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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Politics and Ukraine
22 Feb 2023
The Ukraine project is a dangerous scam perpetrated on the people of this country. Yet no member of the Congressional Black Caucus has attempted to speak truthfully about this ongoing disaster.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Hakeem Jeffries and the Railroad Workers
07 Dec 2022
A new Black "first" came along at the same moment that the Democratic Party showed itself to be a servant of the ruling classes. Hakeem Jeffries is a very willing tool of powerful people. There is no…
Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
Is The “Conscience of the Congress” Unconscious?
30 Nov 2022
The Congressional Black Caucus has strayed far from the politics of its original members. Once called the "conscience of the congress," the group is made up of Democratic Party loyalists living off…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Congressional Black Caucus Continues Its Downward Spiral
05 Oct 2022
The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference returned with dubious corporate sponsorships and obedience to the democratic party. Joe Biden received a warm welcome which is logical…
Richard Dunn
New Bill That Passed House Reinvokes Old Russian Bogeyman as Pretext For More U.S. Intervention in Africa
15 Jun 2022
Democrats and republicans alike supported a bil to "counter malign Russian influence in Africa." Such legislation is reminiscent of the worst days of the cold war. Now a member of the Congressional…
Black Alliance For Peace
On African Liberation Day Biden’s Troop Deployment to Somalia Confirms Africa is Not Free
25 May 2022
The Black Alliance for Peace marks African Liberation Day with a statement condemning the latest US troop deployment to Somalia.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Black Caucus Fails on Ukraine
15 Mar 2022
The members of the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) follow Biden's Ukraine policy in lock step. In doing so they fail their constituents and discredit the legacy of Black politics.
Donald Shaw
The Congressional Black Caucus Foundation Has a New Corporate Megadonor
09 Feb 2022
Amazon donated $1.7 million to the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation last year as it faced allegations of illegal anti-union work.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The U.S. Black Political Class and War
02 Feb 2022
What passes for leadership is always a joke played upon Black people. The high water mark of the CBC being the “conscience of the congress” is long gone. No one can look to them on the issue of…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Terri Sewell, the Worst of the Black Caucus, Subverts $15 Wage Bill
18 Apr 2019
Selma, Alabama, has produced the most reactionary Black Congressperson in modern times, part of the Democratic Party’s increasing servitude to corporate interests.