US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio September 12, 2025
12 Sep 2025
In this week’s segment we discuss a new book analyzing the need to confront counterinsurgency and fight against repression domestically and internationally. But first we hear from an activist on the…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley and Glen Ford
Organizing Against the Trump Takeover in Washington
12 Sep 2025
Afeni is an activist and lead organizer with Herb and Temple in Washington, DC. She joins us from Washington to discuss Donald Trump’s declaration of emergency power to take over the operations of…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser Epitomizes Black Misleadership
20 Aug 2025
Mayor Bowser going along to get along with Donald Trump is unsurprising to anyone who has followed her political career. She is the Black misleader par excellence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Trump and Democrats Fuel the Washington DC Crime Panic
13 Aug 2025
Donald Trump’s takeover of the Washington, DC, Metropolitan Police Department is not merely a result of his racist and authoritarian tendencies, nor is it new. It is part and parcel of a history of…
Black Alliance For Peace
End the Colonial Occupation of Washington D.C.: The People Demand Self-Determination and Self-Governance
13 Aug 2025
Washington, D.C.'s political subjugation exposes America's democratic facade. While claiming to champion self-rule globally, the U.S. increases repression and lays siege on the residents of its own…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
For a young labor leader leading by example
13 Aug 2025
"For a young labor leader leading by example" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Charisse Burden-Stelly, PhD
Anatomy of a Red Scare
13 Aug 2025
As the Trump administration escalates its anti-radical crackdowns, past moments of repression offer a preview of what’s to come.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio August 8, 2025
08 Aug 2025
In this week’s segment, we discuss a protest exposing corporate media’s collusion with the U.S. and Israeli governments in reporting genocide and how ICE is violating the law and human rights with…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
ICE Mass Deportations in New York
08 Aug 2025
We’re joined by Mario Bruzzone, Vice President of Policy at the New York Immigration Coalition. He joins us from New York City to discuss Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detentions taking…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Gaza Media Accountability Encampment
08 Aug 2025
The Gaza Media Accountability Encampment began in response to what organizers call the media’s “complicity in manufacturing consent for Israel’s crimes against humanity.” Activists are demanding an…