US Politics

Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
The Bernie and Trump Trap: Beyond the Dead-End of Imperial Politics
30 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong “Bernie Sanders and Donald Trump are here to rescue the system with a dose of fear and hope.” Trump’s open-air racism instills fear in racial minorities and people who consider…
Mark P. Fancher
Powerless Whites Want “In” On Chitlin’ Politics
30 Sep 2015
by Mark P. Fancher Why not a Donald Trump run for the White House? With corporations firmly in control of U.S. society, presidents don’t matter much. In recent decades, the job has been “eagerly…
Glen Ford with Patrice Johnson for CBC Monitor
Congressional Black Caucus Report Card for 2015, the 114th Congress
24 Sep 2015
by Glen Ford with Patrice Johnson for CBC Monitor It's been several years since the Black Agenda Report team issued what used to be our annual report card on the Congressional Black Caucus, the cream…
Paul Street
What Color is Your T-Shirt? Race, Class, Empire, and White Democrats in a Liberal Campus Town
23 Sep 2015
by Paul Street Bernie Sanders is beloved among the “white middle class campus town progressive Democrats” in places like Iowa City, Iowa, who live quite different lives than the largely Sudanese and…
The Real News Network
Cuba Frees 3,522 Prisoners Ahead of Papal Visit, Will America Follow Suit?
16 Sep 2015
by the Real news Network
Black Agenda Radio for Week of September 14, 2015
15 Sep 2015
Justice Department Blowing Smoke on Prosecuting Corporate Execs “There’s nothing new” in a U.S. Justice Department memo that claims it will bring more criminal prosecutions against corporate…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
The Trumpocalypse: Democrats Rule Blacks by Fear
10 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford Donald Trump is a very useful man, to both the Democratic and Republican factions of the ruling corporate party. The “White Man’s Party” (Republican) faction can…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Da Man He Call ‘Rump’
09 Sep 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner Rump playin’ “Great Wite Hope”, fo po lil’ wite men Trickin’ dey dum asses into thinkin’ dat he dey frien… ‘Cause dey jus’ too stooped, hatin’ Brouns an…
The Real News Network
How One Chicago High School Became Ground Zero For School Privatization
09 Sep 2015
by the Real News Network
Bill Quigley
Ten Troubling Numbers Labor Day 2015
09 Sep 2015
by Bill Quigley U.S. workers are in bad shape. Two-thirds of poor people have jobs that don’t lift them out of poverty. Actual unemployment is at least twice as high as the official figure. Blacks…