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Adam Mahoney
Natural Disasters Are Driving a School Crisis. Black Children Are Hit the Hardest
02 Apr 2025
Black students are losing classrooms, homes, and support systems after climate events.
Internationalist 360
Marco Rubio Travels to Guyana to Entrench U.S. Colonial Rule
02 Apr 2025
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent tour of Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname was framed as advancing 'energy security' and regional stability. However, it served as a cover to escalate pressure on Venezuela. The trip exposed Washington’s broader agenda: dismantling regional solidarity and…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
DEI (Drunk, Epicurean, Incompetent) War Criminals (Nod to Allen)
02 Apr 2025
"DEI (Drunk, Epicurean, Incompetent) War Criminals" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Judith Weisenfeld’s Book, “Black Religion in the Madhouse”
02 Apr 2025
This week’s featured author is Judith Weisenfeld. Weisenfeld is Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. Her book is Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake.
Jon Jeter
Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Reverse Globalization or Resurrect America’s Dying Industrial Base
02 Apr 2025
Throughout history, trade restrictions have reshaped economies for good or for ill. As Trump increases tariffs across industries, it is clear that this move will not revitalize the economy as he claims. Rather, it stands to create further hardship for Black and working class people.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Armed Struggle: Natural Response to Fascism, Martin Sostre, 1975
02 Apr 2025
“The question now is: What are we going to do about this murderous fascism?”
Clau O'Brien Moscoso
As Elections Near, Ecuador's Working Poor and Colonized under Siege - Part 3
02 Apr 2025
As Ecuador heads into a run-off election on April 13, the issues of security, state violence and the economy remain at the forefront. Dollarization, submission to U.S. dictates, the proliferation of arms shipments through privately owned ports, and the expansion of international drug cartels to…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Trump Exposes the Elite Classes
02 Apr 2025
While Trump dedicates himself to making every conservative fantasy come true, millions wonder who will save them from the onslaught of the right wing fever dream. The answer is no one but ourselves.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize, 2025
02 Apr 2025
This year’s Victoire Prize went to ICTR lawyers David Jacobs and Peter Erlinder and Canadian journalist Jooneed Khan.
O. Dave Allen
US Agenda in Jamaica Exposed
02 Apr 2025
Jamaica’s upcoming election has become a litmus test for Caribbean sovereignty as the U.S. and China compete for dominance. Washington’s threats to seize the Panama Canal and Marco Rubio’s heavy-handed diplomacy expose the island’s precarious position. Jamaica now faces a choice - resist becoming a…