2025
"Day 40-something pedophile-protecting government shutdown" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Jessica Washington
SNAP Recipients Crushed by Democrats Caving on Shutdown: “They Just Wasted It All”
19 Nov 2025
SNAP recipients were willing to sacrifice to protect health care benefits for themselves and others and they are furious that the Democrats' chose collusion with the Trump administration rather than…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Democrats' Treachery Ends the Shutdown
12 Nov 2025
Voter support for the Democratic Party in the government shutdown showdown was irrelevant. The Senate capitulation was a cynical and inevitable endgame for a party devoted to the austerity race to…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Pretty Boy Gavin Newsom, the Democrats' Rising Star
12 Nov 2025
California’s Governor is often referred to as Pretty Boy Gavin Newsom, and cameras do serve him well. What else do we know about him?
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Tuesday night’s tiny glimpse of what The People really want
12 Nov 2025
"Tuesday night’s tiny glimpse of what The People really want" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Marwa Yousuf K.
Mamdani and The Liberal Repackaging of Power
12 Nov 2025
Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayor's race was significant, but liberalism succeeds by presenting a veneer of change where it may not exist.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio November 7, 2025
07 Nov 2025
In this week’s segment, we examine claims of a genocide against Christians in the African nation of Nigeria, and the geopolitical strategems behind the narrative. But first, we discuss the election…