US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Cops Can Be Convicted of Murder, If Prosecutors Follow the Law
10 Apr 2018
Stephanie Morales, Portsmouth, Virginia’s 34 year-old top prosecutor, succeeded in sending a cop to prison for two and a half years for shooting an unarmed suspected Black shoplift
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Missouri Senate Candidate Endorses 19-Point Self-Determination Agenda
10 Apr 2018
“I’m running against 20 rich white folks,” veteran activist Coffee Wright told the crowd at the Black Is Back Coalition’s national Electoral School, in St. Louis, Missouri.
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Every Murdered Black Person Deserves Protest
10 Apr 2018
“We should hear about these killings every day, because they happen every day,” said Margaret Kimberley, editor and senior colu
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
MLK: A Snap Shot in Time
05 Apr 2018
“There is no reason to believe that Dr. King would have abandoned his pro-peace (and “democratic socialist”) principles if he were alive today.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Victory Over Military Cop Convention
04 Apr 2018
“The best-selling t-shirt at the previous year's expo: a picture of an assault weapon with the caption ‘Black Rifles Matter.’”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Israeli Meddling and Palestinian Death
04 Apr 2018
“Any politician who questions Israeli policy is at immediate risk of being defeated by a well-funded opponent.”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Independent Journalist Corner: A Conversation with Randi Nord
04 Apr 2018
“Anti-imperialism to me means supporting nations in their struggle against my government's violent and exploitative influence.”
Anne Garland Mahler
Charlottesville Mural by Obama “Hope” Poster Artist Causes Controversy
04 Apr 2018
“The artist Shepard Fairey has a history of appropriating images from activist-artists of color and selling them for a profit, without ever acknowledging the originals.”
Paul Street
Against False Conflation: JFK, MLK, and the Triple Evils
04 Apr 2018
“The Kennedy brothers approved racist FBI director J. Edgar Hoover’s regular and relentless police state surveillance, smearing and infiltration of the movement, including Dr.
Julian Vigo
A Brief History of Neo-Colonial Rape and the “Freak Shows” of Black Women’s Bodies
04 Apr 2018
“These sites of ‘disaster’ are created by the very ‘civilized’ men who then turn around and exploit the victims of their imposed ‘civilization.’”