
BY JESSE JACKSON October 4, 2016 Blessed are those who plant seeds in the faith that others might enjoy the forest. This Saturday is my 75th birthday. I have been blessed to…
IBW21 (The Institute of the Black World 21st Century) is committed to enhancing the capacity of Black communities in the U.S. and globally to achieve cultural, social, economic and political equality and an enhanced quality of life for all marginalized people.
BY JESSE JACKSON October 4, 2016 Blessed are those who plant seeds in the faith that others might enjoy the forest. This Saturday is my 75th birthday. I have been blessed to…
By Nick Turse FROM HIGH ABOVE, Agadez almost blends into the cocoa-colored wasteland that surrounds it. Only when you descend farther can you make out a city that curves around…
From the Desk of Joe Beasley A Global Human Rights & Civil Rights Activist An Open Letter to Pope Francis His Holiness Pope Francis Apostolic Palace Vatican City 00120 September…
By Amy Goodman, Denis Moynihan The national scope of the prisoner strike, with actions in 40 to 50 prisons around the U.S., is truly historic. (Photo: Alex Milan Tracy/Sipa USA…
By Tony Newman / AlterNet Photo Credit: Debby Wong / Shutterstock.com For years hip-hop artists have rapped about drug use, the drug trade and the drug war. And now, we are seeing…
Above Photo: Edmon de Haro The colonial history, the legacy of enslavement, racial subordination and segregation, racial terrorism, and racial inequality in the US remains a serious challenge as there has…
Why Did Jesus Weep: Because #BlackLivesMatter Too? By Keith Magee Keith Magee, For the last four visible years America has endured, once again, the polarizing effects of racism and injustice. Yet,…
By William J. Barber, II Above Photo: CHARLOTTE, NC – SEPTEMBER 21: Protestors march down W.T. Harris Blvd. September 21, 2016 in Charlotte, NC. The protests began the previous night following…
See the signatories below 26 September 2016 In the face of rising racism, scholars, activists and civil society organisations express their support for the UN Working Group on People of…
By Julius W. Garvey, M.D. (Board-certified surgeon, leading the effort to secure a posthumous Presidential pardon for his father and civil rights leader, Marcus Garvey). PA/PA Archive Marcus Garvey was…
By Steven Rosenfeld Donald Trump brought his tough-guy, America-first rhetoric onto the presidential debate stage on Monday, but was repeatedly flustered and upstaged by Hillary Clinton whose focused barbs made him…
By Rev Jim Conn Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons Here at the end of President Obama’s final term in office, we seem to be having the national conversation about race that…