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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Solidarity Against ICE and the Entire State Apparatus
11 Jun 2025
Popular resistance against the Trump administration in Los Angeles and other cities is a very positive development and one that Black people must embrace.
Chris Hedges
Trump’s Useful Idiots
28 May 2025
A bankrupt liberal class signed on to the Zionist witch hunt against supposed antisemites, refused to condemn Israel for its genocide and in the process gave weapons to its executioners.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Gimme, gimme, gimme …
26 Feb 2025
"Gimme, gimme, gimme…" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Dr.Wilmer J. Leon, III
Dr. Wilmer Leon: When they tell you about their own, believe them
19 Feb 2025
"When people show you who they are, believe them" remains true when we examine the sorry state of the U.S. political arena. Both major political parties have made clear their priorities - and those…
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
While Trump Waves a Flag of white “Supremacy,” Democrats are Waving a White Flag of Surrender
12 Feb 2025
Donald Trump began his presidency with an onslaught of executive actions meant to dismantle those governmental agencies that offer any lifeline for Black, Brown, Indigenous, and poor white…
Jon Jeter
Why Kamala Lost: The Democrats’ Anti-Black Electoral Strategy
13 Nov 2024
The Kamala Harris campaign for the 2024 presidential election was a display of the democratic party's willingness to abandon the most loyal segment of their base to remain fully committed to their…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
How Trump Won and What Black People Should Do
06 Nov 2024
Donald Trump’s victory over Kamala Harris must be a wake up call to Black people. The Democratic Party is a dead end and a movement killer. Our survival depends on getting that corrupt wing of the…
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
EDITORIAL: Criticize Clinton, but Beat Bush, Manning Marable, 1992
25 Sep 2024
Vote for Harris, because Trump. Vote for Clinton, because Bush. Manning Marable shows when it comes to right-wing Democrats, it’s deja vu all over again.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Eating elephant excrement’s a problem—solidarity’s a solution …
25 Sep 2024
"Eating elephant excrement’s a problem—solidarity’s a solution …" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Blue (MAGA) In Green (Or, U.S. Bourgeois Environmental Groups Prioritize the Democratic Party Over Environmental Justice Principles)
18 Sep 2024
The Democratic Party markets itself as the party of environmental protection while pursuing policies that are endangering all life on earth. Fossil fuel producers are able to do as they please…