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Bill Quigley
How We Fuel Africa's Bloodiest War
05 Nov 2008
by Johann Hari The 14-year-long conflict that has already killed 5.4 million Congolese - "the deadliest war since Adolf Hitler marched across Europe" - has been rekindled by Rwanda's surrogate Tutsi militia. Although the rationale is to safeguard Congolese Tutsis, "It is a lie." The renewed…
Bill Quigley
The Obama '08 Phenomenon: What Have We Learned?
05 Nov 2008
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford There is no doubt that history has been made, "for reasons that go beyond the obvious ‘first Black' aspect of race." 2008 was the first year in modern history that Blacks made no demands on the Democratic candidate - and consequently, were promised nothing.…
Bill Quigley
Great White Hope
15 Oct 2008
by Sikivu Hutchinson "Maverick" John McCain and attack-dog Sarah Palin seem to have staked their entire campaign on the powers of racial revulsion. "Linking Obama to William Ayers and domestic terrorism, Palin exhorted that ‘this is not a man who sees America as you see it and how I see…
Nathalie Woods
Moral Combat: An Interview with Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson
16 Mar 2011
by Nathalie Woods Frequent BAR contribuor Dr. Sikivu Hutchinson’s new book confronts the web of patrimony and religiosity that often binds Black America to its historical tormentors. “Despite longstanding traditions of secular humanism, skepticism, and Freethought espoused by such thinkers…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Georgia: The Next Show Me Your Papers State?
16 Mar 2011
"Americard" illiustration by Ian Geldard If some racist Georgia politicians have their way, Georgia will be the next “show me your papers” state. Legislation has already passed in the GA House that will criminalize the everyday activity of undocumented persons, further isolate and stigmatize…
Kamau Franklin
Aristide's Return Will Bring Haiti’s Popular Organizations to the Front
23 Mar 2011
by Kamau K. Franklin Spirits are soaring among Haiti’s popular organizations, marking the end of former president Jean-Bertrand Aristide’s seven-year, U.S.-imposed exile. Aristide is a “voice that can be rallied around to challenge the eventual winner of the selection process between two U.…
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon
Shirley Franklin and the Digital Divide: Fronting For Telecoms At TheRoot.Com
31 Mar 2010
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon A March 30 article at The Root lauded former Atlanta mayor Shirley Franklin for her alleged efforts to bridge the digital divide. But why did its author Kris Broughton fail to ask the former mayor and current corporate operative any informed questions? Why…
Jordan Flaherty
Got Beer?
19 Aug 2009
Oakland's Raymond Nat Turner, impresario of UpSurge Jazz shares with us this meditation on the utility and felicity of certain amber elixirs that lubricate the social interactions between police, presidents and others.
Jordan Flaherty
Race and Politics in a Rural Louisiana Town Attract National Attention
30 Mar 2011
by Jordan Flaherty What “New South”? In rural Louisiana, the Good Ole Boys still rule in the traditional manner. The Black mayor of the town of Waterproof has spent nearly a year behind bars without bail. “Every single thing that you can do to violate someone’s constitutional rights from…
Cynthia McKinney
Why Obama Attacked Libya
30 Mar 2011
by Cynthia McKinney The former Georgia congresswoman and Green Party presidential candidate has led delegations to Libya. She says, “Mr. Qaddafi to this day continues to assist Black political organizations in an effort to keep people of African descent able to exercise their right of self…