US Politics

Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Liberal Hate for Stein and Baraka
17 Aug 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley So-called liberals and “progressives” have caught the Mad Democratic Cow Disease, frothing at the mouth at those who would resist the coronation…
Jeff Cohen
TV Networks Should Open Up The Presidential Debates
17 Aug 2016
by Jeff Cohen The two-party duopoly not only have a stranglehold on the voting process, they control the televised debates that dominate the political conversation, despite the fact that only the…
Black Agenda Report for Week of August 15, 2016
16 Aug 2016
Greens are Alternative to “Democratic Plantation” Ajamu Baraka, the veteran Black activist tapped as Jill Stein’s presidential running mate, said the Green Party can make a difference, this year, by…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Hillary Stuffs Entire U.S. Ruling Class Into Her Big, Nasty Tent
11 Aug 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford While Democrats scream “fascist” at Donald Trump, actual fascists with real histories of mass murder at home and abroad gather in Hillary Clinton’s “Big Tent”…
Black Agenda Report for Week of August 8, 2016
08 Aug 2016
Voters Have Choices Outside the Duopoly Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are both “evil” people, but U.S. voters do have choices this election season, said South Carolina activist and author Kevin…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Obama Legacy Part V: Waging War on Civil Liberties
03 Aug 2016
by Danny Haiphong Liberals and leftists supported candidate Barack Obama largely because they thought he would be good for civil liberties. Instead, Obama introduced “indefinite military detention…
Ann Garrison , BAR contributor
Stop Trump Fundamentalists Can Bite Me
03 Aug 2016
by Ann Garrison The duopoly electoral system causes shrinkage of the American mind, compelling otherwise intelligent people to conclude that critics of corporate Democrats must be supporters of…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Wikileaks Exposes Democrats’ Corruption
27 Jul 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Emails released by Wikileaks show the Democratic Party corrupted its own primary process to elect Hillary Clinton – a politician who “has nothing…
To Serve Clinton, Ben Jealous Slimes Jill Stein
27 Jul 2016
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Former NAACP chief Ben Jealous couldn’t wait to get back in the good graces of Democratic Party corporate power. Released from…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Obama Legacy Part IV: Protecting the Racist State, Scorning Black America
26 Jul 2016
by Danny Haiphong In the final analysis, the nation’s First Black President has been a “great protector and arbiter of the racist state.” Not only has Barack Obama refused to indict killer cops, he…