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Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Oprah and Sharpton Attack Black Lives Matter Movement
05 Feb 2015
Selma: Black History According to Oprah
22 Jan 2015
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The Age of Oprah, Cultural Icon For the Neoliberal Era
04 Jun 2008
f you work hard enough, if you prepare long enough, if you visualize astutely and pray on it resolutely, it really can happen for you.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Oprah & Obama: Corporate Marketing for a Corporate Campaign
12 Dec 2007
Two of the best marketers in the U.S. teamed up for a three-state weekend extravaganza of vapid, substance-devoid entertainment posing as presidential politics. Oprah Winfrey – a certified genius…
Rev. Irene Monroe
Oprah's Good Intentions
31 Jan 2007
Oprah Winfrey's $40 million gift of a school for South African girls, although laudable, has been criticized for failing to produce the "greatest good for the greatest number." The author cautions…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Oprah and Bad Samaritans
10 Jan 2007
Pat Gowens
A Woman's Response to ‘The Oprah Effect'
01 Nov 2006
Tim Wise
The Oprah Effect
25 Oct 2006
Do American whites use Oprah to ignore, obscure or minimize the effects of racism and white privilege in this country. Scholar Tim Wise explores the "Oprah Effect"