Donald Trump

Dr. Gerald Horne , Anthony Ballas
Shadowboxing with Ghosts: Whiteness, Jake Paul, and the Crisis of U.S. Imperialism
21 Jan 2026
Jake Paul’s ascent in boxing is a cultural symptom of an empire in decline. It reflects a country that now prefers empty spectacle over real strength, both in sports and on the world stage.
Editors, The Black Agenda Review
ESSAY: Autocracy in the U.S. Virgin Islands, Eric D. Walrond, 1923
14 Jan 2026
“[T]he United States on March 31, 1917,...acquired the three Danish West Indian isles…subsequently rechristened “the Virgin Islands of the United States.”
Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence
Spinning Half-truth straw into big lie gold…
14 Jan 2026
"Spinning Half-truth straw into big lie gold…" is the latest from BAR's Poet-in-Residence.
Willie Mack
Trump 2.0: A dark mirror into our past
14 Jan 2026
The Trump 2.0 administration is demonstrating the logical endpoint of a state project built on racial oppression. Trump’s actions show continuity with past history.
Luke Goldstein , Lucy Dean Stockton
Corporations Invested In Lawsuits Before Venezuela Invasion
07 Jan 2026
Trump’s removal of President Nicolas Maduro could tilt international court proceedings and provide a windfall to corporate plaintiffs.
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela
Venezuela Declares State of Emergency, Calls for International Solidarity in Official Communiqué
07 Jan 2026
Venezuela's statement categorically denounces U.S. action as criminal aggression, framing the nation's resistance as a legitimate defense of sovereignty against imperialism.
Black Agenda Radio with Margaret Kimberley , Renee Johnston , Jared Ball
Birthright Citizenship and the African World
19 Dec 2025
Margaret Kimberley was recently a guest on the Black Liberation Media program, Saturdays with Renee, with Renee Johnston and Jared Ball. They discussed the issue of birthright citizenship in light of…
Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist
We Are All Somalia
10 Dec 2025
Donald Trump’s anti-Somali rants are not directed solely at members of that group. All Black/African people are seen as suspects, as ungrateful criminals who are deserving of punishment and scorn.…
James Bovard
Obama’s PowerPoint Death Parade Led to Trump’s Venezuelan Killings
10 Dec 2025
The legal framework for Trump’s war on Venezuela was built by his predecessor, Barack Obama. His remote-control assassinations set a precedent that Trump adopted and escalated.
Maurice Carney
United States Secures its National Security Interests In Congo Peace Deal
10 Dec 2025
The so-called "peace agreement" between Rwanda and Congo prioritizes U.S. access to mineral riches. The violence carried out against thousands of civilians continues.