Political Economy

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Raymond Nat Turner Day in Berkeley, CA
11 Mar 2020
Tuesday February 25 was proclaimed “Raymond Nat Turner Day” in Berkeley. Never in my wildest imagination had I dreamed of having a day in my honor.
Julia Thomas
Hoodwinked: How Wall Street and Big Real Estate Turned Anti-Discrimination Policies Against Blacks
11 Mar 2020
Federal policies intended to end racial discrimination in housing and encourage Black homeownership actually wound up enabling predatory real estate practices.
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr.
Jesse Jackson’s Endorsement of Bernie Sanders
11 Mar 2020
Rev Jesse L Jackson, Sr delivered the following remarks on March 8 at a Bernie Sanders for President rally in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
11 Mar 2020
This week the South Carolina primary and black voters was the most discussed topic for our readers.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Aneeka Henderson’s “Veil and Vow”
11 Mar 2020
The writers and creative artists the author examines are trying to make sense of a new world order as they engage in new forms of world making.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Daniel Immerwahr’s “How to Hide an Empire”
11 Mar 2020
The United States is not a union, it’s not exclusively of states, and for most of US history it hasn’t been limited to the Americas.
Lauren Smith
United States Imposed Economic Sanctions – The Big Heist
11 Mar 2020
There’s a lot more to the sanctions game than meets the eye, involving massive theft as well as intentional mass death.
Andy Thayer
Can Bernie Save the Left?
11 Mar 2020
Do Sanders’ supporters really believe that even a totally principled leftist could turn the enormous repressive forces of the U.S. into forces for good?
Solomon Comissiong
Joe Biden and the Legacy of White Liberals Exploiting the Black Vote
11 Mar 2020
How bad do things need to get before Black folk start something new that is geared towards our collective and comprehensive liberation?
Junious Ricardo Stanton
Remembering Callie House, an Early Reparations Advocate
11 Mar 2020
Her grassroots organization, the National Ex-Slave Mutual Relief, Bounty and Pension Association lobbied for federal legislation in support of pensions for formerly enslaved persons.