US Politics

Minister Faust
Evidence of Violent Extremism of Little Interest When Killer Is White
04 Apr 2018
“In the upside-down world of corporate media, the race of the terrorist, and the races of the people he’s murdered, seem to matter more than the actions committed.”
Jonathan Cook
If This Happened in Alabama There Would Be Uproar: In Israel, it’s the Norm
04 Apr 2018
“Half of Israeli Jews confess that they do not want ‘Arabs’ as neighbors.”
Kyle Fraser , Black Agenda Radio producer
Movement Most in Need of “Political Education”
02 Apr 2018
“We still have too many Black people not being real about our current state of affairs,” said Shannon Jones, of Bronxites for NYPD Accountability, following protests in Manhattan a
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
A Setback for Cop-Control in Newark
02 Apr 2018
If a New Jersey court decision diluting the powers of the local Civilian Complaint Review Board is allowed to stand, the Newark-based People’s Organization for Progress may be compelled to give up
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Bolton is Just One Face of U.S. Imperial Crisis
02 Apr 2018
The US imperial system is beset by “crises at every level,” said Sara Flounders, of the United National Anti-War Coalition (UNAC).
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Gun Debate A Narrow Opportunity For Democrats, A Wide One For the Left
29 Mar 2018
Last weekend the March For Our Lives mobilized half a million on the DC mall and a few hundred thousand more combined in dozens of cities across the US.
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
Marching for the Democrats: Another Farce on Washington?
29 Mar 2018
“The opportunism of the Democrats made these students and their pain easy targets.”
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Building Movement Politics Means Fighting Democrats
29 Mar 2018
“In the absence of a renewed, grassroots street offensive against the armed occupation of Black communities, there will be no relief from the daily slaughter.”
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Stephan House, Draylen Mason, Stephon Clark: Terror Victims
28 Mar 2018
“Business should not go on as usual when the police act as the 21st century slave patrol.”
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
March for Eight Billion Lives: An Interview with Riva Enteen
28 Mar 2018
“Of course we support the cause of protecting lives, but there is an exceptionalism to believing it only applies to American lives and especially white lives.”