US Politics

Greg Palast
Ohio’s Junk Mail Trick Led the Supreme Court to Approve Jim Crow Voter Purge
27 Jun 2018
“The Help America Vote Act blew open a giant loophole in the National Voter Registration Act’s protections.”
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Washington’s Narrow Definition of Human Rights
26 Jun 2018
US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley dismissed and ridiculed a UN report on entrenched poverty in the US because “the US does not recognized economic, social and cultural rights as, in f
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
NYPD Prey on Black and Brown Youth
26 Jun 2018
New York City police are using a 42,000-name “gang” database to prey on Black and brown youth, said Sadiki “Bro Shep” Olugbala, of the Stop The Raids Coalition.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Poor People’s Campaign Aims to Change “Political Narrative”
26 Jun 2018
The Poor People’s Campaign seeks to “change the political narrative in this country,” said Rev Graylon Hagler, senior pastor of the Plymouth United Church of Christ, who as been arrested three time
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Trump Seeks to Woo North Korea from China
26 Jun 2018
The Trump administration’s peace overtures to North Korea are rooted in the U.S. desire to have a “friendly regime on China’s border,” said Dr.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
U.S. in “Imperial Retreat”
21 Jun 2018
Donald Trump’s willingness to contemplate U.S. troop withdrawal from South Korea is more evidence of “imperial retreat,” said Dr.
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Democratic Party is White Supremacist, Too
20 Jun 2018
“Neither party gives a damn about Black people’s right to self-determination.”
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Amerikkka Was Built on Busting Up Families…
20 Jun 2018
“I would cite you to the Apostle Paul and his clear and wise command in Romans 13, to obey the laws of the government because God has ordained the government for his purposes”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
China’s Planned Economy is on the Rise, which is Bad News for US Empire
20 Jun 2018
“American exceptionalism is rooted in the fairy-tale belief of racial superiority, of which American exceptionalism is a national and imperial expression.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Nikki Haley: Damn the UN Human Rights Council and the Rest of You Too
20 Jun 2018
“More censure of Israel is no doubt in the works, given Israel’s latest massacres in Gaza.”