US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Mumia on “King Donald The First”
11 Jun 2018
In a letter to special counsel Robert Mueller, President Trump argued that he has the right to pardon himself.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Hurricane Aid Earmarked for Puerto Rico Debt Service
11 Jun 2018
The appointed board that controls Puerto Rico’s finances is trying to divert hurricane relief aid to pay off the islands debt, according to a report by the Center for Economic and Policy Relief.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
The State Uses Poverty to Split Workers
11 Jun 2018
“When you talk about coming out of poverty, you’ve got to go straight up against this government,” said Marian Kramer, head of the Michigan Welfare Rights Organization and widow of
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Cops Use Suits to Intimidate Activists
11 Jun 2018
When Seattle city councilwoman Kshama Sawant, of the Socialist Alternative party, denounced the “brutal murder” of Che Taylor, an unarmed Black man, by police, the two cops sued he
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
What Would An Authentic 21st Century US Left Look Like?
07 Jun 2018
Let’s face it, the US left is a long way right now from contending for power.
The Editors
Black Agenda Report's Panel Discussion at the 2018 Left Forum
06 Jun 2018
This was the 2018 Black Agenda Report panel at the 2018 Left Forum in NYC. The participants took part in other panels and presentations as well, which we will showcase in coming weeks.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Nationalizing the Banks is a Popular Demand, So Let’s Demand It
06 Jun 2018
“Everybody knows that the bankers are criminal, and everybody hates the banks.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Real Problem with Joy Ann Reid
06 Jun 2018
“It is interesting that she gets scrutiny for all the wrong reasons.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Russia-gate and the Crisis of American Exceptionalism
06 Jun 2018
The following is an edited version of remarks delivered to the Black Agenda Report panel on “Russiagate: Muzzling the Black Left and the March to War,”at the Left Forum, in New York Ci
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Russia's Putin and Israel's Netanyahu negotiate . . . about what?
06 Jun 2018
“Russia has friendly relations with Israel, and more than a million Russian Jews emigrated to Israel, but Iran is a strategic ally of Russia.”