Barack Obama

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Trayvon and White Madness
21 Oct 2026
As Black Agenda Report is poised to celebrate its 20th anniversary, we reprint Glen Ford's commentary on the killing of Trayvon Martin and the impunity provided to his killer in a criminal justice…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Democratic Party Still Hates the Left
21 Oct 2026
The Democratic Party is terrified of even small liberal reforms and will not abide left leaning democrats thwarting their plans for austerity and neoliberal orthodoxy.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
European Vassal States' Self-Destruction Endangers the Entire World
14 Oct 2026
European puppet states have undermined themselves and their peoples' needs at the behest of the U.S. Now, that subservience may lead to war.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Barack Obama, George Washington and the 4th of July
01 Jul 2026
The opening of the Obama Center has brought Barack Obama back into the spotlight, although he offers nothing new. He will be in the pocket of the oligarchy for the rest of his life, and that means he…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Obama Center is a Monument to the More Effective Evil
10 Jun 2026
Barack Obama bailed out the banks, deported millions, and devastated nations and millions of people through wars of aggression. The $850 million Obama Center is a monument to his role as the "more…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Trump’s De Jure Racism Provides Convenient Cover for Liberals and Democrats to Mask Their De Facto Racism
11 Feb 2026
The political theater of condemning Trump's racism serves the function of diverting attention from the more dangerous, policy-based racism that operates with bipartisan support.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
ICE Exposes Democratic Party Irrelevance
28 Jan 2026
The Democratic Party is useful only to the oligarch class, who give them their marching orders. Doing anything that serves the people is never on their agenda. They will not address the ICE…
James Bovard
Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings
10 Dec 2025
The legal framework for Trump’s war on Venezuela was built by his predecessor, Barack Obama. His remote-control assassinations set a precedent that Trump adopted and escalated.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Not Your Daddy's COINTELPRO: Obama Brands Assata Shakur "Most Wanted Terrorist"
01 Oct 2025
In 2013 Barack Obama and Attorney General Eric Holder declared Assata Shakur a Most Wanted Terrorist, placing a $2 million bounty on her head. The late Bruce Dixon, Black Agenda Report Managing…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Obama Colluded with the Surveillance State Against Trump
30 Jul 2025
It is true that Barack Obama used the surveillance state apparatus in an effort to undermine the first Donald Trump administration with the Russiagate fraud.