US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Katrina in the White Imagination
19 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan could not contain his gratitude to Hurricane Katrina, which killed or permanently displaced much of New…
Paul Street
Why Bernie Sanders is No Great White Hope for Black America
19 Aug 2015
by Paul Street
Jackie Miller
Why is Rev. Edward Pinkney in Prison? Another Case of Political Persecution
19 Aug 2015
by Jackie Miller The Whirlpool Corporation, with the collaboration of local government, is engaged in ethnic cleansing and massive land piracy in mostly Black Benton Harbor, Michigan. “We call it…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter and the Democrats: How Disruption Can Lead to Collaboration
13 Aug 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #Black Lives Matter organization may believe that it is confronting, rather than collaborating with, the Democratic Party, by disrupting candidates’ speeches.…
Paul Street
Posing as the Great Emancipator: Obama’s Prison-Posturing is Nothing New
12 Aug 2015
by Paul Street President Obama likes to give the impression that he is shocked and surprised by the horrors of the U.S. penal system. But the author knew the president back in the day, in Chicago,…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
August 144 hours
12 Aug 2015
by BAR poet in residence Raymond "Nat" Turner Our poet recalls the living memory of the Watts LA uprising a half century ago this week
Alemayehu G Mariam
Barack Obama, Tell the Truth About Ethiopia!
12 Aug 2015
Alemayehu G. Mariam Last month, President Obama declared that Ethiopia has a “democratically elected government.” That is the country where, in May elections, the ruling party won all the 547 seats…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Where's the #BlackLivesMatter Critique of the Black Misleadership Class, or Obama or Hillary?
06 Aug 2015
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon If #BlackLivesMatter is a movement, just what does that mean? Obama's 2008 campaign said it was “the movement” too. If modern movements are indistinguishable…
Pretty Words, Ugly Actions: The Obama Legacy on Climate Change
05 Aug 2015
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Apart from the times he called himself the president of “clean coal”, President Obama always talked a better climate change game than his Republican…
Paul Street
Bernie Sanders’ Top Five Race Problems: The Unbearable Whiteness of Nominal Nordic Socialism
04 Aug 2015
by Paul Street