US Politics

Eric Draitser
Ajamu Baraka, “Uncle Tom,” and the Pathology of White Liberal Racism
24 Aug 2016
by Eric Draitser CNN’s Chris Cuomo acted as if Green Party vice presidential candidate Ajamu Baraka had committed a crime in calling President Obama an “Uncle Tom.” However, “even a cursory analysis…
Black Agenda Report for Week of August 22, 2016
23 Aug 2016
Presidential Pollsters Ask the Wrong Question “There’s no major poll that I know of that asks the American public who they want to be president,” said journalist and VotePact founder Sam Husseini.…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why Ajamu Baraka? Why Vice President? And Why the Green Party?
18 Aug 2016
What does the Green Party nomination of longtime Black Agenda Report contributing editor Ajamu Baraka for Vice President mean for the Green Party and the 2016 presidential election? Is he just…
The Real News Network
Do Black Lives Matter to the Green Party? A Real News Interview with Bruce Dixon
17 Aug 2016
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Liberal Hate for Stein and Baraka
17 Aug 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley So-called liberals and “progressives” have caught the Mad Democratic Cow Disease, frothing at the mouth at those who would resist the coronation…
Jeff Cohen
TV Networks Should Open Up The Presidential Debates
17 Aug 2016
by Jeff Cohen The two-party duopoly not only have a stranglehold on the voting process, they control the televised debates that dominate the political conversation, despite the fact that only the…
Black Agenda Report for Week of August 15, 2016
16 Aug 2016
Greens are Alternative to “Democratic Plantation” Ajamu Baraka, the veteran Black activist tapped as Jill Stein’s presidential running mate, said the Green Party can make a difference, this year, by…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Hillary Stuffs Entire U.S. Ruling Class Into Her Big, Nasty Tent
11 Aug 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford While Democrats scream “fascist” at Donald Trump, actual fascists with real histories of mass murder at home and abroad gather in Hillary Clinton’s “Big Tent”…
Black Agenda Report for Week of August 8, 2016
08 Aug 2016
Voters Have Choices Outside the Duopoly Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both “evil” people, but U.S. voters do have choices this election season, said South Carolina activist and author Kevin…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Obama Legacy Part V: Waging War on Civil Liberties
03 Aug 2016
by Danny Haiphong Liberals and leftists supported candidate Barack Obama largely because they thought he would be good for civil liberties. Instead, Obama introduced “indefinite military detention…