US Politics

Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2015
15 Sep 2015
Justice Department Blowing Smoke on Prosecuting Corporate Execs “There’s nothing new” in a U.S. Justice Department memo that claims it will bring more criminal prosecutions against corporate…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Trumpocalypse: Democrats Rule Blacks by Fear
10 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is a very useful man, to both the Democratic and Republican factions of the ruling corporate party. The “White Man’s Party” (Republican) faction can…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Da Man He Call ‘Rump’
09 Sep 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Rump playin’ “Great Wite Hope”, fo po lil’ wite men Trickin’ dey dum asses into thinkin’ dat he dey frien… ‘Cause dey jus’ too stooped, hatin’ Brouns an…
The Real News Network
How One Chicago High School Became Ground Zero For School Privatization
09 Sep 2015
by the Real News Network
Bill Quigley
Ten Troubling Numbers Labor Day 2015
09 Sep 2015
by Bill Quigley U.S. workers are in bad shape. Two-thirds of poor people have jobs that don’t lift them out of poverty. Actual unemployment is at least twice as high as the official figure. Blacks…
Imam Jamil Action Network
Stop the execution of Imam Jamil, the former H. Rap Brown, by medical neglect in federal prison
09 Sep 2015
by the Imam Jamil Action Network
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter Hurts Democrats’ Feelings
02 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #BlackLivesMatter organization this week rejected the endorsement of the Democratic National Committee, embarrassing top members of the party. However, the DNC…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
On Black Lives Matter, Hillary Clinton, and the Necessity of Demands
01 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong Why ask what lies in Hillary Clinton’s heart? She has already shown the world that she loves war and bankers. When #BlackLivesMatter activists inquired of her inner feelings,…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Bernie Sanders' Conservative Foreign Policy
26 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Bernie Sanders and his supporters claim he is different, a breath of fresh air. Yet he “won’t state for the record how his foreign policy differs…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Miss Hillree an de Matter ob Blak Lives
26 Aug 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner “Blak Lifes Mattur, yeah, but dey’s unnecessary Blak Lifes Mattur, ‘til Friday de 20 ob January