Media And Culture

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
First They Came for Jill Stein
28 Dec 2017
Anyone that claims to be “on the left” must defend 2016 Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein, the latest victim of the anti-Russian dragnet.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The 1% Will Earn the People's Hatred
21 Dec 2017
“The rich prevail in virtually every contest because their political monopoly matches their monopoly on economic power.”
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Whoppers of Boss Tweet…
20 Dec 2017
A thief a thug Man in a rug A tweet deceit A lie a cheat— Embellish, embroider: a lying disorder…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Alabama and the Duopoly Trap
20 Dec 2017
“The Democrats act as though they have found the magic key to victory because they got lucky in one red state.”
Cornel West
Ta-Nehisi Coates Is the Neoliberal Face of the Black Freedom Struggle
20 Dec 2017
“The disagreement between Coates and me is clear: his view of black America is narrow and dangerously misleading.”
Vice News
Police Shoot More Than Twice as Many Americans as Previously Understood
20 Dec 2017
“Until now, there has never been a national reckoning of police shootings that includes Americans who are shot by cops and survive.”
Margaret Flowers and Kevin Zeese
Creating the 21st Century Internet
20 Dec 2017
“Political speech should not only be protected in print and television, but it should also be protected in the digital world, including websites, video, social media and new outlets we
Adam Johnson
NYT Prints Government-Funded Propaganda About Government-Funded Propaganda
20 Dec 2017
“The United States and other ‘democracies’ are positioned as the victims of online manipulation, never its author.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio Week of Dec. 18, 2017
19 Dec 2017
How FCC corruption gutted internet neutrality, AL black voters reject raw racism Mumia gets and gives literary praise.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia Gets, and Gives, literary Praise
19 Dec 2017
Supporters of the nation’s best known political prisoner filled Harlem’s “Raw Space” to celebrate his life and latest book, Have Black Lives Ever Mattered? The event featured Mumia