US Politics

Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Zohran Mamdani and the Left
07 Nov 2025
Lance Hawkins joins us from New York City to discuss the recent election of Zohran Mamdani, who will take office as the mayor of New York City on January 1. Lance Hawkins is a community, labor, and…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Zohran Mamdani and a Small Victory for the People
05 Nov 2025
New Yorkers experienced some democracy with Zohran Mamdani's victory in the mayor's race and are inspiring voters across the country to believe that change is possible. But the outcome is a challenge…
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley
Zohran Mamdani and the New York City Mayor's Race
31 Oct 2025
Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest on James Fauntleroy’s YouTube program, Jaybefaunt. They discussed the upcoming mayoral election in New York City that pits the Democratic Party nominee, Zohran…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
The Shutdown and Neverending Hostility to the Welfare State
29 Oct 2025
The federal government shutdown is a fight between Trump and democrats, but it is also emblematic of the tenuous nature of the welfare state in the U.S. The duopoly parties are both committed to…
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Hourly, Hate America Rallies Stampede Through heads of Cruel Reich Cultists
29 Oct 2025
"Hourly, Hate America Rallies Stampede Through heads of Cruel Reich Cultists" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
No Kings and the Lure of Spectacle
22 Oct 2025
The most recent No Kings march will hopefully be the last. A Democratic Party get out the vote effort is a show that obscures and obstructs the real work of organizing.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Did you see an infantile, juvenile flight of fancy?
22 Oct 2025
"Did you see an infantile, juvenile flight of fancy?" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Anthony Karefa Rogers-Wright
Stuck in a Neutral Gear of Watered Down and Whitewashed Prefigurative Politics: How “No Kings” Takes the “Move” Out of Movements
22 Oct 2025
You cannot defeat a king with a parade. The failure of "No Kings" is the refusal to build real power beyond a single day of protest.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
End the Epstein shutdown and F-bombing our cities!
15 Oct 2025
"End the Epstein shutdown and F-bombing our cities!" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
enemy within
08 Oct 2025
"enemy within" is the latest from BAR's Peat-in-Residence.