Bruce A. Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Melissa Harris-Perry VS Alice Walker: Sista Courtier VS the Real Sista Citizen
24 Oct 2012
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Professor Melissa Harris-Perry has an MSNBC show and a byline in The Nation as “Sister Citizen.” But what would…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
How Ghetto Politics Has Outlived the Ghetto, and Still Holds All Of Us Back
17 Oct 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The class of cultural, business and political hacks who pass themselves off as “black leaders” never tire…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why This Black Man Is Watching the Debates, and Voting Green
04 Oct 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon I'll be watching the debates. Not on CNN or ABC, but online at Occupy the Debates or at Democracy…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Voting As A Constitutional Right: What A Real “Protect The Vote” Movement Would Look Like
27 Sep 2012
The right to vote is under a persistent, many-sided and sustained siege. In an era of hostile courts, complicit media, and big money dominating all…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Rahm Emanuel: Point Man For Obama's Bipartisan Pork Barrel Pedagogy
20 Sep 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Despite universal hostility in corporate media, and new laws savagely restricting their right to strike, or…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Chicago School Strike is Against Obama “Race To The Top” Agenda of School Privatization and Corporate Education Reform
13 Sep 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Polls say that most Chicagoans support the striking teachers. Mitt Romney says he supports Rahm Emanuel. But…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why I Won't Vote (1956)
05 Sep 2012
by W.E.B. Dubois On October 20, 1956, W. E. B. Du Bois delivered this eloquent indictment of US politics and why he won't vote in the…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Closer Than You Think: Top 15 Things Romney and Obama Agree On
29 Aug 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Republicans and Democrats, like Romney and Obama are of one mind on many more things than they disagree about.…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Tired Old So-Called Leftists Give Same Old Excuses For Supporting Obama in 2012
16 Aug 2012
By BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Abject and unwavering support of President Barack Obama on the part of blacks and what used to be called “…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Imagine Urban Economic Development Without The Bankers On Our Backs
08 Aug 2012
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Why can't a county or city dig a hole, or lay a mile of light rail without making new millionaires out of half…