US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Biden and the Shame of the Black Misleaders
26 Jun 2019
The misleaders are tacitly admitting that black people can expect little to be done in their favor even if the Democrats manage to win.
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
2020 Democratic Party Debates Encircle Sanders with Wall Street’s Political Dogs
26 Jun 2019
Wall Street wants Harris, Buttigieg, and Biden to dominate the floor and shut down Sanders.
Paul Street
Mayor Pete’s White House Race Trips on Race
26 Jun 2019
The gay young presidential candidate’s cops killed a Black father on Father’s Day, but Butiggieg snubbed the community vigil.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
26 Jun 2019
Today we discuss Bernie Sanders in 2020 and Mahatma Gandhi in the anti-colonial struggle. Strong comments came for “
Brett Wilkins
A Brief History of US Concentration Camps
26 Jun 2019
There is no doubt that concentration camps are in operation on US soil once again.
Vaidya Gullapalli
Will Chicago Get a Memorial to Honor the Survivors of Police Torture?
26 Jun 2019
The memorial would be a stone monument with the names of those tortured by Burge and his officers and the dates they were tortured.
Haim Salih
Dates and Bullets: Sudan in the Grip of the RSF Militia
26 Jun 2019
The Sudanese protest movement needs a focused strategy to resist the RSF's growing power.
Annie Waldman
How Teach for America Evolved Into an Arm of the Charter School Movement
26 Jun 2019
The huge nonprofit is backed by billionaire school privatizers with a sophisticated agenda.
Rachel M. Cohen
We Have to Finance a Global Green New Deal – Or Face the Consequences
26 Jun 2019
How much money is the US and other rich countries willing to transfer to poor countries to reduce carbon emissions?
Celina della Croce
Why Venezuela Is the Vietnam of Our Time
26 Jun 2019
Hybrid warfare combines military force with “unconventional” warfare, such as covert campaigns to destabilize the economy of targeted nations.