US Politics

Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 4, 2016
05 Apr 2016
Carolina Youths Demand Black Community Control of Police The city of Greenville, South Carolina witnessed two large funerals in recent weeks: one for a white cop, the other for 17 year-old Deontaye…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Hillary Clinton is No Worse than Barack Obama
30 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Progressive enthusiasm for Bernie and antipathy for Hillary is impressive – until one recalls that most of these folks were ga-ga over Obama not…
The Real News Network
What Trump's Campaign Reveals About Race and Voting
30 Mar 2016
Cynthia McKinney
America, We Have a Problem: Homelessness is Out of Control
30 Mar 2016
by Cynthia McKinney Cities throughout the United States, and especially up and down the west coast, are locked in a crisis of homelessness. Yet, “not one word is uttered about the criminalization of…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Democratic Road to Black Ruin
24 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Democratic Party operatives claim that Blacks are voting “strategically” when they support the corporate warmonger Hillary Clinton for president. The reality is,…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Why a United Front Against Trump is Dangerous Territory for the Left
23 Mar 2016
by Danny Haiphong The Democrats would love to see the entire political spectrum united with Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump – but that would mean Trump has “scared the left back under the…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Hillary Wants a Crusade to Defeat Trump’s “Bigotry” – and Leave Her Bankers Alone
17 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford If Hillary Clinton can make the general election into a crusade against “bigotry” and “intolerance” as embodied by Donald Trump, she can win with an otherwise issue-…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Protesting Trump and Hillary Too
16 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats want to make Donald Trump’s racism the only campaign issue, to divert attention from their imperial wars and the global race to the…
Solomon Comissiong
Hillary Clinton: The Wicked Witch of the West
16 Mar 2016
by Solomon Comissiong Some evil is banal, some unspeakable. Hillary Clinton is wickedly evil. “Thanks to vile fork-tongued warmongers like her, Libya is a country that is now submerged in a quagmire…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
A Republican Meltdown Won’t Make the Democrats Better
10 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The impending breakup of the Republican Party will not create more favorable conditions for Black and progressive electoral politics. Instead, it will compel the…