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Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
There’s Plenty Left in New York City, and the Democrat Establishment is Shook
25 Jun 2025
Zohran Mamdani’s upset over Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s mayoral primary has cracked the Democratic machine’s decades-long grip, proving grassroots organizing can muscle out billionaire financing and…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Chasing Chuck Tumor's testicular cancer—or building Resistance to Stage 4 Capitalism?
26 Mar 2025
"Chase Chuck Tumor's testicular cancer—or build Resistance to Stage 4 Capitalism?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence
Reuven Blau
Blacks and Hispanics Seeking Parole Face Widening Racial Disparity, Report Finds
20 Nov 2024
After a damning revelation eight years ago, state leaders changed the make-up of the Parole Board to combat inequality. It didn’t help.
Ashoka Jegroo
New York's Top Democrats Turn New York City Into A Pro-Israel Police State
13 Mar 2024
New York Democrats are fueling the panic over a fictional crime wave to increase surveillance and police presence in NYC.
Ashoka Jegroo
The Crime Panic That Helped Elect Eric Adams Is Now Turning Against Him
02 Nov 2022
Hyperbolic crime coverage by local media helped pave the way for former NYPD cop Eric Adams to become the mayor of New York City. But now that same media-manufactured crime panic is preventing Adams…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
New York Bail Reform Fight
23 Feb 2022
Black legislators in New York are defending their legislation which reduces the use of cash bail. In so doing they protect the legal and human rights of Black people in that state.