Bruce A. Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Leading Black Democrats Love School Privatization Too
08 Mar 2017
Since voters nearly always reject privatization initiatives on the ballot Republicans and Democrats, both in the pay of charter school sugar daddies, are obliged to make it happen without them
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Time For A Movement For Free Tuition at HBCUs and Public Colleges and Universities
02 Mar 2017
Instead of worrying about where Kellyanne Conway's feet are, or blasting Betsy DeVos's ignorance on HBCUs we should insist that black college presidents start or join a movement for free tuition at
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Will Bernie's Burnout Lead To A New Movement? Maybe, Maybe Not.
20 Apr 2016
Will there be a new movement born from the ashes of Bernie Sanders' failed campaign? Some think so, citing the broad popularity of his issues and the growing numbers of his core demographic.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Ta Nehesi Coates' Bernie Sanders Brain Fart Isn't Even About Reparations
22 Jan 2016
When favored spokesnegro Ta Nehesi Coates urgently warns us that Bernie Sanders doesn't support reparations, but doesn't mention that his presumed candidate Hillary doesn't either, or that the Green…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Ta-Nehisi Coates, Blackwashing, the Reparations Brand, and a Last Refuge For Scoundrels
18 Jun 2014
No sensible person should doubt the fundamental justice of arguments for reparations for the historic crimes of slavery, Jim Crow, and today's prison state. Accomplishing reparations would require a…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black Leadership Response to the Koch $25 Million “Gift” Should Be a Movement For Free College Tuition
11 Jun 2014
Seven generations after the founding of our first historically black colleges and universities, they are still dependent on the whims of white philanthropy, just begging smarter and/or harder.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
One Year After Chicago Closes 50 Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union Assesses the Lies and Lasting Damage
28 May 2014
A couple years ago, we at Black Agenda Report wondered why the closings of 40 public schools over three years
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Roll Over & Die, or Shut Up & Sell Out: HBCUs & the Talented Tenth in the Obama Era
16 Oct 2013
When the Obama administration changed college loan rules in 2011, 28,000 students dropped out of HBCUs due to economic stress.
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why Isn't Closing 129 Chicago Public Schools National News?
27 Feb 2013
It's an obvious question, with an easy answer. Our nation's bipartisan political elite have decided to privatize public education. They know the only way they can execute this deeply unpopular policy…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Seattle Teachers Boycott of Unfair & Unnecessary High Stakes Tests Spreads to Second High School
30 Jan 2013
Teachers in Seattle are standing up to the high stakes testing regime and refusing to administer an unnecessary test. Students and parents have lined up to support them, and the boycott has already…