US Politics

Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Former Black Panther Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald Seeks Parole after 49 Years Behind Bars
01 May 2018
“People who were not members of the Black Panther Party or who were not political are released,”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Cory Booker Blames Black America for Trump, But Only Has Himself to Blame
01 May 2018
“Democrats like Booker have blamed everyone but themselves for Trump’s victory.”
Evelyn M. Simien
A Powerful Memorial to the Men and Women Victims of Lynching Opens in Alabama
01 May 2018
“Close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South.”
Jessica Glenza
Flint Crisis, Four Years On: What Little Trust Is Left Continues to Wash Away
01 May 2018
“Flint is a place a city where many people are unlikely to ever drink another drop of tap water as long as they live.”
Tortilla Con Sal
Nicaragua: Next in Line for Regime Change?
01 May 2018
“The right-wing Citizens for Liberty and Sandinista Renewal Movement political organizations have led the violent protests.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Activists Detained in Colombia
30 Apr 2018
Afro-Colombians fear for the lives of two leaders of the Black Communities Process, or PCN, the main organization defending the collective land rights of Afro-descended peoples.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
“Free Mumia” is a Strategy, Not a Slogan
30 Apr 2018
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Peace Means Building a New World
30 Apr 2018
“We need a peace movement of a new type,” said Dr Anthony Monteiro, the Philadelphia-based Dubosian scholar.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Bolton, the Reflexive Bomber
30 Apr 2018
Trump national security advisor John Bolton “is simply a militarist,” said Phyllis Bennis, director of the New International Project at the Institute for Policy Studies, in Washing
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Democrats Prepare to Pimp The Left Again in 2018 and 2020
26 Apr 2018
Democrats Prepare to Pimp Their Own Left For 2018 and 2020.