US Politics

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Trump Declares War on the U.S.
01 Oct 2025
Donald Trump has declared war on the “enemy within” and put the military on notice that they will mete out the same treatment domestically that they dispense around the world.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
(Don’t) “Say his name!”
24 Sep 2025
"(Don’t) 'Say his name!'" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Jamarl Thomas
The Soviets Defeated Nazism, but Western Fascism Lived On
24 Sep 2025
While China and Russia honor their historic defeat of fascism, the West has revitalized it. The doctrine of exceptionalism serves as a modern justification for genocide and imperial aggression.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
White Power
17 Sep 2025
The power structure in the U.S. can be boiled down to a system of might, and white, making right. Donald Trump has exposed its rotten foundations and the two-faced collaborators who keep it running.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
School Shooting Du Jour. War Of The Week
17 Sep 2025
"School Shooting Du Jour. War Of The Week" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Epitomizes Black Misleadership
20 Aug 2025
Mayor Bowser going along to get along with Donald Trump is unsurprising to anyone who has followed her political career. She is the Black misleader par excellence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Trump and Democrats Fuel the Washington DC Crime Panic
13 Aug 2025
Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department is not merely a result of his racist and authoritarian tendencies, nor is it new. It is part and parcel of a history of…
Black Alliance For Peace
End the Colonial Occupation of Washington D.C.: The People Demand Self-Determination and Self-Governance
13 Aug 2025
Washington, D.C.'s political subjugation exposes America's democratic facade. While claiming to champion self-rule globally, the U.S. increases repression and lays siege on the residents of its own…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
For a young labor leader leading by example
13 Aug 2025
"For a young labor leader leading by example" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Anatomy of a Red Scare
13 Aug 2025
As the Trump administration escalates its anti-radical crackdowns, past moments of repression offer a preview of what’s to come.