African America

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Free Marzieh Hashemi
23 Jan 2019
A Black American journalist languishes in a DC jail, imprisoned without charge as part of the US vendetta against Iran, yet the Black political class has not raised a peep in protest.
Paul Street
Chicago Racist Police-State Blues: Sixteen Shots for Laquan, Three Years for Van Dyke
23 Jan 2019
Street activism led to an historic murder conviction of a killer cop, but then a racist judge let him off with a light sentence.
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Arrest of Marzieh Hashemi Reveals Nature of Bipartisan Police State
23 Jan 2019
The only reason our sister is being held captive is to once again demonstrate how a runaway slave is treated.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Can the “Wretched” Rule? On Socialism, the State, and the Future of Humanity
23 Jan 2019
it is merely a fantasy to believe that the struggle to bring socialism in the United States will not involve a revolutionary struggle against the state.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
23 Jan 2019
This week we present readers’ thoughts on Kamala Harris, fact checking in the media, and possibilities for the Green New Deal.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Amber Musser’s “Sensual Excess”
23 Jan 2019
The author examines the framing power of sexuality as an ideology of respectability and control.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Darius Bost’s “Evidence of Being”
23 Jan 2019
With the face of AIDS having changed from white gay men to non-whites, it is wise to tap into an earlier radical tradition.
Michelle Alexander
Time to Break the Silence on Palestine
23 Jan 2019
If we are to honor King’s message and not merely the man, we must condemn Israel’s actions.
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Beyond NATO: Time to Break the Silence, End NATO’s Militarism
23 Jan 2019
Dr King would be opposed to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) because it is an instrument of US and European militarism.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of January 21, 2019
22 Jan 2019
Larry Hamm -- MLK was a radical socialist; Kerry Chance: poverty is criminalized in today's South Africa; Ray McGopvern: RussiaGate "collusiuon" is a crock.