Bruce A. Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
State and Local Democrats From California to New York: The Standup Party, or the Party of Excuses?
29 Oct 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Bruce Dixon Click the flash player below to listen or the mic to download. For some time now, many have wondered when…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The End of Black Politics As We Knew It: Will Atlanta's Next Mayor Be White? Should We Even Care?
21 Oct 2009
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon 36 years of black Atlanta mayors have given birth to a thriving and empowered class of black managers, attorneys and contractors. But even after moving tens of…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The U.S. Military: A Global Force For Good? Maybe Not.
20 Oct 2009
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A cartoonish recruiting campaign underway by the US Navy brands it “a global force for good,” as though military forces existed to build hospitals or…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Top Ten Reasons President Obama Should Give Back the Nobel Peace Prize
14 Oct 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon At the Nobel announcement of this year's peace prize a reporter asked the Nobel spokesman “why”, since the man had only been in office less than a year, and had…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Will Civil Disobedience For Health Care Make Obama and Dems Listen?
07 Oct 2009
Last week 17 people were arrested in the New York offices of Aetna Insurance, demanding Medicare For All. This week the wave of sit-ins will hit insurance companies in Chicago. Next week,…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why the Public Option is Doomed To Fail, and What Can Be Done About It.
23 Sep 2009
The generous, expansive public option on the lips of Congressional progressives, which would be open to all and compete to lower insurance prices is largely imaginary, while the president's…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Distracting, Dissembling, Disappointing; Barack is Back!
16 Sep 2009
Like Dick Nixon after his vacations, Obama returns to the White House “tanned, rested and ready.” Good for him. But nine months into the Obama presidency, many are asking, what about health care?…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black Studies: Still Indispensable After 40 Years
16 Sep 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen to or the mic to download an mp3 copy of this BA Radio commentary.…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
The President, Progressives and the Myth of the Robust Public Option
09 Sep 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon The good news is that progressives in Congress are insisting on a "robust public option" in any health care legislation that will drive down coverage prices and be…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Who's Blocking Health Care Reform Now? Blue Dogs? Senate Dems? House Progressives? Or the White House Itself?
02 Sep 2009
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon In less than a year, Democrats have transformed themselves from the party of change to the party of excuses. Republican birthers and teapartyers, blue dog…