US Politics

Sophie Hurwitz
New University Rules Crack Down on Gaza Protests
18 Sep 2024
Dozens of campuses quietly implemented new “expressive activity” policies over the summer—effectively banning many forms of protest.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Harris and Trump Debate and the 2024 Presidential Campaign
13 Sep 2024
Jon Jeter joins us from Washington to talk about the debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump and the 2024 presidential campaign.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Harris and Trump Debate Maintenance of the Status Quo
11 Sep 2024
The debate between Kamala Harris and Donald Trump featured a rehash of neo-liberal and imperialist talking points. Both are committed to disastrous policies domestically and internationally.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
STATEMENT: Paul Robeson Before the House Un-American Activities Committee, June 12, 1956
11 Sep 2024
Revisiting Paul Robeson’s prepared statement to the House Un-American Activities Committee–during a new era of repression.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing
11 Sep 2024
TAKEOVER! A Human Rights Approach to Housing is a beautifully written book about poor and homeless people choosing to live and refusing to die.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Love My Black Job
11 Sep 2024
"Love My Black Job" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Glen Ford, BAR Executive Editor
Israelis – Not Muslims – Cheered in Jersey City on 9/11
11 Sep 2024
In debunking Donald Trump’s big lie about Jersey City Muslims celebrating the destruction of the World Trade Center, the corporate media have told an even bigger lie of omission. There was, indeed,…
Carrie Zaremba
U.S. Universities Spent the Summer Strategizing to Suppress Student Activism. Here is their Plan.
11 Sep 2024
Schools across the U.S. have altered policies and even landscapes in an attempt to make a repeat of last spring’s Palestine protests impossible. The result is a far-reaching war on free expression…
Willow Naomi Curry
Testifying at the Democratic National Convention
11 Sep 2024
60 years ago, the Mississippi Freedom Democrats took a stand at the Democratic National Convention, bodily challenging the racist party and the violent voter repression of Black people. Years…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Tennessee Ride Share Workers Protest Uber and Lyft Labor Practices
06 Sep 2024
We are joined by Cecilia Prado, the Chairperson of A Luta Sigue who is working with the drivers to organize the Tennessee Drivers Union strike and others on labor organizing in Nashville and Memphis…