US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Putin-Trump Summit Won’t Accomplish Much
03 Jul 2018
Sara Flounders, of the United National Anti-War Coalition, thinks the upcoming summit meeting between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump, in Helsinki, Finland, July 16, probably won’t
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
What’s a Gang, and Who’s In It?
03 Jul 2018
The New York City police department keeps a list of 42,000 alleged gang members, and uses it to bring conspiracy charges that have resulted in mass arrests in Black and brown neighborhoods.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Buffalo Neighborhoods Saturated With Checkpoints
03 Jul 2018
For the past five years, Buffalo, New York, cops have concentrated their checkpoints on the Black side of town, raking in record revenues from fines.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Brutality Bonds”
03 Jul 2018
Cities have gone billions of dollars in debt to pay for court settlements and judgments against brutal cops, with the profits from these so-called “brutality bonds” going mainly to large banks.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
On Magical Thinking VS Sober Analysis of the Ocasio-Cortez Victory in NY
30 Jun 2018
Being the only sober guy at a victory party isn't fun.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Sure We Can Elect The Occasional Democrat Progressive. Then What?
28 Jun 2018
Yesterday Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez won a NYC Democratic congressional primary in a majority Latino district against the arrogant right wing,out of touch white head of the Queens Democratic party, wh
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Racial and Ethnic Roundups are Legal, As Long As “Race” Is Not the Only Reason
28 Jun 2018
“When the feds invoke ‘national security’ all bets are off on how far they will go in suppressing the ‘threat,’ including mass roundups.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, week of Monday, June 25, 2018
27 Jun 2018
Gerald Horne: Trump Wants to Woo N.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: No Protest for Black People
27 Jun 2018
by Margaret Kimberley by Margaret Kimberley
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Singapore Summit Proves Why Democrats Lead the War Party
27 Jun 2018
“Liberalism is the most preferred variant of imperialist ideology of the ruling class.”