US Politics

Bill Quigley
Fifteen Issues this Election is Not About
24 Sep 2012
by Bill Quigley The ties that bind the two corporate parties and their presidential candidates are much stronger than any differences that separate them. That’s why a progressive platform could be…
Boasting, Roasting, Coasting & Toasting: The Congressional Black Caucus Legislative Conference
12 Sep 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Later this month, the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation will hold its annual star-studded affair in DC, commemorating old victories it mostly had…
Obama 2012 Smacks Down Jim Clyburn For Criticizing Bain & Vampire Equity Firms, Obama Supporters Pretend Not to Notice
30 May 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Fool me once, the saying goes, shame on you. Fool me again --- you know the rest. But what do we call it when Obama supporters willingly deceive themselves about…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Corey Booker and the Hard Right's Colonization of Black American Politics
24 May 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A new black political class has arisen, one with only nominal connections to black voters or communities Their careers and orientation are corporate through and…
Don't Be Fooled. Cory Booker, Barack Obama & the Whole Black Political Class Love Bain Capital
23 May 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Did Newark mayor Cory Booker really cross the Obama campaign when he defended vampire capital companies like Romney's Bain? Or was he just being truer to his own…
Bill Quigley
Five Reasons Drone Assassinations Are Illegal
16 May 2012
by Bill Quigley The United States is engaged in assassination and war crimes by drones in at least five nations around the globe, in violation of both U.S. and international law. It is a campaign of…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
School Closings Come To Atlanta This Week, To Your City Next Week: It's Time To Dump Arne Duncan
11 Apr 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A national movement to save public education is coming to life, in the face of a decades-long bipartisan campaign to discredit, de-fund, destabilized and…
Bill Quigley
Bradley Manning, Solitary Confinement and Occupy 4 Prisoners
28 Feb 2012
by Bill Quigley The United States is the world leader in both mass incarceration and the systematic isolation of prisoners. President Obama has earned his own grotesque superlative, having “…
Call Out Their Names! The Black Caucus Roster of Shame
09 Nov 2011
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford A handful of Black lawmakers have joined with Blue Dog Democrats to call for $4 trillion in federal spending cuts over 10 years – far more than the…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Revoke Obama’s Peace Prize
26 Oct 2011
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Never in living memory has a Noble Peace Prize recipient gone on to cause more death and misery than Barack Obama, who now puts hits on U.…