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Black America and the Presidents
19 Feb 2020
Every single US president—regardless of party—actively upheld white supremacy in the US. “Kimberley’s volume belongs on the shelf next to the works of Howard Zinn and Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz.”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
My Wise Country Cousin: Dem Wanna be Lakked by Mike
19 Feb 2020
$elections comin’ an’ Massa Mike playin’ Negroz fo’ chumps— Tolt Dem he’d hab dey pockets lookin’ lak dey got de mumps! Hmm, Massa Mikul cum ‘round wit his big ol’ sack ob monee Gettin’ Dem Negroz playin’ de 3 Monkees— lak it ain’t funny… Got Negroz in a Rush, linin’ …
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Shocking Death of Rwandan Gospel Singer and Dissident Kizito Mihigo
19 Feb 2020
I would like to say that President Kagame has finally gone too far, that the powerful industrial nations will finally stop running cover for his crimes, but that would greatly surprise me. “There will be no trial or evidence of what really happened because the totalitarian Rwandan government has…
Danny Haiphong, BAR Contributing Editor
The Danger and the Opportunity in the Democratic Party’s Red Baiting of Bernie Sanders
19 Feb 2020
The ruling class’ anti-communist attacks on the popular politician holds the danger of moving the left in an even more conservative direction. “Sanders’ popularity presents a chance to challenge the legitimacy of racist anti-communist tropes.”
Margaret Kimberley, BAR senior columnist
Freedom Rider: Bloomberg is Worse Than Trump
19 Feb 2020
Black elected officials will be silent when Bloomberg subjects the entire country to stop and frisk or some other horrible plan. “History tells us that Bloomberg is a Trump with more money and better manners.”
by BAR executive editor Glen Ford
Bloomberg Wants to Swallow the Democrats and Spit Out the Sandernistas
20 Feb 2020
If, somehow, Bernie Sanders is allowed to win the nomination, Michael Bloomberg and other plutocrats will have created a Democratic Party machinery purpose-built to defy Sanders -- as nominee, and even as president. “No one knows how much abuse and humiliation the Sanders faction is willing to…
C. Liegh McInnis
From Peoples to Bynum: A Brief History of Jackson State's Leadership Struggle
26 Feb 2020
Mississippi’s ability to sabotage Black public higher education is enhanced by the state’s power to choose compliant Negroes as administrators. “State college boards across the country continue to play musical chairs with HBCU presidents.”
Broke-ass Stuart
The Expanded Moms4Housing Bill Could Change the Whole Game
26 Feb 2020
Although the moms were evicted, their example inspired ground-breaking housing legislation for Oakland, California. “This bill has the potential to help thousands of Oaklanders not only to stay in our community, but also to build a stable and secure future here through a pathway to home…
Russell Rickford
Building the New Antiwar Movement
26 Feb 2020
Will a new wave of activism finally produce a real mass movement against “boundless” militarism? “An uncompromising antiwar campaign will indict the warmakers and their corporate cronies.” Is a genuine antiwar movement reemerging in the U.S., the citadel of military worship? Will we witness the…
Thad Baltimore
Is Joe Biden Really More Electable?
26 Feb 2020
Could it be that electability, as applied to Biden, is some form of racial dog whistle? “Biden’s record of anti-black legislation explains why he would also be appealing to Trump supporters.”