by BAR poet in residence Raymond Nat Turner Prescient, pertinent and pointed questions to each other, and to our alleged betters about what we have, what we are, what we deserve, and what we settle…

by Mark P. Fancher The rulers of Michigan believed the quickest path to economic development was to place the state’s Black cities under the control of a single, appointed emergency manager. The…

by Tom Stephens  The takeover of Michigan’s majority Black cities by emergency managers was the direct cause of the poisoning of Flint. However, the legal groundwork for the crime was laid a…

by Shea Howell Michigan Governor Rick Synder has agreed to testify before a congressional committee about his role in poisoning the people of Flint. The evidence is incontrovertible. Snyder’s…

by Danny Haiphong The author traces his development as a “self-identified Asian-American” actively engaged in revolutionary politics. “It became clear that neither reactionary racist ideas nor the…