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by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Sonia Maria Sotomayor -- She's No Clarence Thomas, But No Thurgood Marshall Either
03 Jun 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon What is and what should be the story around the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the high court? Is the main story a celebration of how humble origins and hard work won out? Should we spend all our time and energy refuting the racism of…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: The Hurricane and the Failed State
07 Nov 2012
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Hurricanes and other “acts of God” provide a dramatic stage for some of the ugliest - or most endearing - acts of man. “If there is any silver lining to this awful event it is showing the limits of politics and the need for grass…
Randy Shields
Your Brain on Obama: Waiting for the Man
06 Nov 2012
by Randy Shields The “Obama Phenomenon” is a world-class consciousness-destroyer, guaranteed to burn a hole in your soul. Millions of once-progressive minds have fallen victim to the scourge. “Obama users have turned on friends and colleagues who kept their principles regardless of…
The Editors
Black Agenda Radio Still Disabled by Hurricane Sandy
06 Nov 2012
There is no Black Agenda Radio program, this week, due to the hurricane-related shutdown of production at the Progressive Radio Network. We hope to resume operations in time for next week's show - Glen Ford and Nellie Bailey.
Damon Sajnani
Jay-Z is 1%, Not HipHop
07 Nov 2012
by Damon Sajnani Jay-Z has earned mountains of money from HipHop, but “his politics are diametrically opposed to the interest of Black liberation at home and abroad.” The music mogul identifies with an oligarchy whose interests are antithetical to Black liberation. “If the balance of…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Doing Us Proud: Black America Has Lost Its Moral Compass
08 Nov 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon When a Bush, a McCain, or a Romney condones corporate crimes against the rest of us, lies to us, tortures and imprisons at will and murders civilians at a whim, it's a moral disaster. When a black Democrat does it, it's nothing personal, just business. And…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Victory! – for the Non-Resistance
08 Nov 2012
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The More Effective Evil has trounced those Republicans with evil intentions. Folks who never made a single demand of the corporate, war mongering Democrat think they are some kind of victors. “The non-resisters have won a non-victory against an…
Sese
Treble Army - DiscObama
11 Nov 2012
P. Sainath
Demographic Blowback: Race, Class and the Election
14 Nov 2012
by P. Sainath Race, far more than gender, was the key to Obama’s reelection. “White women still gave Romney a greater share of their vote than they gave John McCain in 2008.” But the big winner was money: both candidates had plenty of corporate donors.
Benjamin Woods
Human Rights, Neo-liberalism and Mass Incarceration
14 Nov 2012
by Benjamin Woods If African Americans are – finally – prepared to fight their way out of the current crisis, they “must develop a set of tactics, strategies, and objectives to improve their deteriorating condition, particularly in the arena of mass incarceration.” A “human rights” strategy…