US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Kamala Harris Destroyed Black Lives
16 Jan 2019
Harris has spent her career locking up Black and brown people. She should not be allowed to shake hands, kiss babies or walk into black churches without being taken to task.
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Code Talking: UN Security Council on War and Peace in DR Congo
16 Jan 2019
Congolese President Kabila wants to shut out the apparent winner of last month’s elections in favor the of the second place finisher, who appears to have accepted the deal.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Democratic Party Obsession with Capitalism and Militarism Will Grow Worse by 2020
16 Jan 2019
The Democratic Party is a political trap designed to capture the most progressive constituency in the United States: Black America.
Teodrose Fikre
Evoking Muckrakers: Hannah Giorgis’s Devastating Critique of Senator Kamala Harris
16 Jan 2019
Kamala Harris’s memoir reads nothing like her actual record of locking up the poor and giving impunity to the rich.
Dr. Marsha Coleman-Adebayo , BAR editor and columnist
Corporate and Banking Interests Profit from Desecration of Black Maryland Graveyard
16 Jan 2019
Truth rises from the graves of Black ancestors in a wealthy Maryland county.
Netfa Freeman
John Bolton Says He Wants to Protect Africa from “Predatory” Chinese Behavior, But What About Washington’s?
16 Jan 2019
Chinese investment may come with strings attached, but Africa deserves an alternative to U.S.-led neoliberalism and militarization.
Norman Richmond aka Jalali
Another Look At Martin Luther King Jr.
16 Jan 2019
Dr King was a radical, a democratic socialist who saw economic transformation and social justice as inseparable.
Jeff Mackler
Trump’s Syria Exit Tweet Provokes Washington Panic
16 Jan 2019
Donald Trump’s nightly tweets have shown that US presidents really don’t make fundamental policy, which is the domain of the corporate ruling class elite.
Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers
Uniting for a Green New Deal
16 Jan 2019
A real Green New Deal requires pushing issues Democrats don’t want to discuss, such as nationalization of industries, more democracy, and cuts to the military.
Whitney Webb
How a NeoCon-Backed "Fact Checker" Plans to Wage War on Independent Media
16 Jan 2019
As Newsguard’s project advances, it will soon become almost impossible to avoid this neocon-approved news site’s ranking systems on any technological device sold in the US.