
By Richard Sudan In this handout picture taken 15 August 1947, British Governor-General Lord Mountbatten (C) gestures as he rides in a carriage alongside Lady Edwina Mountbatten prior to witnessing…
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 Richard Sudan In this handout picture taken 15 August 1947, British Governor-General Lord Mountbatten (C) gestures as he rides in a carriage alongside Lady Edwina Mountbatten prior to witnessing…
Puerto Rico Legislature in San Juan. Photo: Wikimedia/CC By Caribbean News Now contributor WASHINGTON, USA — Puerto Rico is facing a major debt crisis, and the US territory announced on Sunday that…
May 3rd 12:21 PM (5 minutes ago) Michel Martin, Emmy Award-winning journalist and weekend host of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” asks former U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder a question…
By Bob Lord Imagine, after a deep sleep, you suffered the fate of Rip Van Winkle and woke in the spring of 2040. What might you find? Among other things,…
By Ras Memnon Fanon broke it down.… In his classic work, “The Wretched of The Earth,” Frantz Fanon stated that “the governments of the various European nations called for reparations…
By MARK KARLIN The White House and Capitol were primarily built by slaves, as Washington — which had legal slavery until 1863 — remains a colony. (Photo: Frank Camp) It…
By Robin Scher / AlterNet Let’s face it, young Americans are fed up with the economic status quo. If this fact is not evident enough from the groundswell of millennial support for…
By Richard D. Wolff Capitalism’s supporters use and benefit from a racism whose practice and consequences should be blamed on capitalism itself. (Photo: Coffee / Pixabay; Edited: LW / TO) “Racism” is…
By Anshantia Oso UndocuBlack Network members fight for Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and the new Deferred Action for Parents of Americans and Lawful Permanent Residents (DAPA) to be upheld…
By Dani McClain A monument to former Confederate President Jefferson Davis, Richmond, Virginia. (AP Photo / Steve Helber) In March 2012, nearly a month after George Zimmerman killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin in…
By Dedrick Asante-Muhammad Above Photo: From Inequality.org. Note: It is too soon to say that the April 2015 uprising in Baltimore being remembered this week has faltered. During the first…
by The People’s Minister of Information JR Valrey For over 500 years, African people have been fighting enslavement and genocide against white and Arab slavery. Billions of lives…