US Politics

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Democrats' Treachery Ends the Shutdown
12 Nov 2025
Voter support for the Democratic Party in the government shutdown showdown was irrelevant. The Senate capitulation was a cynical and inevitable endgame for a party devoted to the austerity race to…
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Pretty Boy Gavin Newsom, the Democrats' Rising Star
12 Nov 2025
California’s Governor is often referred to as Pretty Boy Gavin Newsom, and cameras do serve him well. What else do we know about him?
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Tuesday night’s tiny glimpse of what The People really want
12 Nov 2025
"Tuesday night’s tiny glimpse of what The People really want" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Marwa Yousuf K.
Mamdani and The Liberal Repackaging of Power
12 Nov 2025
Zohran Mamdani's victory in the New York City mayor's race was significant, but liberalism succeeds by presenting a veneer of change where it may not exist.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Black Agenda Radio November 7, 2025
07 Nov 2025
In this week’s segment, we examine claims of a genocide against Christians in the African nation of Nigeria, and the geopolitical strategems behind the narrative. But first, we discuss the election…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Zohran Mamdani and the Left
07 Nov 2025
Lance Hawkins joins us from New York City to discuss the recent election of Zohran Mamdani, who will take office as the mayor of New York City on January 1. Lance Hawkins is a community, labor, and…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Zohran Mamdani and a Small Victory for the People
05 Nov 2025
New Yorkers experienced some democracy with Zohran Mamdani's victory in the mayor's race and are inspiring voters across the country to believe that change is possible. But the outcome is a challenge…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Mayor's Race
31 Oct 2025
Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest on James Fauntleroy’s YouTube program, Jaybefaunt. They discussed the upcoming mayoral election in New York City that pits the Democratic Party nominee, Zohran…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Shutdown and Neverending Hostility to the Welfare State
29 Oct 2025
The federal government shutdown is a fight between Trump and democrats, but it is also emblematic of the tenuous nature of the welfare state in the U.S. The duopoly parties are both committed to…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Hourly, Hate America Rallies Stampede Through heads of Cruel Reich Cultists
29 Oct 2025
"Hourly, Hate America Rallies Stampede Through heads of Cruel Reich Cultists" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.