Bruce A. Dixon

Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Tavis Smiley Ends State of Black American Union Show, Continues Media Lockdown of Obama's Black Left Critics
13 Jan 2010
Tavis Smiley announced on January 6 that the annual State of the Black Union event, held in early February for the last ten years, will not be held…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Black Politics Is Over: Black Politicians No Longer Believe Social Justice Is Possible
07 Jan 2010
The day before being sworn in, Atlanta's new mayor Kasim Reed pledged to the Chamber of Commerce he'd deal with downtown panhandlers in what he…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Is the Detroit Nigerian "Terrorist" A Patsy?
30 Dec 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon The bumbling Nigerian “terrorist” who set his lap on fire on board an airliner in Detroit Christmas day will…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Jeff Haas New Book, “The Assassination of Fred Hampton” is a Major Contribution To The Legacy of the Slain Panther Leader
29 Dec 2009
Attorney Jeffrey Haas co-founded Chicago's PLO, the Peoples Law Office, which has represented the victims of political persecution, torture and…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Barack Obama and Langston Hughes on “Grumblers” and “Merry Christmas”
24 Dec 2009
When US presidents offer us their holiday greeting messages, do we know what are they really saying? How hard can it be to figure that out?…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Universal Health Care? We Keep the Candy, But You Can Have the Wrapper. No. Wait. Give Us the Wrapper Too.
16 Dec 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon It's half past December, and the White House is hell-bent on passing its version of “health insurance reform”…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Remembering Fred Hampton, 40 Years Later
03 Dec 2009
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Plundering the Panthers, Manipulating the Movement: Re-Branding the Black Panther Party
02 Dec 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce A. Dixon Every movement has its symbols and icons. But when these are separated from their context and content…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Why Democrats and Republicans Won't Confront Black Mass Incarceration, and Why The Green Party Will
18 Nov 2009
Although the phenomenon of black mass incarceration is at the center of African American life, it continues to be obfuscated or ignored. The…
Bruce A. Dixon , BAR managing editor
Played, Betrayed, Health Care Delayed: House Passes Bailout For Private Insurance Companies.
11 Nov 2009
by BAR managing editor Bruce Dixon Now we know what the Obama administration means by “health care reform”. They mean guranteeing the rights of…