US Politics

David Swanson
Abolishing Police and Abolishing Militaries
16 Jun 2021
Prison and war abolition are up against the exact same profiteers, politicians, and pundits, as well as many of the same people “serving” as soldiers, police, and guards.
Carol Anderson
America’s Gun Obsession is Rooted in Slavery
16 Jun 2021
The sheer brutality of human bondage created an overwhelming fear among whites of the enslaved’s capacity and desire for retribution.
Roberto Lovato
The Kids Are Reimagining International Solidarity
16 Jun 2021
Millennial and Gen Z activists are aligning their struggles at home with the fights against US empire in the streets of Palestine, Haiti, Colombia, and other countries.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of June 14, 2021
14 Jun 2021
Myth of “Black Wall Street” is Deployed to Bolster Black Capitalism
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Wages Cold War Against China Because America Can’t Compete
14 Jun 2021
The US confrontation with China is rooted in America being economically eclipsed by the Asian juggernaut, said Julie Varughese, Solidarity Network Coordinator of Black Al
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
US Universities Have Turned Into Rapacious Capitalist Machines
14 Jun 2021
American higher education is a relentless gentrifyer that spreads police terror and low wages, said Davarian Baldwin, professor of American Studies and founding director of th
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Myth of “Black Wall Street” is Deployed to Bolster Black Capitalism
14 Jun 2021
In an article in Black Agenda Report titled “From Black Wall Street to Black Capitalism,” Too Black, a writer and poet based in Indianapolis, reported that “most Greenwood Bla
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Truth About Defunding Police
09 Jun 2021
“Defunding” the police has often turned out to be an accounting trick, but community control of police – a righteous demand – must also ensure that all government functions addre
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Corporate Think Tank Reveals How Profit-Driven Motives Drive New Cold War against China
09 Jun 2021
The same report paradoxically acknowledges the failure of the economic model the U.S. has tried to impose on the rest of the world.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
TRANSCRIPT: Gerald Horne: Haiti and African Liberation in the Americas
09 Jun 2021
The Haitian Revolution was not only a victory for the millions of enslaved Africans in the Americas, it was a victory for all working class people.”