Black Politics

Jon Jeter
Not Like Us: Black Men Frown on Harris Campaign Because Democrats Have Done Nothing to Help Them in This Worst Hard Time, Not Because of Misogyny
16 Oct 2024
For decades, the Democratic Party has pushed Black men as the scapegoat for election losses. Every cycle, they put forth a different excuse for why this demographic is unique in its political beliefs…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Eric Adams and the Death of Black Politics
09 Oct 2024
The indictment of New York City mayor Eric Adams is the latest example of moribund Black politics. Rich donors and corporate media decide who will be elected to office, while the people’s needs go…
Jon Jeter
Like Chisolm Before Her, Harris’ White House Bid is More Sizzle than Steak for Black Community
02 Oct 2024
Since Kamala Harris became the Democratic nominee for president, liberals have seen her as the next Shirley Chisholm. In this case, they are correct.
Jon Jeter
How the Democrats’ Use Performative Blackness to Gaslight Blacks’ Legitimate Political Grievances
25 Sep 2024
The Democratic Party pulls out all the stops to maintain its base of Black voters - except push any policy that will improve their material conditions. Now that Kamala Harris has stepped into the…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Will we walk, talk; Chew gum, text and BREATHE at the same time?
14 Aug 2024
"Will we walk, talk; Chew gum, text and BREATHE at the same time?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
The Editors
Black Left Critique of Kamala Harris
07 Aug 2024
Immediately after Joe Biden announced that he would not seek re-election and instead endorsed Kamala Harris, she was anointed as the Democratic Party presidential nominee with little analysis of her…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: In Our Hands: Thoughts on Black Music, Bernice Johnson Reagon, 1976
31 Jul 2024
For the late Dr. Bernice Johnson Reagon, Black music was a tool in the struggle for Black liberation, and not what it has mostly become today: a retrograde appendage to neoliberalism and white power.
Jon Jeter
How the Democratic Party Committed Suicide by Biting the Black Hands That Feed It
31 Jul 2024
The Democratic Party dug its own grave decades ago when it began trying to siphon from the GOP by appealing to conservatives and ignoring the needs of its strong base of African American people.
Malaika Jabali
In Milwaukee, Many Black Voters Aren’t On Board With Either Party
31 Jul 2024
The city’s abstainers could determine who wins Wisconsin, a critical swing state, this November.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
CHAPTER: The Ford Foundation and Black Power, Robert L. Allen, 1968
24 Jul 2024
The late Robert L. Allen broke down the dialectics of Black elite co-option and counter-revolution. Hello, Kamala.