US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: “War is Peace” Prize
16 Dec 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Barack Obama is nothing if not a man of “firsts.” America’s first Black president has earned the dubious honor of possibly having delivered the…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: The Peace Prize War
02 Dec 2009
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The American information bubble prevents the populace from recognizing the world around it. Iran's leader, constantly demonized in the “bubble…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Top Ten Reasons President Obama Should Give Back the Nobel Peace Prize
14 Oct 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon At the Nobel announcement of this year's peace prize a reporter asked the Nobel spokesman “why”, since the man had only been in office less than a year, and had…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
We Need a Black-Led Movement for Peace, Not a Phony “Prize”
13 Oct 2009
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford Click the flash player below to listen or the mic to download. “When Barack Obama declares he is presiding over 'necessary' wars, then those who…
Cynthia McKinney
Global Resistance, Local Action, and Vision
12 Oct 2009
by Cynthia McKinney A successful movement for change needs more than energy and commitment – it also requires “people feverishly working to redefine for all who want to be active...just what the…
Saswat Pattanayak
Militarist Obama and Corporate Nobel: Peaceful Partnership
12 Oct 2009
by Saswat Pattanayak “Nobel Prizes are offered by the royalists, the status quo upholders, the deniers of class society.” Such people don't want peace, but stability for the existing order. The Nobel…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The End of American Thanksgivings: A Cause for Universal Rejoicing
26 Nov 2008
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michael hureaux perez
Eshu’s Blues: charter schools and the rest of us
22 Oct 2008
by michael hureaux John McCain and Barack Obama "share the same market nostrums for education reform, from charter schools to merit pay to the test mania of No Child Left Behind," but have no…
Leutisha Stills , CBC Monitor
Obama Charges Rightward, Five CBCers Earn Bush Loyalty Points
25 Jun 2008
A hardcore handful of Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) members who last week embraced George Bush's Iraq occupation policies, were joined by six others in support of a phony "compromise" over the a
Nikolas Kozloff
The Congressional Black Caucus Fails Afro-Colombians
07 May 2008
by Nikolas Kozloff Sometimes it seems the bigger the Congressional Black Caucus (CBC) becomes, the worse it gets. Gone are the not-so-long-ago days when the CBC could be counted on to present a…