US Politics

Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
North Korea Issue is Not De-Nuclearization But De-Colonization
13 Jun 2018
“The psychopathology of white supremacy invisibilizes the absurdity and illegitimacy of the United States being in a position to negotiate the fate of millions
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: A Tale of Two Summits
13 Jun 2018
“No one should be concerned because Trump ruined the party held by the biggest thieves.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Fake Left at the Left Forum
13 Jun 2018
“Black Agenda Report and the Black Alliance for Peace have been called ‘Assadists’ for defending the Syrian people’s rightful decision to determine who governs them and under what type
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Follow the Money, from Obama to Trump
13 Jun 2018
“If Obama ever showed any respect for the United Nations Charter, it must have been April Fool’s Day.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zoé Samudzi and William C. Anderson’s As Black as Resistance
12 Jun 2018
“Siccing law enforcement on Black people could arguably be understood as attempted murder.”
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Kali Nicole Gross’s Hannah Mary Tabbs and the Disembodied Torso
12 Jun 2018
“I hope readers consider whether we need to reassess Black women’s relationship to violence.”
Tanvi Misra
Traffic Stops: Pretexts for Racial Repression
12 Jun 2018
“Police have used the entire vehicle code as an excuse to use their discretion to pull people over who might appear suspicious to them for whatever reason.”
William C. Anderson
The Case for Delegitimizing the Police
12 Jun 2018
“Once you come to understand the institution’s ties to white supremacy, it becomes clear the system is toxic and cannot be fixed.”
Dr. Kweli Nzito
The Roots of Bigotry: Criminalizing States of Innate Being
12 Jun 2018
“Racist narratives become so thoroughly pervasive as to throw victims of racism themselves into states of confusion.”
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
A Premonition of Gentrification in Harlem
12 Jun 2018
“The elders” told Jenifer Wilson that there would soon be an assault on Harlem “to take the community from us, all the spaces.” So Wilson founded the Sisters’ Uptown Bookstore