US Politics

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist , Jamarl Thomas
Democrats Won EVERYTHING and Promised NOTHING: 2026 Midterms Exposed
11 Nov 2026
BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist, Margaret Kimberley, analyzes the 2026 midterm election with Jamarl Thomas.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Pentagon pimpin
11 Nov 2026
"Pentagon pimpin" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence and was delivered at the 20th anniversary celebration for Black Agenda Report, New York City, November 7, 2026.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
What Obama Has Wrought
11 Nov 2026
The meticulously scripted spectacles of the two corporate party conventions are very poor backdrops for clear thinking – but luckily, the ordeals are almost over. What remains after the tents are…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders: Sheepdogging for Hillary and the Democrats in 2016
11 Nov 2026
Vermont senator and ostensible socialist Bernie Sanders is playing the sheepdog candidate for Hillary Clinton this year. Bernie's job is to warm up the crowd for Hillary, herding activist energies…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio November 6, 2026
06 Nov 2026
In this week’s segment, we hear about the Southern Human Rights Organizers' Conference (SHROC), which will be held in Jackson, Mississippi, in December. But we begin with an analysis of the Michigan…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Abdul El-Sayed's Senate Victory in Michigan
06 Nov 2026
Abayomi Azikiwe is editor of the Pan-African Newswire and a Detroit-based activist. Abdul El-Sayed won his election and will represent Michigan as a United States senator. He defied the Democratic…
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
An Electoral Victory Is Not the Defeat of Fascism: A Black Radical Perspective on the Democratic Party's Midterm Victories
04 Nov 2026
Democratic victories are a setback for Trump and the Republican Party, but not a defeat of the forces driving fascism.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
AIPAC Going Dark Sheds New Light on the Derelictions of the Democrat Party
04 Nov 2026
AIPAC's decision to stop directly endorsing and funding candidates is merely a shift to dark money. Democratic Party leaders are completely in sync with AIPAC's goals and will not cut them out of…
Brad Reed
‘Oligarchy Is on the Ballot’: Reports Uncover Unprecedented Sums Ultrarich Spent to Buy 2026 Midterms
04 Nov 2026
“In a democracy, it’s supposed to be one person, one vote, and the more one person can influence, the less egalitarian our system becomes,” said one expert.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
U.S. Liberal Media Literacy Guide: Wealthy People
28 Oct 2026
The media uses vague language to protect billionaires from judgment and pressures people to pursue change through polite, respectable channels. The result is that readers become spectators of…