US Politics

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Will we walk, talk; Chew gum, text and BREATHE at the same time?
14 Aug 2024
"Will we walk, talk; Chew gum, text and BREATHE at the same time?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Kamala Harris’s Environmental Deceptions
07 Aug 2024
Kamala Harris’s vaunted “environmental justice unit” prosecuted only the most trivial violations in San Francisco’s toxic Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood.
The Editors
Black Left Critique of Kamala Harris
07 Aug 2024
Immediately after Joe Biden announced that he would not seek re-election and instead endorsed Kamala Harris, she was anointed as the Democratic Party presidential nominee with little analysis of her…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The Abandon Biden Campaign Continues
02 Aug 2024
Hudhayfah Ahmad joins us to discuss how and whether the Abandon Biden campaign will change in the wake of Biden’s departure from the race and the elevation of Kamala Harris to the role of…
Abayomi Azikiwe, Black Agenda Report Contributor
Presidential Politics and the Palestinian Question
31 Jul 2024
The visit of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to the United States highlights the role of imperialism in the genocide in Gaza.
Malaika Jabali
In Milwaukee, Many Black Voters Aren’t On Board With Either Party
31 Jul 2024
The city’s abstainers could determine who wins Wisconsin, a critical swing state, this November.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio July 26, 2024
26 Jul 2024
This week, we talk to a veteran fighter in the liberation movement about his work nationally and internationally. But first, we discuss Joe Biden standing down from his re-election campaign and the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
The Politics Behind the End of Biden's Campaign and His Endorsement of Kamala Harris
26 Jul 2024
Dr. Anthony Monteiro joins us to discuss the 2024 presidential election in the wake of Joe Biden’s announcement that he is standing down from his re-election campaign and endorsing Vice President…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
War, Genocide and Coups: Biden/Harris and The Irreversible Crisis of Neoliberal Fake Democracy
24 Jul 2024
The Imperialist chickens have come home to roost.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Chicago Authorities Want a “Conversation” with the Poor People’s Army about the DNC 2024
24 Jul 2024
The Poor People’s Army has a permit to march to the steps of the Democratic National Convention in August, but now Chicago authorities want to have a “conversation” with them.