US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
US Schools are a “Carceral” and “Punitive Landscape”
16 Sep 2019
For students of color in the US, schooling has long been a “carceral condition,” said Connie Wun, a researcher and advocate for women and girls, who wrote an influential artic
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Blacks Pay High Price for Bad Healthcare
16 Sep 2019
Dr Leslie Hinkson, author of “Subprime Health: Debt and Race in US Medicine,” said Black people “get bad care, and that not only leads to further undermining of their health,
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Police Killings of Blacks Explode in Bolsonaro’s Brazil
16 Sep 2019
In just three months, police in Rio de Janeiro killed 434 people, most of them young Black men. Joao Costa Vargas, professor of anthropology at the University of California at
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
What Does Bolton’s Ouster Mean to Victims of US Imperial Aggression?
12 Sep 2019
John Bolton, the hired gun who specializes in warmongering for Republican presidents, has legions of soul mates among Russia-obsessed Democrats.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Hollywood Propaganda Attack on Venezuela
11 Sep 2019
The US is starving and killing Venezuelans in real life and, for your family’s viewing pleasure, on television screens.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Devil got a Donor
11 Sep 2019
The Devil got a donor—a real high roller! The Devil’s donor base blew up like it caught the mumps from this true believer in big Capital projects:
Ajamu Baraka , BAR editor and columnist
3rd International Trade Union Forum: Comments from Ajamu Baraka
11 Sep 2019
There can be no workers’ rights without peace and social justice. “War and militarism are class issues.”
Victoria Law
They Survived Solitary Confinement. Now They’re Fighting to End It.
11 Sep 2019
On any given day, 80,000 people are locked in solitary confinement in US prisons and jails.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
11 Sep 2019
This week we discuss the rising popularity of socialism in the US, Bernie Sanders’ energy policy, and the electoral obstacles to electing a new Congress.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Nadine Ehlers and Leslie Hinkson’s “Subprime Health”
11 Sep 2019
Race-based medicine in the US has solidified health inequality and is bound up with indebtedness.