US Politics

Annie Waldman
How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement
26 Jun 2019
The huge nonprofit is backed by billionaire school privatizers with a sophisticated agenda.
Rachel M. Cohen
We Have to Finance a Global Green New Deal – Or Face the Consequences
26 Jun 2019
How much money is the US and other rich countries willing to transfer to poor countries to reduce carbon emissions?
Celina della Croce
Why Venezuela Is the Vietnam of Our Time
26 Jun 2019
Hybrid warfare combines military force with “unconventional” warfare, such as covert campaigns to destabilize the economy of targeted nations.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Hip Hop Portal to the Future
24 Jun 2019
The language of Black English and Hip Hop may “offer us another way of existing in the world,” said Marquis Bey, author of “Them Goon Rules: Fugitive Essays on Radical Black F
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
White Kids Need Help to Become Anti-Racists
24 Jun 2019
Many Black families teach their kids about race and racism, but “white families don’t do that,” said Jennifer Harvey, a professor at Drake University and author of “Raising Wh
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Only Respects Rigged Elections in Haiti, Venezuela
24 Jun 2019
The Haitian people reject the demand from the Organization of American States and the US, that they abandon the street campaign against President Jovenel Moise and wait for elections, said
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Ruling Class Will Not Tolerate the Sanders-Led Assault on Austerity
20 Jun 2019
The whole point of the austerity project is to disempower workers and concentrate wealth at the top. The rulers will kill to keep that dream alive.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Iran and Endless War
19 Jun 2019
Americans are, indeed, exceptional – the most gullible public in the world, always ready to believe their leaders’ lies.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Assata Shakur and the Long War on Black Liberation
19 Jun 2019
The US long war on the Black liberation movement is far from over.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
In Praise of Blood: Crimes of the Rwandan Patriotic Front
19 Jun 2019
Judi Rever risked her life to write the true story of the Rwandan Genocide.