US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Lives Matter in the Public Schools
13 Feb 2018
Teachers in public schools around the country held a “Black Lives Matter Week of Action,” last week, demanding an end to “zero tolerance” student disciplinary policies, the hiring of more Black tea
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
The FISA Memo Is Not a Big Nothing-Burger; It’s a Whopper with Fries
07 Feb 2018
“The FBI knew full well that the DNC and the Clinton campaign had paid Steele to produce the dossier, but they did not reveal that to the FISC.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Russiagate and the Surveillance Duopoly
07 Feb 2018
“FISA set up a rubber stamp kangaroo court with only a handful of warrants being rejected in the forty year history of this law.”
Martin De Bourmont
Is a Court Case in Texas the First Prosecution of a “Black Identity Extremist”?
07 Feb 2018
“Daniels’s arrest poses the even more troubling possibility that his case could be just the first of many.”
Greg Godels
Scandalize my Name… New York Review of Books Slimes Paul Robeson
07 Feb 2018
“To fail to acknowledge the fact that Robeson and his work were virtually unknown, were erased by the thought police, underscores Callow’s unfitness to discuss
Garrett Epps
The 'Slave Power' Behind Florida's Felon Disenfranchisement
07 Feb 2018
“Of those Americans who have completed all their punishments but still cannot vote, 48 percent live in the Sunshine State.”
Jacob Sugarman
What Students Are Taught About Slavery
07 Feb 2018
“Nearly half of the teachers failed to teach their students that protections for slavery were enshrined in the U.S. Constitution.”
Jeff Schuhrke
Chicago Teachers Union and Charter School Teachers Have Joined Forces
07 Feb 2018
“Leaders of both union locals say they don’t have a problem with charter schools per se, but rather they oppose the proliferation of the charter system of mana
Ken Morgan
Memphis Sanitation Workers Remembered
07 Feb 2018
“The workers represented and led the black public striving for decent employment, paying jobs, decent living conditions, quality public schools and union recognition.”
Solomon Comissiong
Many Americans' Actions Support Trump's Shit-Hole Countries Slur
07 Feb 2018
“Barack Obama bombed those majority Muslim nations, with no regard for human life, and his supporters didn't say a peep.”