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Hurricane Aid Earmarked for Puerto Rico Debt Service
11 Jun 2018
The appointed board that controls Puerto Rico’s finances is trying to divert hurricane relief aid to pay off the islands debt, according to a report by the Center for Economic and Policy Relief.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
No Major U.S. Opposition to War
13 Feb 2018
It’s bad enough that the Trump administration’s recently released Nuclear Posture Review makes the use of nuclear weapons more likely, said Greg Mello, of the Los Alamos Study Grou
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Peace Requires Social Transformation
16 Jan 2018
The peace movement “must recognize that war is an instrument of class rule, and that we have to overthrow this enemy and build and new society, on a new basis,” said Ajamu Baraka,
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A New Rwandan-Ugandan Occupation of Congo?
31 Dec 2017
Uganda, which along with Rwanda repeatedly invaded the neighboring Democratic Republic of Congo, has once again deployed its forces in Congo’s resource-rich Beni region.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Puerto Rico Crippled Before Hurricane Hit
12 Dec 2017
Harsh austerity measures imposed by a federal financial oversight board set Puerto Rico up for disaster, said Lara Merling, a researcher for the Washington-based Center for Economi
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Grand Theft Water in Detroit
14 Nov 2017
The same corporations that forced Detroit into bankruptcy in 2013 are attempting to steal the city’s water supply, said Josiah Rector, professor of history at Northland College.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Puerto Rico Getting the Detroit Treatment
07 Nov 2017
Puerto Rico, a hurricane-ravaged colony of the U.S., has been subjected to much the same financial dictatorship as Detroit, a Black internal colony, said Abayomi Azikiwe, editor of
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Afro-Colombians Defend Collective Land Rights
17 Oct 2017
The Colombian government “has no intention” of making sure that Black and indigenous people’s right to collective land ownership will be protected under the peace agreement with FARC rebels, said
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Neocolonialism Under-Develops the Caribbean
10 Oct 2017
Climate change, on top of subservient relationships, makes Caribbean nations more vulnerable to hurricanes, said Caribbean Solidarity Network co-founder Runako Gregg.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye on GMOs. It's About Class Rule Not the Shiny Tool
14 Sep 2017
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye are science educators, all over TV and the internet. Nye is an aeronautical engineer, a one-time member of the team that delivered the Boeing 747.