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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Many Crimes of Colin Powell
20 Oct 2021
Colin Powell's death is an opportunity to question the inclination to respect the Black face in a high place. Powell's career includes a litany of crimes that must never be excused.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Obama Presidential Center Will Displace Black People
13 Oct 2021
The Obama Presidential Center will inevitably displace a working class Black community in Chicago.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
I’m no nuanced Negro, but…
13 Oct 2021
I’m no nuanced Negro, but… I’m no nuanced Negro—never have been—never will be. I’m a lower the forks, pick up the pallet, put it on the
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Build Back Better Legislation: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt?
13 Oct 2021
Some provisions of Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation benefit the masses of Black people, but this legislation is a bare minimum effort to blunt some of the sharpest contradictions of the
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin’s “Anarchism and the Black Revolution”
13 Oct 2021
In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Thousands of Police Killings Are Unreported
06 Oct 2021
Police killings of Black people are a feature of American law enforcement and they are deliberately under counted.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
“Our democracy:” Dictatorship of death merchants in bipartisan Brooks Brothers suits…
06 Oct 2021
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
Build Back Better Legislation: New Keynesianism or Neoliberal Public Relations Stunt?
06 Oct 2021
Some provisions of Biden’s “Build Back Better” legislation benefit the masses of Black people, but this legislation is a bare minimum effort to blunt some of the sharpest contradictions of the
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
AOC Offers a Hard Lesson on the Need to Dump the Duopoly
06 Oct 2021
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other so-called progressives exemplify the dangers of depending on the Democratic Party to enact any meaningful change.
Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnist
U.S. Congressional Support for More War spending and AUKUS Anti-China Pact Exposes Cynicism of Biden’s UN Speech Calling for More Diplomacy
29 Sep 2021
Joe Biden spoke of peace and diplomacy at the U.N. but support for defense spending and war making are bipartisan imperatives that prevent the people's needs from being met.