States and Cities Turn Criminal Justice Screws on the Poor “Since the recession, states and municipalities are trying to regroup their deficits in the easiest way possible, and poor people are an…

Vermont senator and ostensible socialist Bernie Sanders is playing the sheepdog candidate for Hillary Clinton this year. Bernie's job is to warm up the crowd for Hillary, herding activist energies…

by BAR executive editor Glen Ford The synergy of mass protest and physical resistance to police in Baltimore “scared the powers-that-be to their bones” and set the stage for a summer of organized…

by BAR editor and senior columnist Margaret Kimberley Black people have been denied even the semblance of justice for so long in the United States, the mere act of bringing charges against police is…

A Black Agenda Radio Commentary by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed wants to give Tyler Perry a half square mile of public land at a ridiculously low price based on fake…