US Politics

Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
Sanders Prepares to Bow Down to Hillary, But Many of His Supporters Won’t
28 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Bernie Sanders has endorsed President Obama’s troop escalation in Syria, once again showing that “he is no more ‘progressive’ than Obama on foreign policy, and just…
Richard W. Behan
Black Lives Don’t Matter, Black Votes Do: the Racial Hypocrisy of Hillary and Bill Clinton
27 Apr 2016
by Richard W. Behan Seldom have a people given such huge support to a more duplicitous couple. Bill and Hillary Clinton have grown rich and powerful, largely on the strength of the Black vote. Yet,…
Eric Draitser
Hillary Clinton’s Support Base as Bogus as US Democracy
27 Apr 2016
by Eric Draitser As some very perceptive men have written, the rich rule largely by “manufactured consent.” It turns out that much of Hillary Clinton’s consenting base of support is fictional: “the…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 25, 2016
26 Apr 2016
Charter Schools: Bad for Education “On the whole, charter schools do not perform better than public schools, even though public school are being defunded and demonized all the time,” said Dr. Shawgi…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Sandernista Journey: An Epic Confrontation with Corporate Power, or a Slow Fade
20 Apr 2016
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Will Bernie Sanders’ supporters “collapse from demoralization, or resolve to confront the corporate beast with ferocity” in Philadelphia and beyond? The real battle…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Will Bernie's Burnout Lead To A New Movement? Maybe, Maybe Not.
20 Apr 2016
Will there be a new movement born from the ashes of Bernie Sanders' failed campaign? Some think so, citing the broad popularity of his issues and the growing numbers of his core demographic.
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Not Feeling the Bern
20 Apr 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley The Democratic Party liberals that have rallied around Bernie Sanders see awesome meaning and world-shaking significance in their champion’s most…
The Real News Network
Margaret Kimberley on "The Quadrennial Duopoly Sham" and the Black Vote
20 Apr 2016
The Real News Network
Voting Rules and Big Unions Favored Clinton in New York Primary
20 Apr 2016
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
Breathe the Bern…
20 Apr 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Our poet in residence muses upon the collective madness engendered by the quadrennial presidential election.