US Politics

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Greg Shupak’s “The Wrong Story”
22 May 2019
American maneuvers in the Middle East have little to do with culture or religion and everything to do with capitalism.
Mark P. Fancher
Socialism – The Litmus Test for Authentic African Leadership
22 May 2019
There is no better time than African Liberation Day to call out Africa’s imperialist stooges, lackeys and puppets.
Lucas Koerner.and Ricardo Vaz
Venezuela Media Far More Diverse Than US
22 May 2019
Not only is the Venezuelan press free to criticize the government, the opposition dominates the media and uses it to foment coups.
Dave Tell
How Poverty is Reshaping the Story of Emmett Till’s Murder
22 May 2019
Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till, but a poor Black town is betting its future on one version of the story.
Adam Tomes
Los Angeles: City of Segregation
22 May 2019
Only white Americans have the freedom to use their wealth to buy a home wherever they like, and they use that freedom to isolate themselves from others.
This Is Hell , Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Fake News Empire: Unlearning the Lies at the Heart of American ideology.
22 May 2019
Black Agenda Report's Danny Haiphong examines the lies at the root of the story America tells itself - as the corporate media obscures the reality of social relations at the base of American power,
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
To Preserve Austerity, Corporate Democrats Scheme to Smother Sanders
20 May 2019
Democratic “diversity” is a cover for the sameness of the party’s actual policies – endless austerity and war, just like the other corporate party.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Brazil is a Killing Field for Young Black Men
20 May 2019
“The police kill at least 14 young Black men in Brazil every single day,” said Prof. Jaime Amparo Alves, a member of the Brazilian Black Movement who teaches anthropology at t
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Political Mafia Suspected in Marielle Franco Murder
20 May 2019
Only two people have been arrested in the March, 2018 assassination of Marielle Franco, the Black activist and city councilwoman in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Killer Security Guards Get Impunity
20 May 2019
On May 31 Philadelphia activists will march on a “My Philly Wireless” outlet where a private security guard fatally shot Willie Oliver Wise, an unarmed part-time employee who said the store ow