US Politics

Imam Jamil Action Network
Stop the execution of Imam Jamil, the former H. Rap Brown, by medical neglect in federal prison
09 Sep 2015
by the Imam Jamil Action Network
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter Hurts Democrats’ Feelings
02 Sep 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #BlackLivesMatter organization this week rejected the endorsement of the Democratic National Committee, embarrassing top members of the party. However, the DNC…
Danny Haiphong , BAR contributor
On Black Lives Matter, Hillary Clinton, and the Necessity of Demands
01 Sep 2015
by Danny Haiphong Why ask what lies in Hillary Clinton’s heart? She has already shown the world that she loves war and bankers. When #BlackLivesMatter activists inquired of her inner feelings,…
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Bernie Sanders' Conservative Foreign Policy
26 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Bernie Sanders and his supporters claim he is different, a breath of fresh air. Yet he “won’t state for the record how his foreign policy differs…
Raymond Nat Turner , BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin on Miss Hillree an de Matter ob Blak Lives
26 Aug 2015
by BAR poet-in-residence Raymond Nat Turner “Blak Lifes Mattur, yeah, but dey’s unnecessary Blak Lifes Mattur, ‘til Friday de 20 ob January
Margaret Kimberley , BAR editor and senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Katrina in the White Imagination
19 Aug 2015
by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan could not contain his gratitude to Hurricane Katrina, which killed or permanently displaced much of New…
Paul Street
Why Bernie Sanders is No Great White Hope for Black America
19 Aug 2015
by Paul Street
Jackie Miller
Why is Rev. Edward Pinkney in Prison? Another Case of Political Persecution
19 Aug 2015
by Jackie Miller The Whirlpool Corporation, with the collaboration of local government, is engaged in ethnic cleansing and massive land piracy in mostly Black Benton Harbor, Michigan. “We call it…
Glen Ford , BAR executive editor
#BlackLivesMatter and the Democrats: How Disruption Can Lead to Collaboration
13 Aug 2015
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The #Black Lives Matter organization may believe that it is confronting, rather than collaborating with, the Democratic Party, by disrupting candidates’ speeches.…
Paul Street
Posing as the Great Emancipator: Obama’s Prison-Posturing is Nothing New
12 Aug 2015
by Paul Street President Obama likes to give the impression that he is shocked and surprised by the horrors of the U.S. penal system. But the author knew the president back in the day, in Chicago,…