Working Class

Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Sportswashing: How Capitalism Kills the Game for Poor and Working Class People While Normalizing How Imperialism Oppresses and Kills Them
17 Jun 2026
A single working mother could once take her child to a Yankees game for $40, but today that money would not even cover the online service fees. Sporting events have been stolen from poor and working…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Gambling Man
10 Jun 2026
"Gambling Man" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Short word problems: do the math
03 Jun 2026
"Short word problems: do the math" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Wolfgang Bronner
Entertainment as Militarization: The Spectacle of the Super Bowl & WrestleMania in Nashville
06 May 2026
The spectacle of major sporting events does not simply distract from a city's crackdown on the working class. It is a mechanism through which it is normalized and accelerated.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Zophia Edwards’ Book, “Fueling Development”
01 Apr 2026
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Zophia Edwards. Edwards is Assistant Professor of Sociology at Johns Hopkins…
Gary Wilson
Oil War Sends the Bill to Workers
11 Mar 2026
The cost of the United States' war on Iran is falling hardest on the working class.
Stephen Millies
The War Against Black Workers
04 Mar 2026
Black workers built a strong U.S. labor movement. They now endure plant closings, deindustrialization, and low-wage work as a result of neo-liberal policies.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Resurrection City: The Dream…The Accomplishments, Jesse Jackson, 1968
18 Feb 2026
“The Poor People’s Campaign is the greatest single challenge ever unleashed upon our colonial system.”
Gary Wilson
Dow 50,000 — and workers selling blood
18 Feb 2026
The Dow Jones hit 50,000, yet 200,000 people a day are selling their blood plasma to survive. This contrast illustrates the accelerated transfer of wealth from the working class to the ruling class.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Day 40-something pedophile-protecting government shutdown
19 Nov 2025
"Day 40-something pedophile-protecting government shutdown" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.