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Jemima Pierre
Don’t Blame Republicans for Obama’s Actions in Haiti
12 Sep 2012
by BAR editor and columnist Jemima Pierre Nobody forced President Obama to further oppress the proud people of Haiti. “Obama’s actions in Haiti prove that a Black president is as effective at preserving U.S empire and white supremacy.” Obama allowed mass murderer “Baby Doc” Duvalier to…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Black America Stands Down for the Obamas
12 Sep 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats definitely won the propaganda war between the two conventions but that doesn’t mean that black people won anything.” How could they, since African Americans have asked for nothing but that a Black family get to live in…
The Editors
Standing Up For The People: Chicago Teachers Union Strikes, 1969 - 1987
12 Sep 2012
CTU, the Chicago Teachers Union, is about as real as unions get these days. Thanks to the courageous struggles of its members over generations, it has a history of standing up for its members, for students and for the people of Chicago.
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Glen Ford Debates Michael Eric Dyson on Democracy Now Coverage of Democratic Convention
11 Sep 2012
The good Dr. Dyson threw up a literal wall of words in defense of --- well --- you decide what he was defending, and whether it's even defensible....
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner
Wrong Song In The Key Of Death (Call The Villain)
19 Sep 2012
by Raymond Nat Turner Bomb 'em to stone man Free-fire zone man Jim Jones man Villain called Drone Man
Tamara K. Nopper
Why the AFL-CIO Must Address Black Criminalization and (Un)Employment
19 Sep 2012
by Tamara K. Nopper and Kenyon Farrow Blacks are more likely than whites or Latinos to be members of labor unions. Yet, the AFL-CIO seems not to recognize the multiple challenges that face their most loyal constituency. Big Labor has no position on racial profiling, for example, “nor…
Dr. Peter J. Hudson
Fall 2012 Reading List: Black Agenda Review of Books
19 Sep 2012
by Peter James Hudson, Black Agenda Review of Books editor BAR will soon debut a new page under the heading Black Agenda Review of Books, edited by Peter James Hudson, an assistant professor of history at Vanderbilt University. From his roost at The Public Archive, Dr. Hudson has…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Debating Dr. Dyson: Facts vs. The “Wall of Words”
13 Sep 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Obama is the “most progressive president since FDR.” So says Dr. Michael Eric Dyson. The president has also solved the problem of predatory lending. If there were any facts behind these assertions, the United States would rate a lot higher on the…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Chicago School Strike is Against Obama “Race To The Top” Agenda of School Privatization and Corporate Education Reform
13 Sep 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Polls say that most Chicagoans support the striking teachers. Mitt Romney says he supports Rahm Emanuel. But why do so many who say they oppose charters, educational privatization, the drive to demonize teachers and make them temps fail to connect these…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Race-Based Romney-Speak
19 Sep 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford There is no mystery to what Mitt Romney was trying to say, in his incompetent way, at the Boca Raton fundraiser. Romney was performing the standard anti-Black “entitlement” and “dependency” speech, but then threw other demographics in the mix. “The…