US Politics

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
System Breakdown: Trump's Chickens Come Home to Roost
16 Nov 2016
by Danny Haiphong The crisis that has enveloped U.S. imperialism, under both Republican and Democratic rule, rocked the corporate duopoly system and opened the door for Donald Trump's ascension to…
Dolores Vek
Actually Existing Fascism
16 Nov 2016
by Dolores Vek It appears that millions of folks that have tolerated -- and even cheered -- Barack Obama’s Kill Lists, assassinations of whole nations, and abject service to the ruling class, are…
The Real News Network
There is Little in Obama's "Legacy" Worth Defending
16 Nov 2016
The Ford Report, on The Real News Network There is Little in Obama's "Legacy" Worth Defending
Yessenia Funes
One Treaty Could Change the Fight to Stop the Dakota Access Pipeline
16 Nov 2016
by Yessenia Funes The fight against the Dakota Access Pipeline isn’t only about water rights and sacred sites; it’s also about the U.S. government’s historical refusal to honor treaties—when “they…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of Nov 14, 2016
15 Nov 2016
Cornel West: Class Becoming “Much More Central” “We are witnessing the end of the neoliberal era,” said Dr. Cornel West, the nation’s most prominent Black public intellectual, assessing the import of…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Democratic Debacle – The Day After
10 Nov 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The GOP won at the polls, but Black, brown and working class Democrats have been taking a beating from their own party for decades. “The Democratic Party has failed…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Dump the Democrats for Good
09 Nov 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Donald Trump, the white nationalist that claimed to oppose the corporate establishment, appears to have won the U.S. presidency. But, “even the…
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Margaret Flowers’ Retrospective on Running as a Green for the U.S. Senate
08 Nov 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Adebayo The major parties are more concerned with preserving their duopoly than with defeating each other. So-called “progressives” help preserve duopoly rule,…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Clinton Is the Most Dangerous Person Alive – An Interview with Edward S. Herman
08 Nov 2016
by Ann Garrison The just-concluded election revealed as much about the corporate media, which has broken every rule of journalism to support Hillary Clinton, and the fraudulence of much of the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Hillary’s “Big Tent” is Obama’s “Grand Bargain” on Steroids
03 Nov 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Barack Obama tried to woo Republicans into a “Grand Bargain” that would have gutted Social Security. Bill Clinton let loose the banks. But Donald Trump’s destruction…