US Politics

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Obama Chugs Flint Water, Dodges Federal Responsibility, Delivers Another Cynical Lecture to Black Folks
12 May 2016
"the president cynically leveraged his blackness to obscure the fact that he was refusing to go after the guilty parties, while proposing no measures to ensure it didn't happen again."
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Sanders Supporters Can Bring Down the Democrats
11 May 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Bernie Sanders supporters could truly be on a revolutionary mission – if they choose to accept it. “They must not support or vote for Hillary…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of May 9, 2016
10 May 2016
Detroit Teachers “Browbeaten” Back to Work by National Union The two-day teachers sick-out that closed Detroit public schools last week was about much more than paycheck issues, said Steve Conn, the…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Bernie to Deliver Captive Constituencies to the Democratic Convention
05 May 2016
Bernie will take his campaign all the way to the convention. We called him a sheepdog back in May 2015, and he's filling exactly that role, enticing the Dems' captive constituencies back into the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Sanders Prepares to Bow Down to Hillary, But Many of His Supporters Won’t
28 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Bernie Sanders has endorsed President Obama’s troop escalation in Syria, once again showing that “he is no more ‘progressive’ than Obama on foreign policy, and just…
Richard W. Behan
Black Lives Don’t Matter, Black Votes Do: the Racial Hypocrisy of Hillary and Bill Clinton
27 Apr 2016
by Richard W. Behan Seldom have a people given such huge support to a more duplicitous couple. Bill and Hillary Clinton have grown rich and powerful, largely on the strength of the Black vote. Yet,…
Eric Draitser
Hillary Clinton’s Support Base as Bogus as US Democracy
27 Apr 2016
by Eric Draitser As some very perceptive men have written, the rich rule largely by “manufactured consent.” It turns out that much of Hillary Clinton’s consenting base of support is fictional: “the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 25, 2016
26 Apr 2016
Charter Schools: Bad for Education “On the whole, charter schools do not perform better than public schools, even though public school are being defunded and demonized all the time,” said Dr. Shawgi…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Sandernista Journey: An Epic Confrontation with Corporate Power, or a Slow Fade
20 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Will Bernie Sanders’ supporters “collapse from demoralization, or resolve to confront the corporate beast with ferocity” in Philadelphia and beyond? The real battle…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Will Bernie's Burnout Lead To A New Movement? Maybe, Maybe Not.
20 Apr 2016
Will there be a new movement born from the ashes of Bernie Sanders' failed campaign? Some think so, citing the broad popularity of his issues and the growing numbers of his core demographic.