Political Economy

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Reparations Rising – With Permission from White Democrats
01 Aug 2019
Black people’s support for reparations has soared in sync with the concept’s receptivity among white Democrats and establishment Black politicians.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Trump and Baltimore
31 Jul 2019
Anyone feeling the need to defend Baltimore from Trump’s opinions ought to talk about what really ails that city.
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Trump and Black Misleadership Class: Collaborators in the Defense of White Power
31 Jul 2019
Black people are not obligated to defend opportunists and servants of white capital in Baltimore just because they were called out by Trump.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Russiagate Fanatic Michael Isikoff’s Curious Project
31 Jul 2019
Seymour Hersh has been right about some of the biggest stories of our times, and he thinks the DNC email theft was an inside job.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Megan Rapinoe: Fake Progressive
31 Jul 2019
The con of diversity is all that distinguishes Democratic Party elites and white feminists from the big Orange Menace in the White House.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Bad Hombre Defense
31 Jul 2019
Wait! Call the Cream Team— Dershbag’s a lawyer, Slick Willy’s a lawyer— Wait! Before you suicide the accused Serial pedophile predator
Josmar Trujillo
The “Total Anarchy” of Wet Cops
31 Jul 2019
No matter how many Black people cops kill and abuse, corporate media amplify voices that shift victimhood onto the police force.
BAR Editor and Columnist, Dr. Marsha Adebayo and Chris Rigaux
A Legacy of Violence and Land Appropriation Bethesda Moses African Cemetery
31 Jul 2019
Montgomery County officials thought no one would care about a “bunch of dead black folks.”
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
31 Jul 2019
This week readers raised some controversial questions. You discussed the Joe Biden campaign and attempts to present “queer” Muslims. We share your letters for “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Peter Cole’s “Dockworker Power”
31 Jul 2019
The author examines how ordinary workers in multiracial societies simultaneously challenged racism and their bosses.