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Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
Ukraine Terrorism and the Question of U.S. Involvement
04 Jun 2025
The U.S has been involved in every aspect of Ukraine’s military activity against Russia. The recent drone attacks and sabotage were likely committed with U.S. help. Of course, is possible that president Trump was aware, but if past history is a guide, he may also have been circumvented by forces in…
Jon Jeter
Pizza Goeth Before a Fall? Changes in Americans’ Eating Habits Foretell a Deep Recession
04 Jun 2025
Wages can't keep up with prices, debt is crushing workers, and racial capitalism keeps us divided over shrinking slices. This isn't just inflation—it's collapse.
Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor
The Struggle for a Somali Nation
04 Jun 2025
Despite shared language, culture, and religion, Somalis still struggle to become a cohesive nation.
Roger D. Harris
Ballots and Bias: How the Press Framed Venezuela’s Regional and Legislative Elections
11 Jun 2025
Roger D. Harris analyzes Western media's biased and dishonest coverage of Venezuela's May 25 election and the sweeping Chavismo victory.
Nora Barrows-Friedman
US and Israel Turn “Aid” Centers Into Slaughter Zones
11 Jun 2025
Nowhere is safe in Gaza. US-backed Israeli forces are turning aid centers into slaughter zones, targeting starving civilians as they desperately search for food and medicine.
Mnar Adley
“So They’ll Never Have Children”: American Nurse Says Israeli Soldiers Deliberately Shot Boys in the Penis
11 Jun 2025
Gaza’s hospitals have become killing fields, and medical workers witness Israeli forces executing unarmed civilians, including children.
Struggle La Lucha
ICE Raids Escalate in LA As Community Fights Back
11 Jun 2025
While ICE and law enforcement unleash raids across LA, protesters stand firm, exposing the brutal machinery of deportation and the state’s violent response to dissent and resistance.
Aiyana Porter-Cash
False Promises of Protection Embedded in U.S. Militarism and Carcerality
11 Jun 2025
"Protection" is a lie—a pretext for state violence, militarism, and control, targeting the marginalized while masking harm as care. True safety comes not from oppressive systems, but from resistance and collective liberation.
Jill Clark-Gollub
Daniel Ortega is No Bukele
11 Jun 2025
Ortega and Bukele are polar opposites: one invests in dignity and democracy, the other in mass incarceration and imperial alliances.
Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor
BAR Book Forum: Edna Bonhomme’s Book, “A History of the World in Six Plagues”
11 Jun 2025
This week’s featured author is Edna Bonhomme. Bonhomme is a historian of science, culture writer, and journalist based in Berlin, Germany. Her book is A History of the World in Six Plagues: How Contagion, Class, and Captivity Shaped Us, from Cholera to COVID-19.