US Politics

Earl Hazell
MJ/Kelly, Wynton/West: Tour Guides of the House of Peter Pan
22 May 2019
An opera singer and artistic director sees the Black male genius as a window to America’s dark side.
Jahan Chowdhry, BAR Comments Editor
Letters from Our Readers
22 May 2019
This week the most talked about topic was war. Readers wrote in about “
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Noura Erakat’s “Justice for Some”
22 May 2019
Sometimes what passes for international law can lead to unfair outcomes, as the mandate that facilitated the creation of Israel on Palestinian land.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Greg Shupak’s “The Wrong Story”
22 May 2019
American maneuvers in the Middle East have little to do with culture or religion and everything to do with capitalism.
Mark P. Fancher
Socialism – The Litmus Test for Authentic African Leadership
22 May 2019
There is no better time than African Liberation Day to call out Africa’s imperialist stooges, lackeys and puppets.
Lucas Koerner.and Ricardo Vaz
Venezuela Media Far More Diverse Than US
22 May 2019
Not only is the Venezuelan press free to criticize the government, the opposition dominates the media and uses it to foment coups.
Dave Tell
How Poverty is Reshaping the Story of Emmett Till’s Murder
22 May 2019
Scholars continue to debate what, exactly, happened to Emmett Till, but a poor Black town is betting its future on one version of the story.
Adam Tomes
Los Angeles: City of Segregation
22 May 2019
Only white Americans have the freedom to use their wealth to buy a home wherever they like, and they use that freedom to isolate themselves from others.
This Is Hell , Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Fake News Empire: Unlearning the Lies at the Heart of American ideology.
22 May 2019
Black Agenda Report's Danny Haiphong examines the lies at the root of the story America tells itself - as the corporate media obscures the reality of social relations at the base of American power,
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
To Preserve Austerity, Corporate Democrats Scheme to Smother Sanders
20 May 2019
Democratic “diversity” is a cover for the sameness of the party’s actual policies – endless austerity and war, just like the other corporate party.