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Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jessie Cox’s Book, “Sounds of Black Switzerland”
29 Jan 2025
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Jessie Cox. Cox is Assistant Professor of Music at Harvard University. His book is…
Heba Gowayed
The Laken Riley Act exposes Democrats’ hypocrisy on immigration
22 Jan 2025
Though party leadership called it inhumane, 48 democratic members of Congress voted for the bill to deport immigrants accused, not convicted, of petty theft.
Socialist Movement of Workers of the Dominican Republic
We Condemn the Executions of Haitian Workers Within the Framework of the Official Racist and Xenophobic Policy
30 Oct 2024
Attacks by the fascist government and its supporters against Haitian people and those of Haitian Heritage in the Dominican Republic have become more and more brutal, resulting in the outright…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Haiti and Springfield, Ohio
18 Sep 2024
Haitians are unforgiven for waging a successful Black revolution. Racism follows wherever they go, even in a state like Ohio, which is in need of a labor force and a larger population. Of course,…
Jemima Pierre, BAR Editor and Contributor
Eating Pets or Devouring Sovereignty? Notes on Anti-Haitian Racism
18 Sep 2024
Calling Haitian migrants "pet eaters" is racist and dehumanizing. So is the continued attack on Haitian sovereignty by the US and its global allies.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
If grits ain’t groceries and Mona Lisa was a man, was Dr. Goebbels good?
18 Sep 2024
"If grits ain’t groceries and Mona Lisa was a man, was Dr. Goebbels good?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Yaniv Kubovich , Bar Peleg
Israel Is Recruiting African Asylum Seekers for Life-threatening Gaza War Operations, Promising Permanent Legal Status
18 Sep 2024
Israeli security officials are offering the incentive of permanent residency status to asylum seekers who agree to participate in sometimes life-threatening military operations in Gaza. Sources say…
Janvieve Williams Comrie
Panama Escalates Measures in a Pre Existing Migration Crisis
17 Jul 2024
Panama is tightening its border policy to stop migrants from entering the country by making the conditions of migrating through the Darién Gap even more dangerous and inhumane.
Malcolm Harris
The World War on Asylum
17 Jul 2024
From Mexico to the Mediterranean, rich countries would rather see refugees die than recognize their legal asylum rights.
Peoples Dispatch
Biden Shuts Down US-Mexico Border
12 Jun 2024
Border shutdown will go into effect immediately, barring asylum seekers from entering the United States.