US Politics

The Black Caucus “Left” Wing Crumbles Before Obama’s War Machine
24 Sep 2014
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford It took just three years for most Americans to conclude that George Bush’s war in Iraq should come to an end. But, after three years of failure in Syria,…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Black Political Class? The Congressional Black Caucus? These Joes Ain't Loyal
17 Sep 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Why does the Congressional Black Caucus endorse Israeli apartheid? Why do our black mayors embrace gentrification, our civil rights organizations side with their…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Cowardly, Hypocritical, Subservient Congressional Black Caucus Endorses Israeli Apartheid and Current War Crimes in Gaza
31 Jul 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Only 2 of over 40 Congressional Black Caucus members voted against legitimizing the 2009 Israeli massacre of 1400 mostly civilians in Gaza, with seven CBC…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Blackwashing, the Reparations Brand, and a Last Refuge For Scoundrels
18 Jun 2014
No sensible person should doubt the fundamental justice of arguments for reparations for the historic crimes of slavery, Jim Crow, and today's prison state. Accomplishing reparations would require a…
Pascal Robert
Thanks to the Congressional Black Caucus “Remy” from “House of Cards” is Real
04 Jun 2014
by Pascal Robert The truth is more evil than Netflix fiction. Staffers at the Congressional Black Caucus – doubtless mimicking the morals of their elected bosses – eventually formed their own…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
One Year After Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union Assesses the Lies and Lasting Damage
28 May 2014
A couple years ago, we at Black Agenda Report wondered why the closings of 40 public schools over three years
“Chicagoland” Hero Cops Cook Books to Make Murders Disappear, CNN Pretends Not To Notice
23 Apr 2014
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Chicagoland, the 8 part CNN campaign commercial falsely claims teacher pay and pensions have drove the city to fiscal ruin, that…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
CNN's Chicagoland: An 8 Part Miniseries Campaign Commercial For Rahm Emanuel and Urban Neoliberalism
10 Apr 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon CNN's Chicagoland "documentary" is an 8 part wet kiss for Rahm Emanuel & neoliberalism by the same crew that made Brick City, a propaganda flick to…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Striking GA Prisoners Name Names, Allege Sexual Abuse, Ongoing Threats, Maltreatment by Staff
20 Mar 2014
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Not quite a month ago, I wrote that we at Black Agenda Report had received word of a new self-organized hunger strike among prisoners in Georgia's notorious…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Detroit on the Auction Block
05 Dec 2013
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford With startling speed, a bankruptcy judge has moved Detroit to the auction block, with the banksters pre-positioned to pick the bones of the Black metropolis. Racism…