Nature And The Environment

Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
McCarthy and Snyder to Testify before House Oversight Committee on the Poisoning of Flint’s Children
16 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and columnist Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo Crimes against humanity have been committed in Flint, Michigan. Punishment must fit the crime. “It is time to remove all political actors both…
Mark P. Fancher
Colonialism in Michigan’s Little Africa
17 Feb 2016
by Mark P. Fancher The rulers of Michigan believed the quickest path to economic development was to place the state’s Black cities under the control of a single, appointed emergency manager. The…
Tom Stephens
The Flint River Lead Poisoning Catastrophe in Historical Perspective
17 Feb 2016
by Tom Stephens The takeover of Michigan’s majority Black cities by emergency managers was the direct cause of the poisoning of Flint. However, the legal groundwork for the crime was laid a…
Shea Howell
Repeal Michigan’s Emergency Manager Law
17 Feb 2016
by Shea Howell Michigan Governor Rick Synder has agreed to testify before a congressional committee about his role in poisoning the people of Flint. The evidence is incontrovertible. Snyder’s…
Bryan K. Bullock
And We are Not Saved: Blacks and Climate Change
06 Jan 2016
by Bryan K. Bullock Climate change will multiply the scourges that afflict Black people. “Black lives have always been vulnerable, expendable and exploitable under a capitalist, white supremacist,…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Rich Countries Subvert Climate Change Talks
16 Dec 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The recent Paris talks on climate change failed utterly to slow the planetary slide towards extinction. The human-induced heat wave will continue…
The Real News Network
COP 21 in Paris: No Climate Reparations, No Economic Retooling, Militarization and Business As Usual
09 Dec 2015
by The Real News Network Even before the recent killings in Paris, reports Kali Akuno, the Un Conference on Climate Change in Paris was calculated to ignore input from civil society. President…
Thomas C. Mountain
Climate Disaster Hammers Ethiopia
21 Oct 2015
by Thomas C. Mountain Western capitalists are all the rage about the phenomenal “success” of Ethiopia’s economy. Yet, Africa’s second most populous nation cannot feed its desperately poor people.…
Pretty Words, Ugly Actions: The Obama Legacy on Climate Change
05 Aug 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Apart from the times he called himself the president of “clean coal”, President Obama always talked a better climate change game than his Republican…
Byran K. Bullock
Reviving the Fight Against Environmental Racism
11 Mar 2015
by Bryan K. Bullock The movement against environmental racism lost its way when it was subsumed into environmental “justice.” Racism remains paramount. “African descendant people are burdened by…