US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Bernie Sanders and the End of the Democratic Party
09 Mar 2016
If Bernie Sanders supporters are serious about making fundamental change, they should start a new party, one that does more than run in billion dollar elections every couple of years. Hillary Clinton…
Solomon Comissiong
The Trump Movement: Not as Fringe as Some Might Think
09 Mar 2016
by Solomon Comissiong Donald Trump didn’t invent his racist followers – “U.S. society did.” Although “his rallies are like a gathering of racist village idiots,” they make up a huge proportion of the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of March 7, 2016
08 Mar 2016
New FBI Guidelines for Targeting Classroom “Radicals” The nation’s teachers will soon be getting revised FBI guidelines on how to spot “radicalized” students. “The modern FBI ‘counter-violence and…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Trash the Party: One Wing of the Duoploy Almost Down, One to Go
03 Mar 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The “non-racist” Republicans (as if such a thing exists) are threatening to bail out of the Party rather than share it with Donald Trump. Can Bernie Sanders’…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Bogus Power of the Black Vote Within the Confines of the Democratic Party
24 Feb 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford "Black Power" has been turned on its head on the electoral front, put at the service of corporatists like Hillary Clinton. "Paralyzed by fear of the White Man's…
The Real News Network
Sanders Hits a Brick Wall with the Black Vote
23 Feb 2016
by The Real News Network Bernie Sanders is about to hit a wall. Polls show that the black vote in South Carolina, and across Black America is heavily skewed against him. The fearful lesser-…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of February 22, 2016
23 Feb 2016
When Paul Robeson Denounced a President to His Face Dr. Gerald Horne, the prolific professor of history and African American Studies at the University of Houston, has turned out another book. Paul…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
There’s Nothing "Transformative" About Bernie Sanders (He’s Just Not Hillary)
18 Feb 2016
Bernie Sanders’ domestic policies more clearly match Black America’s left-leaning politics – but they will still reject him in favor of Hillary Clinton, who Blacks think has a better chance against…
Shane Burley
Portland Tenants United Leads a New Call for Organizing Against Evictions and Displacement
10 Feb 2016
by Shane Burley When renters band together, they can stop gentrification in its tracks, say tenants union advocates in Portland, Oregon. “Just as workers can have a union in their workplaces, tenants…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Problem of Bernie Sanders and the “Left”
03 Feb 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Bernie Sander’s near-tie with Hillary Clinton in Iowa is fanning the fantasies of those who never cease to disbelieve in transforming the…