
Above Photo: “This is not democracy, it is a dictatorship” – Protest in Madrid, Spain. (Photo: Marta Breijo / Flickr) As if further proof could possibly be needed of the…
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.
Above Photo: “This is not democracy, it is a dictatorship” – Protest in Madrid, Spain. (Photo: Marta Breijo / Flickr) As if further proof could possibly be needed of the…
Reporters Without Borders: Cause for concern are the “administration’s obsessive control of information, which manifests itself through the war on whistleblowers and journalists’ sources, as well as the lack of…
Dear Friends: On behalf of the entire City, it is a pleasure to welcome everyone attending the 21st Century State of the Black World Conference IV to Newark! Newark has…
TIME magazine categorizes Usain Bolt as an icon in its 100 Most Influential People of 2016. KINGSTON, Jamaica, Friday April 22, 2016 – Olympic champion Usain Bolt is one of the…
By: Kirsten West Savali Susan B. Anthony at age 50 Following the New York primary Tuesday, dozens of New Yorkers pilgrimaged to Rochester’s Mount Hope Cemetery to place “I Voted” stickers on…
US Representatives Eliot L. Engel (L) and Ileana Ros-Lehtinen WASHINGTON, USA — US congressman Eliot Engel, ranking member of the House Committee on Foreign Affairs, on Thursday welcomed the unanimous approval by…
By: Jason Johnson Prince performing at the Stade de France in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, on June 30, 2011 The world is still in shock at the passing of Prince, one of the…
By: Todd Steven Burroughs Michael Jackson onstage during his HIStory world tour in 1996; Whitney Houston performing on Good Morning America in 2009; Prince at Coachella in 2008 It’s hard to admit that…
By Marc Morial, CEO, National Urban League. The U.S. Treasury’s move this week to replace Andrew Jackson with Harriet Tubman on the front of the $20 bill is a milestone…
GENEVA (21 April 2016) – With the United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem under way in New York, the UN Working Group of Experts on People…
By Stereo Williams Prince Rogers Nelson was—and still is—the gold standard of artistry. A brilliant guitarist, bassist, arranger, and producer, he was more than a visionary. He was an entity…
By Earl Ofari Hutchinson “Does anyone hear us pray? For Michael Brown or Freddie Gray Peace is more than the absence of war.” “If there ain’t no justice then there…