US Politics

Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
DNC Suit Endangers Press Freedoms
08 May 2018
“If the DNC can sue Wikileaks for economic espionage, then why can’t they sue The New York Timesor The Interceptfor reporting on” purloined emails, said Chip Gibbons
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Bill Cosby Should Have Been Denounced by Black America Long Ago
02 May 2018
The following article was authored by Glen Ford when he was editor of The Black Commentator.
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Blues For Boss Tweet (and $cammany Haul)
02 May 2018
Called it ‘Stormy Sunday—’ Monday was more Mad Called it ‘Stormy Sunday—’ Monday was more Mad Mass murder worldwide— Caracas to Baghdad…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: How to Remember Lynching
02 May 2018
“Lynch law is still practiced today by police across the country.”
Black Alliance For Peace
Re-Centering Anti-War and Anti-Imperialism as Working-Class Issues on May 1st
02 May 2018
“We will never support U.S. imperialism in any of its adventures.”
Nellie Bailey and Glen Ford
Black Agenda Radio, Week of April 30, 2018
01 May 2018
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Former Black Panther Romaine “Chip” Fitzgerald Seeks Parole after 49 Years Behind Bars
01 May 2018
“People who were not members of the Black Panther Party or who were not political are released,”
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Cory Booker Blames Black America for Trump, But Only Has Himself to Blame
01 May 2018
“Democrats like Booker have blamed everyone but themselves for Trump’s victory.”
Evelyn M. Simien
A Powerful Memorial to the Men and Women Victims of Lynching Opens in Alabama
01 May 2018
“Close to 200 women were murdered by lynch mobs in the American South.”
Jessica Glenza
Flint Crisis, Four Years On: What Little Trust Is Left Continues to Wash Away
01 May 2018
“Flint is a place a city where many people are unlikely to ever drink another drop of tap water as long as they live.”