Related Stories
Wilmer J. Leon III
It is immoral if not criminal for the US to increase sanctions through its “maximum pressure campaigns” against Venezuela, Iran, Cuba and Pale
Igor Derysh
The problem is even worse in Southeastern states like Florida, where fewer than 8% of applicants received benefits.
Black Oakland Leaders and Allies
Unless Black people are healthy and safe then no community is healthy and safe.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The coronavirus-stricken crew of the USS Roosevelt would be more useful making N-95 masks, building housing for people living on the streets,
Vijay Prashad, Weiyan Zhu, and Du Xiaojun
It is unclear if China could have done anything different as it faced an unknown virus.
Pierre Labossiere
There are only around 124 intensive care unit beds and less than 100 ventilators for a population of about 11 million.
Don Fitz
Before Cuba experienced its first COVID-!9 case it had already updated a plan to prevent and control the disease.
Sharif Abdel Kouddous
Capitalist globalization means accepting a permanent triage of humanity and dooming part of the human race to eventual extinction.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
While the world confronts a real-life deadly epidemic, the Covid-afflicted US Navy struggles to maintain the farce of keeping the planet safe from
Judy Lubin
COVID-19 is a perfect storm of systemic inequities operating together to worsen existing vulnerabilities.
More Stories
- Ajamu Baraka, BAR editor and columnistThe U.S. and Israel’s unchecked aggression has plunged the world into a lawless state of imperial violence—yet their latest attacks on Iran have only exposed the limits of colonial power. As Western…
- Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing EditorKizito Mihigo and Victoire Ingabire both challenged Rwanda's foundational genocide narrative. He died in jail, and she is now in custody.
- Jon JeterThe Democratic Party is in crisis—divided, broke, and struggling to counter Trump’s agenda despite growing public backlash. Internal battles over strategy and leadership have left the DNC paralyzed.
- Anthony Karefa Rogers-WrightZohran Mamdani’s upset over Andrew Cuomo in NYC’s mayoral primary has cracked the Democratic machine’s decades-long grip, proving grassroots organizing can muscle out billionaire financing and…
- Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum EditorIn this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Oliver Baker. Baker is Assistant Professor of English and African American Studies…