The New Dark Age

Margaret Kimberley, BAR Executive Editor and Senior Columnist

While Trump dedicates himself to making every conservative fantasy come true, millions wonder who will save them from the onslaught of the right wing fever dream. The answer is no one but ourselves.

Editors, The Black Agenda Review

“The question now is: What are we going to do about this murderous fascism?”

The Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza Democracy and Peace Prize, 2025

​​​​​​​Ann Garrison, BAR Contributing Editor

This year’s Victoire Prize went to ICTR lawyers David Jacobs and Peter Erlinder and Canadian journalist Jooneed Khan.

Trump’s Tariffs Won’t Reverse Globalization or Resurrect America’s Dying Industrial Base

Jon Jeter

Throughout history, trade restrictions have reshaped economies for good or for ill. As Trump increases tariffs across industries, it is clear that this move will not revitalize the economy as he claims. Rather, it stands to create further hardship for Black and working class people.

Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor

In this series, we ask acclaimed authors to answer five questions about their book. This week’s featured author is Judith Weisenfeld. Weisenfeld is Agate Brown and George L. Collord Professor in the Department of Religion at Princeton University. Her book is Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery’s Wake.

Clau O’Brien Moscoso

As Ecuador heads into a very important run-off election on April 13, the issues of security, state violence and the economy remain at the
forefront for many Ecuadorians. Dollarization, submission to U.S. dictates, the proliferation of arms shipments through privately owned
ports, and the expansion of international drug cartels to justify military presence have all combined to make the living conditions of the poorest unbearable, especially for African and indigenous communities with a constant war directed at them from the militarized structures of the state, like the case of the Guayaquil Four.

Raymond Nat Turner, BAR poet-in-residence

“DEI (Drunk, Epicurean, Incompetent) War Criminals” is the latest from BAR’s Poet-in-Residence.

Krys Cerisier

U.S. influence over Panama has steadily increased over the years due to the active pressure from instruments like SOUTHCOM. The Mulino government surrenders national sovereignty while suppressing domestic dissent.

Palestine Chronicle Staff

The medics who were killed were identified as Mustafa Khafaja, Ezzedine Sha’at, Saleh Moammar, Rifaat Radwan, Mohammad Behloul, Ashraf Abu Labda, Mohammad Al-Hila, and Raed Al-Sharif.

Adam Mahoney

Black students are losing classrooms, homes, and support systems after climate events.

Black Alliance for Peace US Out of Africa Network

For nearly 50 years, the Sahrawi people have waged Africa’s longest anti-colonial struggle against the Moroccan occupation, which is backed by U.S. arms and AFRICOM’s military muscle. Their fight exposes imperialism’s brutal tactics – land theft, puppet regimes, and the criminalization of those who dare reclaim their freedom.

O. Dave Allen
Jamaica’s upcoming election has become a litmus test for Caribbean sovereignty as the U.S. and China compete for dominance. Washington’s threats to seize the Panama Canal and Marco Rubio’s heavy-handed diplomacy expose the island’s precarious position. Jamaica now faces a choice – resist becoming a pawn of the U.S. or surrender to its imperialist interests.

Internationalist 360

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio’s recent tour of Jamaica, Guyana, and Suriname was framed as advancing ‘energy security’ and regional stability. However, it served as a cover to escalate pressure on Venezuela. The trip exposed Washington’s broader agenda: dismantling regional solidarity and replacing it with U.S.-controlled energy dominance.