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Paul Street
Bernie, Black, and Blue: Reflections on Race in the Democratic Primaries
16 Mar 2016
by Paul Street If Black people are the most left-leaning constituency in the United States, why have they been voting for right-wing Democrat Hillary Clinton in the primaries? It is true that Bernie Sanders’ economic program is far better than Clinton’s. However, rising New Deal-type tides do not…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
The Empire’s Weapon of Identity Politics and the “Ghetto” Comment Controversy
16 Mar 2016
by Danny Haiphong President Obama’s political pit bulls have become attack dogs for Hillary Clinton. MSNBC pundit Joy Reid “has placed her career prospects” in Clinton’s camp, employing identity politics to snipe at Bernie Sanders. Neither wing of the corporate-bought Democratic Party can “change…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
McCarthy and Snyder to Testify before House Oversight Committee on the Poisoning of Flint’s Children
16 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Crimes against humanity have been committed in Flint, Michigan. Punishment must fit the crime. “It is time to remove all political actors both in the federal and state governments from public service and refer them to DOJ for criminal…
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Protesting Trump and Hillary Too
16 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats want to make Donald Trump’s racism the only campaign issue, to divert attention from their imperial wars and the global race to the bottom. Trump is a GOP outsider, but the Democrats “eagerly conspire with Republicans on…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Hillary Wants a Crusade to Defeat Trump’s “Bigotry” – and Leave Her Bankers Alone
17 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford If Hillary Clinton can make the general election into a crusade against “bigotry” and “intolerance” as embodied by Donald Trump, she can win with an otherwise issue-less campaign, thus shielding the 1% from harm. Black folks will be happy, imagining the election is…
Solomon Comissiong
What if Most Trump Supporters Were People of Color or Muslims?
23 Mar 2016
by Solomon Comissiong European global expansion has been marked by white crimes against humanity for half a millennium. In the U.S. white settler state, non-whites and Muslims are profiled as potential criminals and terrorists. However, “if a white person carries out an act of domestic terrorism…
Mark P. Fancher
Confessions of a Neo-Caucasian
23 Mar 2016
by Mark P. Fancher Human rights attorney and frequent BAR contributor Mark Fancher recently had a close encounter of the white supremacist kind. He learned that Donald Trump plans to use his awesome powers to turn a select number of Black people white – which would, of course, be HUGE!
Julian Cola
Letter from Brazil: Before There Was Liberation Theology There Was Candomblé
23 Mar 2016
by Julian Cola “Liberation theology,” a progressive interpretation of Christianity that gained traction in the mid-20th century, was long preceded by African-based religions such as Brazil’s Candomblé. “The emergence of African-based, syncretic religions caused an abrupt split from the religious…
Robin D.G. Kelley
Black Study, Black Struggle
23 Mar 2016
by Robin D.G. Kelly Robin D.G. Kelley opened a debate published by the Boston Review. “The fully racialized social and epistemological architecture upon which the modern university is built cannot be radically transformed by ‘simply’ adding darker faces, safer spaces, better training, and a…
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo
EPA Officials Didn’t “Want to go Out on a Limb” for the People of Flint
23 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo The federal and state actors that poisoned Flint, Michigan’s water tried to pin the crime on each other at a congressional hearing, last week. Governor Rick Synder, who set the crime in motion, failed in his attempt to concoct an ignorance-of-…