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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Charles Rangel and the End of Black Politics
28 May 2025
The late Charles Rangel served as a member of the Congressional Black Caucus for more than 40 years. But the goals of Black politics and electoral politics are not necessarily the same.
Socialist Workers' Movement of the Dominican Republic
Fighting Apartheid in the Dominican Republic is Essential!
28 May 2025
Fighting apartheid in the Dominican Republic is essential to achieving redress for people of African descent in that country.
Justin Fenton , Ben Conarck , Pamela Wood
Forensic Failures: 36 Police-Custody Deaths Should Have Been Ruled a Homicide, Audit Finds
28 May 2025
Independent audit finds patterns of racial, pro-police bias in Maryland’s chief medical examiner’s office.
Chris Hedges
Trump’s Useful Idiots
28 May 2025
A bankrupt liberal class signed on to the Zionist witch hunt against supposed antisemites, refused to condemn Israel for its genocide and in the process gave weapons to its executioners.
Tamara Gausi
ITUC-Africa General Secretary, Akhator Joel Odigie: “It is time for Africans to chart and determine our progress on our terms”
28 May 2025
As workers across Africa face growing challenges, the leadership of the African Regional Organisation of the International Trade Union Confederation remains crucial in the fight for labor rights and social justice. This profile explores their vision for a fairer future amid rising inequality and…
Palestine Chronicle Staff
Another Massacre at Rafah Aid Center as Gaza Death Toll Mounts
04 Jun 2025
Gaza health officials report mass casualties as Israeli forces shell humanitarian aid distribution points.
Abdirahman M. Ahmed
Using Lessons from the Horn of Africa to Protect the Alliance of Sahelian States
04 Jun 2025
The Horn of Africa was filled with hope in 2018, when Somali President Mohammed Abdullahi Mohammed, Eritrean President Isaias Afwerki, and Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed signed an agreement promising regional cooperation on trade, culture, and security, but that hope has been dashed by renewed…
The Cradle News Desk
US Greenlights Syrian Plan to Integrate Foreign Extremists Into New Army
04 Jun 2025
After 2011, tens of thousands of foreign extremists flooded into Syria with the backing of western intelligence agencies to help topple the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad.
Jon Jeter
Pizza Goeth Before a Fall? Changes in Americans’ Eating Habits Foretell a Deep Recession
04 Jun 2025
Wages can't keep up with prices, debt is crushing workers, and racial capitalism keeps us divided over shrinking slices. This isn't just inflation—it's collapse.
Alina Selyukh
Skulls Once Subject to Racist Study in Germany are Laid to Rest in New Orleans
04 Jun 2025
Looted African skulls come home after a century in German labs, exposing colonialism's history of dehumanizing "race science."