US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Black Agenda Report on the Honor Roll
30 Nov 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democrats, through their PropOrNot web site and a compliant corporate media, have targeted BAR and other sites as purveyors of Russian…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Contradictions of the Trump Phenomenon and the Desperation of the US War Machine
30 Nov 2016
by Danny Haiphong Many of the folks tearing their hair out over Donald Trump’s victory were far less alarmed at the Democrats’ role in the unending wars for global domination. For them, war is a…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Biting "Fake News" Satire from The New Yorker
30 Nov 2016
by Ann Garrison Could a drug kingpin be a worse choice for a U.S. cabinet position than the villains we’ve already known?
Black Agenda Radio for Week of Nov 28, 2016
29 Nov 2016
GOP Plans Stealth Attack on Medicare Republicans in Congress have “never really liked Social Security or Medicare” because the programs “work and they completely go against the ideology that the…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
So Why is the Green Party's Jill Stein Filing For Recounts in Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania?
26 Nov 2016
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Is the Green Party's Jill Stein jumping into bed with Hillary and the Democrats in her call for recounts in PA, WI and MI? Or are Greens trying to lead the…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: How Not to Protest Trump
23 Nov 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Donald Trump’s many evils are manifest and obvious. But let’s stop pretending that some historical line has been crossed in U.S. political and…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
Obama's Departure is One Reason to Feel Optimism for Trump's Arrival
23 Nov 2016
by Danny Haiphong Fears of Trump should not obscure the fact that Barack Obama’s reign was a disaster. “Black America is in a worse condition than before, working class people as a whole have lost…
Robin D.G. Kelley
Trump Says Go Back, We Say Fight Back
23 Nov 2016
by Robin D.G. Kelley The author writes: “I am not suggesting that white racism alone explains Trump’s victory. Nor am I dismissing the white working class’s very real economic grievances. It is not a…
Tanya Golash-Boza
Donald J. Trump’s 10 Point Plan to Put America First: A Response
23 Nov 2016
by Tanya Golash-Boza How will Donald Trump’s rhetoric on removing what he calls “illegal aliens” be put into actual policy? One thing is certain: It will take a lot more than even a tripling of the…
Hugh Esco
Confusing Jihad with Hirabah Won't Build a More Peaceful World
23 Nov 2016
by Hugh Esco The author, a reader and colleague of BAR, offers a corrective to our use of the word “jihad,” a term that, in “an Islamic conception, has nothing to do with ‘holy war.’” In this “…