US Politics

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Flashbacks of wild Boers storming Capitalist Hill
15 Jun 2022
Flashbacks of wild Boers storming Capitalist Hill
Mark P. Fancher
The Soweto Uprising’s Unfinished Business
15 Jun 2022
Worldwide outrage over the killing of Soweto youth protesting on June 16, 1976 was a turning point in South African history. But the end of apartheid was not the end of racist oppression or corporate…
Michael F. Brown
Israel Lobby’s Black Allies Aim to Unseat Rashida Tlaib
15 Jun 2022
Bakari Sellers is the most prominent supporter of a new PAC dedicated to defeating Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib. The Urban Empowerment PAC has a goal of "electing pro-Israel Black democrats" and…
Danny Haiphong and Margaret Kimberley
Remembering the 2020 Black Lives Matter Uprising/Cuba and Venezuela in Focus w/Jacqueline Luqman
10 Jun 2022
Journalist and activist Jacqueline Luqman joins the Left Lens to discuss the two year anniversary of the BLM uprisings and her recent trips to Cuba and Venezuela.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Why good guys with guns flunk out (In schools near you)
10 Jun 2022
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Jacqueline Luqman
When America No Longer Exports Carnage As A Business Model, Maybe We'll Stop Seeing It In The Streets Here
08 Jun 2022
The tears, prayers, and thoughts regarding mass shootings are sincerely expressed by most people. But hypocrisy and cynicism loom very large for Joe Biden and congress. They want us to believe…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio June 3, 2022
03 Jun 2022
The effort to end qualified immunity in New York, rezoning and housing in Harlem, and the National Day Laborers Organinizing Network at the People's Summit.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Ending Qualified Immunity in New York
03 Jun 2022
Qualified immunity is the legal doctrine that shields public officials accused of civil rights violations. Police and corrections officers face limited repercussions for acts of brutality, even for…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
National Day Laborers Organizing Network at the People's Summit
03 Jun 2022
Gonzalo Mercado is Director of Transnational Programs at the National Day Laborer Organizing Network (NDLON) which is among the convening organizations for the People's Summit for Democracy, which…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Mass Shootings, Empire, and Racist, Copaganda Dog Whistles
01 Jun 2022
Two mass shootings in quick succession brought out the worst in Americans. The anger and grief were followed by the usual lies and pretense that violence here is somehow mysterious. Political leaders…