US Politics

Paul Street
Fourteen Martyrs in the Struggle Against Racist Terror and Trumpism-Fascism
16 Sep 2020
Their names are not as familiar as George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, but these victims have paid the ultimate price, dying in the line of anti-racist and anti-fascist citizenship duty.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
1st 100 Days— Portland
16 Sep 2020
I have a friend—some- time bandmate—Daily… Whining, wringing his hands. Distressed and depressed— anxious and agitated—he Knows nuclear war and Armageddon are on the
Jahan Choudhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
16 Sep 2020
This week Ibram X. Kendi, Toussaint Louverture, community control of the police, and the trial of Julian Assange were on your minds.
Nada Mustafa Ali
BAR Book Forum: “Books I Teach”
16 Sep 2020
Students of all ages can share the experiences of women from the slum margins of Nairobi and young female shapeshifters at a Detroit homeless shelter.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Samantha Pinto’s Book, “Infamous Bodies”
16 Sep 2020
The author examines the lives of five Black female historical figures and challenges some deeply-held ideas about Black women in politics
Julian Vigo
Water Poverty and the Growing Conflict between Egypt, Sudan and Ethiopia
16 Sep 2020
The Ethiopian government made a strategic decision to control most of the Nile River that flows into Egypt and Sudan.
William C. Anderson
Ungovernable: An Interview with Lorenzo Kom’boa Ervin
16 Sep 2020
Black anarchists organized around the things that we still see happening today: mass imprisonment of Black people and murderous shootings by the police or fascist vigilantes.
Vijay Prashad
Multinationals and Oil Companies Are Imposing Their Greed on Mozambique
16 Sep 2020
IMF financing has impoverished Mozambique’s once proudly revolutionary government, forcing it to hire mercenaries to put down rebellion.
y Joaquin Sapien, Topher Sanders, Nate Schweber and Daniel Zender
NYPD Promoted Cop Accused of Vicious Strip Searches of Over a Dozen Black and Latino Men
16 Sep 2020
Of at least 77 allegations made against McCormack in 26 separate CCRB complaints, 29 were unsubstantiated; five were ‘unfounded.’”
Daniel Carpenter
American Democracy Is in the Mail
16 Sep 2020
The post office could again become a platform for savings banks . while advancing broadband access to underserved communities