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  • Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
    $campaigns & $elections
    13 Apr 2016
    by BAR's poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner This week the poet briefly contextualizes the candidates and campaigns of the capitalist parties running for the White House in 2016.
  • Are African Americans “Strategic Voters” Or Are We A Captive Constituency?
    07 Apr 2016
    A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Who drives the Democratic party? Not the black, brown and poor who are its base voters, trapped in its trunk. Black voters in…
  • Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
    My Wise Country Cousin on Mule Dung at the Apollo
    06 Apr 2016
    by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner The poet's wise cousin from the country offers his view from Harlem, where folks is linin' up to touch the yoke of ol' Hillree, Massa Willie's best mule…
  • Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 4, 2016
    05 Apr 2016
    Carolina Youths Demand Black Community Control of Police The city of Greenville, South Carolina witnessed two large funerals in recent weeks: one for a white cop, the other for 17 year-old Deontaye…
  • Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
    Freedom Rider: Hillary Clinton is No Worse than Barack Obama
    30 Mar 2016
    by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Progressive enthusiasm for Bernie and antipathy for Hillary is impressive – until one recalls that most of these folks were ga-ga over Obama not…
  • The Real News Network
    What Trump's Campaign Reveals About Race and Voting
    30 Mar 2016
  • Cynthia McKinney
    America, We Have a Problem: Homelessness is Out of Control
    30 Mar 2016
    by Cynthia McKinney Cities throughout the United States, and especially up and down the west coast, are locked in a crisis of homelessness. Yet, “not one word is uttered about the criminalization of…
  • Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    The Democratic Road to Black Ruin
    24 Mar 2016
    by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Democratic Party operatives claim that Blacks are voting “strategically” when they support the corporate warmonger Hillary Clinton for president. The reality is,…
  • Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
    Why a United Front Against Trump is Dangerous Territory for the Left
    23 Mar 2016
    by Danny Haiphong The Democrats would love to see the entire political spectrum united with Hillary Clinton to defeat Donald Trump – but that would mean Trump has “scared the left back under the…
  • Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
    Hillary Wants a Crusade to Defeat Trump’s “Bigotry” – and Leave Her Bankers Alone
    17 Mar 2016
    by BAR executive editor Glen Ford If Hillary Clinton can make the general election into a crusade against “bigotry” and “intolerance” as embodied by Donald Trump, she can win with an otherwise issue-…
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