US Politics

Chris Hedges
Hundreds Arrested in Washington’s “Democracy Spring”
20 Apr 2016
by Chris Hedges The corporate media has staged a blackout of massive protests against the rule of the rich, involving “the largest number of arrests at the Capitol in decades” – just one more example…
Linn Washington
Denying Discrimination: Clintonian Political Calculus and the Culture of Hooey
20 Apr 2016
by Linn Washington Jr. Bill Clinton has been talking B.S. – “hooey” – about race his entire career. At every political juncture, from his days as governor of Arkansas through his two terms as…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Bernie Sanders Has His Plan B. What's Yours?
14 Apr 2016
With a crushing Clinton lead in super-delegates it will take a string of miracles for Bernie Sanders to win the Democratic nomination. Little children and true believers relying on miracles…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
$campaigns & $elections
13 Apr 2016
by BAR's poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner This week the poet briefly contextualizes the candidates and campaigns of the capitalist parties running for the White House in 2016.
Are African Americans “Strategic Voters” Or Are We A Captive Constituency?
07 Apr 2016
A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Who drives the Democratic party? Not the black, brown and poor who are its base voters, trapped in its trunk. Black voters in…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Mule Dung at the Apollo
06 Apr 2016
by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner The poet's wise cousin from the country offers his view from Harlem, where folks is linin' up to touch the yoke of ol' Hillree, Massa Willie's best mule…
Black Agenda Radio for Week of April 4, 2016
05 Apr 2016
Carolina Youths Demand Black Community Control of Police The city of Greenville, South Carolina witnessed two large funerals in recent weeks: one for a white cop, the other for 17 year-old Deontaye…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Hillary Clinton is No Worse than Barack Obama
30 Mar 2016
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Progressive enthusiasm for Bernie and antipathy for Hillary is impressive – until one recalls that most of these folks were ga-ga over Obama not…
The Real News Network
What Trump's Campaign Reveals About Race and Voting
30 Mar 2016
Cynthia McKinney
America, We Have a Problem: Homelessness is Out of Control
30 Mar 2016
by Cynthia McKinney Cities throughout the United States, and especially up and down the west coast, are locked in a crisis of homelessness. Yet, “not one word is uttered about the criminalization of…