US Politics

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Cheryl R. Rodriguez, Dzodzi Tsikata, and Akosua Adomako Ampofo’s “Transatlantic Feminisms”
28 Aug 2019
It is critical for Black feminists to be passionately involved in creating a global community of voices.
Utsa Patnaik and Prabhat Patnaik
Neoliberal Capitalism at a Dead End
28 Aug 2019
Donald Trump’s resort to protectionism is recognition of having reached this cul-de-sac.
Carl Beijer
The Quiet Death of the “White Bernie Bro” Attack
28 Aug 2019
A majority of Sanders supporters are non-white, in contrast to all the other top tier candidates, including Kamala Harris.
Gerald A. Perreira
An Axis of Hope, Dignity and Defiance stands up to the Triumvirate of Evil
28 Aug 2019
The #No More Trump campaign is a defiant appeal to stand with the people of Venezuela, to oppose Trump’s war of attrition against this heroic sovereign nation.
Tao Leigh Goffe
The Precarity of Black Motherhood
28 Aug 2019
Jordan Peele’s “Us” depicts the terros face by Black mothers in a way that owes as much to Toni Morrison’s “Beloved” as it does to classic Hollywood horror.
A.C. Thompson
“Dirtbag,” “Savages,” “Subhuman”: A Border Agent’s Hateful Career and the Crime That Finally Ended It
28 Aug 2019
The agent joked about how tasty Guatemalan migrants can be if they are properly “fried” through the use of Tasers.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
FBI Targets Blacks and Left, Not White Supremacists
27 Aug 2019
The FBI has plenty of powers but chooses not to use them against violent white supremacists, said Chip Gibbons, of Defending Rights and Dissent.
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Jay-Z Speaks, Raps and Cuts Deals for Himself
27 Aug 2019
Entertainment billionaire Jay-Z’s collaboration with the NFL to “move past” Colin Kaepernick’s “take a knee” initiative is another example of the rapper “positioning himself as an authoritative voi
Black Agenda Radio with Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Venezuelan Embassy Defenders Need Support
27 Aug 2019
Supporters of the four activists facing a year in prison and heavy fines for protecting the Venezuelan embassy from being handed over to pro-coup forces by the Trump administration are “using this
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Blacks Don’t Blame Immigrants for the Boss’s Crimes
22 Aug 2019
Large proportions of African Americans registered strong opposition to building a wall on the southern border, keeping undocumented people in limbo, and mass deportations.