US Politics

Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
Debate Lesson: 2020 Election is a Great Corporate Thug-a-thon
07 Oct 2020
Trump and Biden avoided policy because neither had anything to offer the masses of people.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
Fight the Power: Resistance Radio at the Virtual GRC Summit
07 Oct 2020
The Grassroots Radio Virtual Summit is for anyone looking for ways to resist heightening repression and anyone who feels that grassroots radio is vital to their community, writes Ann Garrison.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
October Surprise? (or President Pence pardon?)
07 Oct 2020
They say he could use your thoughts and prayers; like he used your taxes Praying to big white Buddha bottles of bleach…They say he never, ever,
Friends of Congo
AFRICOM: Deadly Deception
07 Oct 2020
AFRICOM's real aim was never peace nor stability but rather, strategic US interests.
Sam Levin
Blacks in LA Nearly Four Times as Likely to be Cited by Police
07 Oct 2020
Activists say these ordinances for minor violations are rooted in racist laws and anti-homeless policies. “it’s illegal to be Black in public.”
Jahan Choudhry BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
07 Oct 2020
This week Russophobia and the recent presidential debate were the topic of conversation.
Gwendolyn Wallace and Roberto Sirvent
Health Justice and Black Liberation: Shay-Akil McLean
07 Oct 2020
Black health is directly connected to the displacement and dispossession of our ancestors and the conditions of our neighborhoods.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Jennifer Bajorek’s “Unfixed”
07 Oct 2020
Through photography, the author asks questions about the meaning and nature of liberation.
Abbie Vansickle
When Police Violence is a Dog Bite
07 Oct 2020
In some jurisdiction police dogs only bite Black people, but only a few that are mauled by dogs get justice.
Judy Greenspan
Jalil Muntaqim Scheduled for Release from Prison
07 Oct 2020
Muntaqim is one of the longest-held political prisoners in the world. “Both his age and serious medical conditions made him vulnerable to the coronavirus.”