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Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
History’s Hired US
11 Dec 2024
"History’s Hired US" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Efia Nwangaza
The Dobbs Decision: Increased Black Maternal Deaths
11 Dec 2024
Black women, already leading in maternal mortality rates, are now at even greater risk of complications and death as more states impose stricter abortion laws.
Jon Jeter
The White Settlers’ Bizarre Economic Strategy of Terrorizing Black People
11 Dec 2024
Jordan Neely's killing and the subsequent acquittal of Daniel Penny can be seen as part of the reactionary existential panic felt by whites whenever the country experiences growing economic instability and hardship.
Black Alliance For Peace
Syria: The Return to the Scene of Obama’s Crime
11 Dec 2024
The US regime change campaign against Syria began after Barack Obama succeeded in destroying the Libyan state. All of his successors followed the same playbook.
Ramzy Baroud
‘Genocide’ vs ‘Bigger Genocide’ in Gaza: Time to Decolonize Our Minds
11 Dec 2024
Regardless of conditions, Palestinian people have agency of thought and will not see themselves through the prism of colonization.
NefasitPost
Biden’s Last-Ditch Agenda and Western Media’s Smear Campaign: Eritrea’s Resolve Amid Hostility
11 Dec 2024
Eritrea defies relentless Western hostility with unwavering self-reliance and resilience. The Biden administration is pursuing a last-ditch effort to vilify Eritrea and continue its agenda of pursuing US hegemony around the world.
Lallan Schoenstein
Wage stagnation: The real threat to Social Security
11 Dec 2024
Claims that the Social Security system is failing often omit the negative impact of stagnant and low wages for US workers.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
French Court Convicts French-Cameroonian Journalist Charles Onana of Speech Crime
11 Dec 2024
A French criminal court has convicted a journalist for writing dissident history about Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
War Propaganda and the Fall of Syria
11 Dec 2024
A succession of U.S. presidents have been committed to regime change in Syria. That long-held goal has been achieved in part through a sustained campaign of war propaganda.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
INTERVIEW: France and the Colonial Roots of Black Citizenship, Maboula Soumohoro, 2021
11 Dec 2024
“How do you fight racism in a land where racism obviously exists, the far right is ascendent, but race is not accepted as a category?”