US Politics

Michele Bratcher Goodwin
We Can’t Be Free Until We Fully Abolish Slavery
14 Oct 2020
Through a loophole in the 13th Amendment, governments and corporations profit from cheap, incarcerated labor.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Maureen Mahon’s “Black Diamond Queens”
14 Oct 2020
The standard version of rock and roll history does not allot much space at all to the discussion of African American women.
Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent
Health Justice and Black Liberation: Dána-Ain Davis
14 Oct 2020
We can disentangle care from capitalism by increasing community-generated and community-led models of caring.
Pan Africanism Today Secretariat
A Milestone for South African Shack Dwellers Movement
14 Oct 2020
Abahlali baseMjondolo celebrates 15 years of revolutionary struggle for land, housing and dignity.
Interview by Alex N. Press
Why They Let Breonna Taylor’s Killer Go Free
14 Oct 2020
People in Louisville were in motion, but the politicians shy away from “the massive transformative changes that we demand.”
Jay Willis
Feuding With Donald Trump Is Not Police Reform
14 Oct 2020
Democratic mayors denounce Trump’s brutality but fail to keep their own cops from beating and gassing protesters.
Marjorie Cohn
Assange Faces Extradition For Exposing US War Crimes
14 Oct 2020
The prosecution of Assange would set a disturbing example for journalists and media outlets that publish information critical of the government.
Wilmer J. Leon III
The “Non-Aligned” Nations Realign
14 Oct 2020
The formerly colonized peoples of the planet say No to US bullying, sanctions and regime change. “The ‘Third World’ sees the US as a monster.”
K.J. Noh
The US is on a Path to War with China. What is to be done?
14 Oct 2020
Unwilling to accept China’s rise, the US puts its lie machine on full blast and moves towards war.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio for Week of October 12, 2020
12 Oct 2020
Beware the Movement’s “Controlled Opposition”