US Politics

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Black Wall Around Barack Obama: Who Does It Protect Him Against?
06 Apr 2011
The presumption that Barack Obama, no matter what he does or doesn't do, enjoys nearly unanimous black support is a veritable wall around the president. But who does it protect him against?
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
UPDATE: The American Dilemma in Libya: To Bomb, Invade, Partition, Or All of the Above
18 Mar 2011
UPDATED: As Khadafi’s forces prepare to encircle the rebel stronghold at Benghazi, western media remain curiously unable to “provide a coherent overview of rebel politics, beyond a
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Rahm Emanuel, Barack Obama & Neo-Liberalism are the Daleys' Gifts to Chicago and the Nation. Thanks.
23 Feb 2011
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Chicago's Daley regime was a half century orgy of arrogance, racism and plunder. Thanks to President Obama, it not only continues with the succession of Rahm…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why President Obama Won't Deliver On His Network Neutrality Promises
01 Dec 2010
After two years of President Barack Obama, where are we on network neutrality, and the rights of minority communities to fight the digital redlining of our communities which lies at the core of the
Corey Booker: A Clear and Present Threat to Public Education
29 Sep 2010
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford What media call "philanthropy" for the public schools are actually seed monies to establish a private "market" in publicly-financed education - an…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Supreme Court? Is This Why We Vote For Democrats?
12 May 2010
We vote for Democrats, the argument goes, because sending a Republican to the White House means sending racist conservative neanderthals to the Supreme Court. A clinching argument right?
James Owens , Scott Sanders
Network Neutrality Should Be The Beginning, We Need Community Control Over Public Media
17 Mar 2010
Cheap, fast and universally available broadband access will be as vital to community economic development in the 21st century as paved roads. But neither universal access nor a just media pro
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: “War is Peace” Prize
16 Dec 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Barack Obama is nothing if not a man of “firsts.” America’s first Black president has earned the dubious honor of possibly having delivered the…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Peace Prize War
02 Dec 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The American information bubble prevents the populace from recognizing the world around it. Iran's leader, constantly demonized in the “bubble…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Top Ten Reasons President Obama Should Give Back the Nobel Peace Prize
14 Oct 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon At the Nobel announcement of this year's peace prize a reporter asked the Nobel spokesman “why”, since the man had only been in office less than a year, and had…