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by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley
Freedom Rider: Democrats and the SCOTUS Scam
23 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Obama “legacy” will likely include the appointment of a U.S. Supreme Court justice that Republicans would welcome – if only Obama hadn’t been the appointer. Federal judge Merrick Garland is a former prosecuctor whose politics suits Obama’s…
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
The Democratic Road to Black Ruin
24 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Democratic Party operatives claim that Blacks are voting “strategically” when they support the corporate warmonger Hillary Clinton for president. The reality is, Blacks believe only Clinton has the money and organization to beat the White Man’s Party – the GOP.…
by BAR contributor Danny Haiphong
Why a United Front Against Trump is Dangerous Territory for the Left
23 Mar 2016
by Danny Haiphong The Democrats would love to see the entire political spectrum united with Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump – but that would mean Trump has “scared the left back under the Democratic Party umbrella.” The Donald defames Mexicans, but Barack Obama has actually deported more of…
The Real News Network
Obama's Legacy-Defining "Clemency Program More Show Than Substance
23 Mar 2016
Now Age Conversations
The Liberal-Left Divide: A Conversation With Margaret Kimberley
23 Mar 2016
The Real News Network
America's Preferred Jihadists and the Crisis in Syria
23 Mar 2016
This Is Hell
It Wasn't Just Republicans: How the EPA's own poisoned politics failed to protect the people of Flint
23 Mar 2016
EPA whistleblower Marsha Coleman-Adebayo explains how the regulatory body allowed internal politics and outright negligence to turn Flint into a sacrifice zone, and ties the current crisis to America's long history (and present) of ignoring environmental threats to communities of color. Marsha is…
Cynthia McKinney
America, We Have a Problem: Homelessness is Out of Control
30 Mar 2016
by Cynthia McKinney Cities throughout the United States, and especially up and down the west coast, are locked in a crisis of homelessness. Yet, “not one word is uttered about the criminalization of the poor” in this presidential election season. Luxury housing is booming, while rapacious…
Fidel Castro Ruz
Fidel’s Letter to “Brother Obama”
30 Mar 2016
by Fidel Castro Ruz In Havana, President Obama behaved as if the United States – and he, himself – were a gift to Cuba and the world. Fidel Castro disagrees: “We don’t need the empire to give us anything. Our efforts will be legal and peaceful, because our commitment is to peace and…
John Pilger
A World War has Begun. Break the Silence
30 Mar 2016
by John Pilger The United States is constantly preparing to launch a global holocaust, under the guise of “defense.” It is a country singularly unfit to hold the destiny of humanity in its unstable hands. America has put the whole species on a war footing. “At present, it is a war of propaganda, of…