US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Who Were US Mercenaries Targeting in Haiti?
18 Mar 2019
Haitians have all kinds of theories on what seven heavily armed American mercenaries were up to when they were arrested outside the country’s Central Bank at the height of civil disturbances, last
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Community Control of Cops on a Roll in Chicago
15 Mar 2019
“The people have given us a referendum” on CPAC, the Civilian Police Accountability Commission, said Frank Chapman, of the Chicago Alliance Against Racist and Political Repres
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
ADOS Shrinks Reparationist Politics to Fit the Cramped Horizon of Tribalism
15 Mar 2019
“ADOS followers throw away the internationalism of their forbears, embracing instead a sometimes polite, but always frank hostility toward immigrants of all nations on the grounds that they
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Imperial Racist Saga Comes Home, Where It Began
14 Mar 2019
What makes US progressives think that the Lords of Capital will be more tolerant of austerity-busting ‘socialists’ here at home than they are with Venezuela?
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Justice and Paul Manafort
13 Mar 2019
Now that Trump’s sleazy associates are facing prison, lots of Democrats that never gave a damn about mass Black incarceration are self-righteously blasting the criminal injustice system.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Stephon Clark Killed Twice by U.S. imperialism
13 Mar 2019
The world’s most ambitious predators -- candidates for US president, like Clinton and Biden -- are also the most likely to condemn young Black men as “predators,” and to wreak mass death, worldwide
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Chelsea Manning Defies Secret Grand Jury, Julian Assange Scoops Michael Cohen
13 Mar 2019
Whistleblower Chelsea Manning is jailed for refusing to testify against Julian Assange, whose confinement in Ecuador's London embassy puts the lie to much of the Russiagate fantasy.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
13 Mar 2019
This week readers engaged with the question of reparations for slavery and Black America’s stake in environmentalism. Strong responses came for
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Alys Eve Weinbaum’s "The Afterlife of Reproductive Slavery”
13 Mar 2019
Slavery is everywhere banned, but the ethos of the slave trade thrives in the baby-buying business.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Sharla Fett on “Recaptured Africans”
13 Mar 2019
The illegal slave trade continued right up to the Civil War, requiring US authorities to “recapture” and then expel the human cargo.